SIG Sahel

Medium to high livestock concentration
Sufficient to very sufficient pasture resource conditions
Water resource conditions very sufficient to sufficient
Overall good condition of small and large ruminants
Increase in prices of animals and cereals
Suspicion of reported cases of illness: runny nose, distomatosis, parasitism, diarrhea, anteretoxemia, lungs
Terms of trade for male cattle for millet and rice still favorable to breeders

Pastoral Surveillance Bulletin for Mali – August-September 2024

Pasture availability sufficient to very sufficient
Average livestock concentration at most sentinel sites
Very sufficient water availability
Goat-millet trade terms very favorable for livestock farmers in the central and southern parts of the country
Livestock theft reported at 21.21% of monitored sentinel sites

Overall sufficient pasture availability at pastoral monitoring sites
Heavy rainfall recorded favoring sufficient availability of water resources
Worrying rise in river waters with increased risk of overflow at Gorgol
Medium to high concentrations of livestock in strategic pastoral areas
Overall satisfactory livestock condition
Goat-for-sorghum terms of trade unfavorable for breeders
Suspicion of cases of vitamin deficiency, diarrhea, peste de petits ruminants, botulism at the sites monitored
Continuing arrivals of refugees in the Wilaya of Hodh El Chargui from Mali

Late start of the rainy season
Low biomass production across all coastal countries
Above-average biomass production in the eastern Sahel region
Below-average biomass production in western Mali and Burkina Faso and in central Senegal
Above-average flows causing significant flooding, particularly in the Sahel zone
End of rainy season expected to be favorable across the Sahel
Likely vulnerability for breeders in the western part of the region

Late start to the rainy season
Low biomass production across the coastal countries
Above-average biomass production in the eastern Sahelian belt
Below-average biomass production in western Mali, Burkina Faso, and central Senegal
Above-average runoff causing significant flooding, particularly in the Sahelian zone
Expected favourable end to the rainy season across the Sahel
Potential vulnerability for herders in the western part of the region

Effective installation of wintering and good development of pasture on different sites monitored
Pasture availability still insufficient
Worrying health situation of livestock
Improving access to markets
Significant increase in animal and grain prices on the markets
Growing insecurity, particularly in the Tahoua region

The terms of trade for goats against millet are very unfavorable for breeders on the majority of sites monitored in the regions of Gao and Timbuktu.
Cattle kidnapping reported in Gao region
Insufficient support for the pastoral sector on the sites monitored in the northern regions
Pasture availability judged to be insufficient to very insufficient
High concentrations of animals recorded in flooded parts of the Gao and Timbuktu regions
Watering conditions considered average to poor