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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