Category: Pays

Mauritanie

Pastoral Monitoring Bulletin of Mauritania – February-March 2026

  • The suspension of cross-border transhumance between Mauritania and Mali is due to ongoing security concerns.
  • High concentrations of livestock in monitored pastoral areas
  • Sufficient availability of pastoral resources in the monitoring sites, despite recurring bushfires
  • Increase in livestock prices, particularly for small ruminants
  • The overall body condition of the livestock was satisfactory despite suspected cases of vitamin deficiencies, sheep pox, and peste des petits ruminants (PPR).
  • Goat/sorghum farming practices are beneficial to agropastoral households in Guidimakha and Hodh Gharbi
  • TDEs are unfavorable in Brakna and Gorgol, while they are considered balanced in Assaba and Hodh Chargui.
  • The continued arrival of refugees with livestock in Hodh Chargui is increasing the pressure on local resources and services.

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Côte d'Ivoire

Pastoral monitoring bulletin for the northern region of Côte d’Ivoire – February-March 2026

  • Gradual decline in pastoral resources (pasture and water)
  • The overall body condition of small ruminants is good, but that of large ruminants is declining.
  • Animal diseases reported (foot-and-mouth disease, diarrhea, avian influenza)
  • Functional markets but virtually no pastoral support
  • Terms of trade are broadly balanced
  • Livestock feed shortages in some areas
  • Deteriorating security situation in Bounkani

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Côte d'Ivoire

Pastoral monitoring bulletin for the northern region of Côte d’Ivoire – December 2025 – January 2026

  • Gradual decline in pastoral resources, but still sufficient
  • Pastoral mobility and localized concentrations of livestock in the north of the country
  • Fall in cereal prices
  • Livestock price increase
  • Large areas burned
  • Limited cattle rustling, conflict and insecurity during the period
  • Unfavorable terms of trade for livestock farmers

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Niger

Pastoral monitoring bulletin for the Niger River – February-March 2026

  • Overall satisfactory availability of pastoral resources (pasture and water) in the country’s agropastoral zones
  • Decrease in bushfires
  • Appreciable body condition of the livestock
  • Slight increase in animal prices, particularly for goats
  • Slight increase in cereal prices,
  • The terms of the male goat-cereal exchange are generally favorable to farmers.
  • Slight deterioration in the security situation: increase in cases of cattle theft and armed incidents

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Mali

Pastoral monitoring bulletin for Mali – February-March 2026

  • Deterioration of vegetation cover in the country, with bare soils localized in the north and center of the country
  • Open and accessible markets across all sentinel sites 
  • A decrease in cattle thefts was observed during the period.
  • Terms of trade favorable to livestock farmers at the majority of monitoring sites 
  • Low support for the pastoral sector reported
  • Bushfires persist nationwide, with areas affected exceeding normal levels.

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Publications

Pastoral monitoring bulletin for Senegal – February-March 2026

  • Rapid degradation of forage resources
  • Animals are overweight, mediocre in size, and the health situation is worrying in some areas.
  • Recurring bushfires
  • Significant transhumance flows from Mauritania and Mali
  • High cereal prices
  • Livestock prices are falling and the terms of trade are unfavorable for ranchers.
  • Support for the pastoral sector deemed insufficient and too localized

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Côte d'Ivoire

Pastoral monitoring bulletin for the northern region of Côte d’Ivoire – October-November 2025

  • Pastoral resources: generally satisfactory availability of pasture and water thanks to a good rainy season
  • Pastoral mobility: significant concentrations of herds in Tchologo (Ferkessédougou, Kong), early departures in Bounkani due to security pressures
  • Security context: The situation is mixed, more fragile in Bounkani, with tensions linked to cross-border flows and threats
  • Markets: functional but with little direct support for the pastoral sector
  • Terms of the trade: generally favorable to the farmers

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Publications

Pastoral monitoring bulletin for Senegal – December 2025 – January 2026

  • The overall agro-pastoral situation is favorable, with a good condition
    weight gain in animals at the beginning of the dry season
  • Progressive degradation of pastures observed in the north and north-central areas
    marking the beginning of the pastoral lean season
  • Water availability is generally satisfactory, but there are pockets of
    persistent vulnerabilities in the Ferlo
  • Intensification of north-south transhumance movements, leading to
    increasing pressure on reception areas
  • Markets that favor farmers in the short term, with prices of
    Livestock prices are generally high, and cereals are declining.
  • Terms of trade generally favorable, particularly in the
    central and southern parts of the surveillance zone
  • Early signs of tension in the north (Saint-Louis, Louga, Matam):
    pastoral pressure, cattle theft and limited access to support
  • Livestock feed prices are still affordable, but there is a risk of increase.
    with the degradation of resources
  • The overall animal health situation is stable, with few cases of
    reported illnesses and deaths
  • Risk of deteriorating pastoral conditions in the coming months,
    linked to the expected decrease in resources and the increase in supply of
    cattle

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