Category: Sénégal

• 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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• 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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• Disponibilité très satisfaisante des pâturages et de l’eau dans le centre, le sud et l’est mais des déficits de production fourragère enregistrés dans le nord
• Feux de brousse étendus à Matam, Tambacounda et Kaffrine
• Bon embonpoint des petits ruminants mais dégradation localisée de l’embonpoint des gros ruminants dans le nord et le centre
• Prix du bétail en hausse mais une baisse de celui des céréales
• Termes d’échange défavorables pour les éleveurs
• Faible appui au secteur pastoral

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• Good level of pond filling
• Satisfactory pasture and water resources in the center and south, but deficient in the north
• Localized animal diseases (PPR, diarrhea, dermatoses, enterotoxemia) requiring enhanced health monitoring
• Significant increase in the price of male cattle

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• Pasture resources and animal body condition are generally satisfactory, despite some variations in certain areas
• Suspected cases of animal diseases reported in the regions of Saint-Louis, Tambacounda, Matam and Kaolack
• Major bushfires observed in Tambacounda
• Large-scale cattle thefts, particularly in the regions of Louga, Tambacounda and Kaolack
• Livestock and rice prices up from seasonal average

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• Very high concentrations of cattle noted in Darou Mousty (Louga), Galoya (Saint-Louis) and Payar (Tambacounda)
• Massive or early arrivals in the regions of Louga, Kaolack, Saint-Louis and Tambacounda
• Satisfactory pasture and water resources
• Major bushfires reported in the Saint-Louis, Matam and Tambacounda regions
• Livestock thefts reported across regions
• Upward trend in livestock prices compared to the previous period and the five-year average

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• Medium to high livestock concentration
• Sufficient to very sufficient pasture resource conditions
• Water resource conditions very sufficient to sufficient
• Overall good condition of small and large ruminants
• Increase in prices of animals and cereals
• Suspicion of reported cases of illness: runny nose, distomatosis, parasitism, diarrhea, anteretoxemia, lungs
• Terms of trade for male cattle for millet and rice still favorable to breeders

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• High to low livestock concentration
• Pasture resource conditions very insufficient to insufficient
• Sufficient to medium water resource conditions
• Good condition of small and large ruminants
• Reported diseases: runny nose, goat and sheep plague, fluke, parasitism
• Terms of trade for male cattle for millet and rice still favorable to breeders

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