- Rainy season globally close to normal in the Sahel
- Biomass production close to normal in almost all of the Sahelian area
- Negative biomass production in pastoral areas of Mauritania, in the Tagant, Assaba, Guidimakha and Gorgol regions
- Strongly negative biomass production in Mauritania and moderately negative in the Timbuktu region of Mali
- Critical biomass production deficits in Hodh El Chargui and Hodh El Gharbi in Mauritania
- Negative biomass production especially in the northern pastoral zone of Niger and Chad
- Economic environment remains challenging
- Security context severely hampering herd mobility and access to pasture and water resources in the Central Sahel
