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Journal, magazine, bulletinBulletinFood Security and Humanitarian Implications in West Africa and the Sahel. N°62 - February 2015 2015
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The off-season activities are continuing without any major hurdles. Regarding pastoralism, four months after the end of the rainy season, drying and depletion of pasture and water sources continue, particularly in areas that had a rainfall deficit in Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Chad. Pastoral lean season is already shaping up with high concentrations of animals in the areas that remain favourable to grazing, the descent into agricultural areas and cross-border transhumance, particularly towards Togo and Northern Benin. The results of the periodic food security monitoring which took place in Mauritania by the Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire and WFP in December 2014 shows a deterioration of the food security situation with food insecurity rates never before seen in the post-harvest period. The effects of agriculture and pastoralism following the rain deficits recorded in the country could explain these high rates of food insecurity. -
Journal, magazine, bulletinBulletinFood Security and Humanitarian Implications in West Africa and the Sahel. N°57 - June 2014 2014
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The 2014/2015 agricultural campaign is marked by a late start of the rainy season, particularly in Nigeria and in Cameroon, and by dry spells that occurred subsequent to sowing activities in localized areas in Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad. The lean season has started for most of rural households. This year is particularly difficult for households in some areas in Mauritania and Niger due to the early depletion of food stocks of households that depend on markets for their food consumption. Anothe r reason for the deterioration of the food security situation in the region is the civil unrest which still prevails in the Central African Republic, northern Nigeria and northern Mali, causing people to flee their homes and countries. In the three basins, commercial trade flows of agricultural commodities have functioned well between April and June 2014, as agricultural surpluses of the main exporting countries (Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire and Nigeria) reached food deficit areas in the Sahel re gion. The markets are well supplied due to destocking activities by traders, which have contributed to ease regional flows. However, price levels in May were more than 15 percent above their five year averages in northern Mali, Chad, Nouakchott in Mauritania and along the border between Niger and Nigeria. These elevated price levels will limit food access of poor and very poor households. -
Journal, magazine, bulletinBulletinFood Security and Humanitarian Implications in West Africa and the Sahel. N° 60 - October/November 2014 2014
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In the Sahel and in West Africa, the 2014-2015 agricultural campaign was characterized by a late onset and significant rainfall deficits in the western part of the Sahel (Cape Verde, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Mauritania and Senegal) and areas in Mali, Niger and Chad. Cereal production (excluding Niger and Mali) is likely experiencing an increase of 4 percent compared to last year and 8 percent compared to the five-year average. However, disparities exist between countries, particularly in weste rn Sahel where a significant production decrease, of more than 32 percent in comparison to the five-year average, is expected. Livestock body condition is generally satisfactory following the rangeland regeneration except for areas where rainfall deficits were recorded in western Mauritania, northern Senegal and areas around Lake Chad.
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