Category: Sahel

Biomasse

Biomass Status in the Sahel at Mid-Season of the 2021 Rainy Season

  • Contrasting rainy season in the Sahel with rainfall breaks in the west and normal to surplus in the central part
  • Normal to surplus biomass production in Niger, Chad, Northern Burkina Faso and Eastern Mali
  • Below normal biomass production over central and Western Mali, central Senegal
  • Much lower than normal biomass production over the whole of Mauritania
  • Much lower than normal biomass production in the coastal countries of Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria
  • Difficult economic context due to restrictions following the COVID pandemic19
  • Security context strongly hampering herd mobility and access to pasture and water resources in the Central Sahel

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