SIG Sahel

Pasture resources generally sufficient with several deficit pockets
Water resources generally sufficient with a deterioration in watering conditions
High concentrations of livestock in strategic pastoral areas
Overall satisfactory livestock condition
Recording of several bushfires
Goat-for-sorghum terms of trade unfavorable for breeders
Normal health situation with a few cases of vitamin deficiency, peste de petits ruminants and enteroxemia at the Gorgol surveillance sites

Pastoral Surveillance Bulletin for Burkina Faso – February-March 2024

Concentration of animals considered medium to high in places;
Forced departures of breeders and cattle thefts in the Gao region and in the Mopti region;
Pasture availability considered average to good across all sites;
Increase in the price of basic foodstuffs observed in the Gao region;
Water resource conditions considered average to sufficient in the four regions (Koulikoro, Mopti, Gao and Timbuktu);
Precarious security situation affecting the mobility of breeders in the regions of Gao, Mopti and Timbuktu.

High concentration of livestock in reception sites in the Kaolack, Kaffrine and Tambacounda regions
Good condition of small and large ruminants
Sufficient pasture and water resources
Livestock and grain prices still above seasonal averages
Terms of trade for male cattle for millet or rice favorable to breeders

Harvesting market garden crops
Installation of off-season rice nurseries
Relative calm in phytosanitary conditions in the Timbuktu region
Pasture conditions rated average to poor in Timbuktu and poor in Taoudénni
Bourgou production rated good to average in Timbuktu
Relatively calm epizootic situation in both regions
Herds’ physical condition considered fair in Timbuktu and poor in Taoudénni
Animal watering conditions average to poor in Timbuktu and fair in Taoudénni
Increase observed in the price of millet
4,700 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Timbuktu and 1,347 in Taoudénni
60,203 people in acute food insecurity (6% of the population) in Timbuktu and 14,020 (22% of the population) in Taoudénni according to the latest report of the harmonized framework for the period from March to May 2024