SIG Sahel

Overall average availability of pastures
Satisfactory drinking water resources
Massive inter-zone movements in search of pastures
Satisfactory condition of the animals
Increase in the number of animal thefts
Increase in the number of security incidents and conflicts
Fall in prices of goats and sheep
Rise in grain prices
Deterioration of the terms of trade for male goats for millet unfavorable for breeders

Pastoral Surveillance Bulletin for Burkina Faso – December 2023 – January 2024

Pasture resources generally sufficient despite some areas in deficit
Water resources generally sufficient
High concentrations of livestock in strategic pastoral areas
Overall satisfactory livestock condition
Recording of several bushfires
Reporting cattle thefts
Goat-for-sorghum terms of trade unfavorable for breeders
Normal health situation with cases of peste de petits ruminants at the Gorgol surveillance sites

High concentration of livestock in reception sites (Kaolack, Kaffrine and Tambacounda regions)
Overall good condition of small and large ruminants
Sufficient pasture and water resources at the reception sites
Slight fluctuation in livestock and grain prices
Terms of trade for male cattle for millet or rice favorable to breeders

Harvest period for rice and dry crops
Installation and maintenance of market gardening and wheat crops
Relative calm in phytosanitary conditions in the Timbuktu region
Lack of rainfall causing losses of sown areas and degeneration of pastures
State of the exuded pastures judged average to poor in Timbuktu and poor in Taoudénni
Condition of flooded pastures deemed good in Timbuktu
Relatively calm epizootic situation in both regions
Herds’ physical condition considered fair in Timbuktu and fair to poor in Taoudénni
Animal watering conditions favorable in Timbuktu and passable in Taoudénni
Decline observed in the price of rice
25,793 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Timbuktu and 7,146 in Taoudénni
65,646 people in acute food insecurity (6.56% of the population) during this period

Satisfactory pasture and water resources
High concentrations of livestock in strategic pastoral areas
Overall satisfactory livestock condition
Several cases of bushfires recorded
Reporting cattle thefts
Goat-for-sorghum terms of trade unfavorable for breeders
Suspicion of cases of vitamin deficiency and animal diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease, botulism, peste de petits ruminants at the sites
Launch of the national livestock vaccination campaign