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SIG Sahel – ACF
SIG Sahel – ACF

Monitoring and Early Warning System in the Sahel

Publications

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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Publications

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

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Data downloadable here

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

02/12/202427/12/2024

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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

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Data downloadable here

Biomasse

Biomass production analysis report for 2024 in the Sahel

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

Report downloadable here

Data downloadable here

Biomasse

Biomass production analysis report for 2024 in Burkina Faso

31/10/202406/12/2024
  • Positive rainy season
  • Flooding in places
  • Biomass production above the national average
  • Production well above normal in the center and north
  • Average to low biomass production in the south-central and southern regions
  • Difficult security context in pastoral areas, particularly in border areas and transhumance corridors
  • Restrictions on mobility due to the security context
  • Disruption of cross-border transhumance to Benin and Togo

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Data downloadable here

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