Category: Mauritanie

Start of wintering in agropastoral sites in Mauritania
Pasture deficit at pastoral monitoring sites
Water resources generally sufficient at the sites
High concentrations of livestock in strategic pastoral areas
Fair livestock condition
Increase in the price of animal feed and food products
Goat-for-sorghum terms of trade unfavorable for breeders
Calm health situation with a few cases of vitamin deficiency and peste de petits ruminants at the surviving sites
Continuing arrivals of refugees in the Wilaya of Hodh El Chargui from Mali

Mauritania Pastoral Surveillance Bulletin – April-May 2024

Pasture deficit at pastoral monitoring sites
Water resources generally sufficient with a deterioration in watering conditions
High concentrations of livestock in strategic pastoral areas
Fair livestock condition
Recording of some bushfire cases
Goat-for-sorghum terms of trade unfavorable for breeders
Calm health situation with a few cases of vitamin deficiency, peste de petits ruminants, pasteurellosis at the Gorgol surveillance sites

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

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

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

Rainfall figures generally close to the average in Mauritania
Rainfall breaks recorded in the Wilayas of Gorgol, Guidimakha and 2 Hodh (El Chargui and Gargi)
Good to very good biomass production in the west and the center-southwest of the country (Moughataa of Trarza, Keur Macène, Méderdra, R’kiz in the Wilaya of Trarza and Moudjeria and Tichit in Tagant)
Slightly negative biomass production in the center of Hodh El Gharbi in the north of Tagant
Biomass production deficit in the northern and eastern parts of Hodh Ech Chargui, Tagant, Inchiri and Nouadhibou
Prospects of an early and difficult lean season, particularly in eastern Mauritania

Installation of wintering at agropastoral sites
Satisfactory pasture and water resources
High concentrations of livestock in strategic pastoral areas
Improvement of the animals’ body condition
Fall in the price of livestock feed
Goat-for-sorghum terms of trade unfavorable for breeders
Reporting cattle thefts
Suspicion of cases of vitamin deficiency and animal diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease, pasteurellosis, peste de petits ruminants at the sites

Cattle movements towards the South
High to very high concentration of livestock in several pastoral areas
Sufficient availability of pasture and average to good watering conditions for livestock
Satisfactory condition of animals
Some bushfires
Increase in prices of cereals, livestock and animal feed
Terms of trade for goats for millet are unfavorable to farmers in some places
Recurrence of cattle thefts
Little suspicion of animal diseases
No security incidents reported