Category: Sahel

Biomasse

Analysis report on biomass production in 2021 in the Sahel

  • 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

Report downloadable here

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

Bulletin downloadable here

Biomasse

Analysis Report on Biomass Production in 2020 in the Sahel

  • Positive rainy season in the Sahel
  • Surplus of biomass production compared to the normal over almost the entire Sahelian zone
  • Locally negative biomass production in Western Mauritania, in the regions of Tagant, Brakna and Trarza
  • Locally moderately negative biomass production in the Matam region of Senegal
  • Deficits in biomass production quite critical in the Boucle du Mouhoun, Central West, Central Plateau and Central East regions
  • Negative biomass production in isolated enclaves especially in the northern pastoral zone of Barh-El-Gazel, Batha and Ennedi-Est
  • Difficult economic context due to the sanitary measure and associated restrictions following the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Security context severely hindering herd mobility and access to pasture and water resources in the Central Sahel

Report in English downloadable here