Analysis report on biomass production in 2022 in the Sahel

  • 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

Report downloadable here