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SIG Sahel – ACF
SIG Sahel – ACF

Monitoring and Early Warning System in the Sahel

Publications

Bimonthly bulletin of pastoral surveillance in the Sahel October-November 2024

27/12/202427/12/2024

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Publications

Pastoral Surveillance Bulletin for Burkina Faso – October-November 2024

27/12/202427/12/2024
  • Average grazing situation
  • Fairly overweight condition
  • Abnormal livestock movements in border areas with Ivory Coast and Mali
  • Start of the transhumance campaign  
  • Slight drop in grain prices
  • Stability of livestock prices
  • Terms of trade unfavorable to breeders

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Bulletin de surveillance pastorale sur le Niger – Octobre-Novembre 2024

24/12/202424/12/2024
  • Good availability of pasture
  • Several bushfires reported
  • Satisfactory water availability
  • Good condition of animals
  • Several cases of suspected animal diseases
  • Slight increase in the number of animal thefts
  • Falling grain prices
  • Rising animal prices
  • Improving the terms of trade

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Pastoral Surveillance Bulletin for Mali – October-November 2024

23/12/202423/12/2024
  • Termes de l’échange du caprin contre le mil très défavorable du point de vue des éleveurs
  • Cattle theft
  • Insecurity limiting the freedom of movement of people and goods
  • Sufficient pasture resource
  • Poor support for partners reported by relays in the pastoral sector

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Mauritanie

Mauritania Pastoral Surveillance Bulletin – October-November 2024

13/12/202413/12/2024
  • Flooding in some localities along the river
  • Sufficient availability of pastoral resources
  • Observation of several bush fires
  • Medium to high concentration of livestock in strategic pastoral areas
  • Satisfactory condition of the animals
  • Launch of national livestock vaccination and bushfire awareness and protection campaigns
  • Goat-for-sorghum terms of trade unfavorable to breeders
  • Continuing arrival of refugees in Hodh El Chargui

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Pastoral Surveillance Bulletin for Senegal – October-November 2024

13/12/202413/12/2024
  • Very high concentrations of cattle noted in Darou Mousty (Louga), Galoya (Saint-Louis) and Payar (Tambacounda)
  • Massive or early arrivals in the regions of Louga, Kaolack, Saint-Louis and Tambacounda
  • Satisfactory pasture and water resources
  • Major bushfires reported in the Saint-Louis, Matam and Tambacounda regions
  • Livestock thefts reported across regions
  • Upward trend in livestock prices compared to the previous period and the five-year average

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Biomasse

Biomass production analysis report in 2024 in northern Côte d’Ivoire

06/12/202406/12/2024
  • Rainy season generally poor in the northern regions, marked by a late start and early end of the rains and some extreme rains leading to flooding in certain localities
  • Biomass production well below normal in northern Côte d’Ivoire, with the lowest annual production recorded in 25 years in some places
  • Deterioration of the security situation in the Sahel leading to an increase in the flow of transhumant herders from Burkina Faso and Mali to the main refugee-hosting departments in the north of Côte d’Ivoire

Report downloadable here

Data downloadable here

Publications

Bi-monthly Pastoral Surveillance bulletin in the Sahel August-September 2024

02/12/202412/11/2025

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Publications

Bimonthly bulletin of pastoral surveillance in the Sahel August-September 2024

02/12/202402/12/2024

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Biomasse

Analysis report on biomass production in 2024 in the Sahel

31/10/202406/12/2024
  • Significant rainfall received, particularly in the Sahel countries
  • Good biomass production in the Sahelian zone of West Africa overall
  • Biomass production significantly above normal in Central Sahel
  • Average to low biomass production on the western coast and coastal countries
  • Low exposure of the region to vulnerability related to biomass
  • Runoff above normal levels, causing significant flooding
  • Security context severely hindering the mobility of herds and access to pastures and water resources in Central Sahel, in addition to mobility restrictions towards coastal countries, particularly Benin and Togo
  • Significant movements of displaced populations with livestock in several areas of the region

Report downloadable here

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