Publications

Pastoral Monitoring Bulletin for Niger – June-July 2023

  • Start of the wintering season
  • Low pasture resources
  • Water resources generally satisfactory with the gradual filling of temporary surface waters   
  • Early arrivals of herds in the northern areas of Maradi coming from the south in search of pasture   
  • Animals’ condition is fair
  • Slight decrease in cases of animal theft and insecurity 
  • Slight drop in goat and sheep prices 
  • Rise in grain prices
  • Terms of trade for grain for goats unfavorable to breeders

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    Pastoral Surveillance Bulletin for Burkina Faso – June-July 2023

    • Installation of the rainy season
    • End of the pastoral lean season
    • Start of the food (agricultural) lean season
    • Good availability of water resources
    • Average to sufficient availability of pastures
    • Average concentration of livestock with places of high concentrations
    • Improvement of the animals’ body condition
    • Fall in goat prices
    • Increase in sheep prices
    • Rise in the price of cereals and livestock feed
    • Unfavorable terms of trade for breeders
    • Worrying security situation leading to forced displacement of herders

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    Mauritanie

    Mauritania Pastoral Surveillance Bulletin – June-July 2023

    • Régénération du tapis herbacé à la suite des premières pluies
    • Satisfactory pasture and water resources
    • High concentration of livestock in several pastoral areas
    • Satisfactory condition of animals
    • Rise in grain prices and fall in livestock feed prices
    • Goat-millet trade terms unfavorable for breeders
    • Presence of some bush fires
    • Reporting cattle thefts
    • No suspicion of animal diseases

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    Pastoral monitoring bulletin for the Ferlo agropastoral zone in Senegal – June-July 2023

    • Early start of wintering in the south of the Ferlo agropastoral zone
    • High to very high concentration of cattle in the Tambacounda region and Dolly Ranch
    • Sharp decline in pasture resources in the northern regions (Matam, Louga and Saint-Louis)
    • Improving the body weight of small and large ruminants
    • Filling the ponds
    • Sharp decrease in bushfires
    • Increase in cases of cattle theft
    • Sharp seasonal rise in livestock and grain prices

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    Multi-sectoral surveillance bulletin on the regions of Timbuktu and Taoudénni in Mali – April-May-June 2023

    • Start of the agricultural campaign
    • State of exundated pastures considered poor in the regions of Timbuktu and Taoudénni
    • Loss of animals reported in the Timbuktu and Taoudénni regions following the first rain
    • Relatively calm epizootic situation in both regions
    • Herds’ physical condition considered fair in both regions
    • Animal watering conditions favorable in Timbuktu and passable in Taoudénni
    • Increase in cereal prices observed in Timbuktu
    • 20,862 internally displaced people in the Timbuktu region

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    Mauritanie

    Mauritania Pastoral Surveillance Bulletin April – May 2023

    • Cattle movements towards the South
    • High to very high concentration of livestock in several pastoral areas
    • Sufficient availability of pasture and average to good watering conditions for livestock
    • Satisfactory condition of animals
    • Some bushfires
    • Increase in prices of cereals, livestock and animal feed
    • Terms of trade for goats for millet are unfavorable to farmers in some places
    • Recurrence of cattle thefts
    • Little suspicion of animal diseases
    • No security incidents reported

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    Pastoral Monitoring Bulletin for Niger – April-May 2023

    • Pasture resources are gradually deteriorating and are even alarming in places
    • Water resources generally satisfactory despite the drying up of temporary surface water  
    • Early arrivals of herds to the northern areas of Maradi from the south facing insecurity  
    • Animals’ physical condition is fair on most sites 
    • Slight decrease in cases of animal theft and insecurity
    • Slight drop in goat and sheep prices 
    • Cereal prices rise in most monitored markets
    • Terms of trade for grain for goats unfavorable to breeders

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