- Very good rainy season in the Sahelian zone of West Africa
- Above normal biomass production in most of the Sahelian zone
- Very good biomass production in the western block composed of central and southern Senegal, southern Mauritania, central and southern Mali and Burkina Faso
- Good biomass production in Chad, except in the south of the country
- Low to very low production in the Central Sahel, particularly in south-west Niger
- Below average biomass production in coastal countries, particularly in Nigeria
- Security context strongly hindering herds mobility and access to pasture and water resources in the Central Sahel, in addition to restrictions on mobility to coastal countries, particularly Benin and Togo
