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No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)Technical reportSAHEL WEATHER AND CROP SITUATION - August 1999 1999
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The rainy season is now well established over all producing zones of the Sahel. During the three dekads of July, rains were generally regular, widespread and above normal over the whole region, except in northern Senegal, southern Mauritania and western Mali in late July. At the end of July, cumulative rainfall was in most cases higher than for the same period in 1998/99 and above normal. These good rains improved growing conditions in Burkina Faso and Niger, following a dry spell in early June. Satellite imagery indicates that precipitation remained regular and abundant during the first dekad of August over most producing areas. It decreased in Burkina Faso and northern Senegal but remained widespread. These overall favourable conditions permitted satisfactory crop development. Soil moisture reserves are adequate. Pastures are regenerating satisfactorily in most areas notably in northern areas following well above normal rains. Some grasshopper’s infestations are reported i n Cape Verde, Chad and Senegal. The Desert Locust situation is calm. Low numbers of adults were reported in Mauritania. No locusts were reported from any other country and no significant developments are expected. -
No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)Technical reportSAHEL WEATHER AND CROP SITUATION REPORT - 9 August 1996 1996
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Following generally adequate rains in May and June, except in Burkina Faso which registered two mostly dry dekads in mid and late June, precipitation remained below normal in early or mid-July in northern Senegal, western and central Mali, most parts of Niger and in the Sahelian zone of Chad where substantial replantings have been necessary. However, rains increased significantly and progressed northwards during the last dekad of July, notably in southern Mauritania, western and central Mali and in southern and central Chad where they benefited recently planted crops. Widespread and abundant rains in July helped desalination of swamp rice in Guinea Bissau and crop emergence in The Gambia. In Cape Verde, rains have started on all islands, allowing first maize plantings. Overall, although growing conditions have improved since late July, crop prospects remain uncertain in several countries. The last Meteosat satellite image up to the morning of 9 August (i.e about 4/5 of a full deka d) is indicating that rains decreased significantly over the Sahel, although cloud coverage remained widespread over the main producing areas, except in central and northern Mali and central and eastern Niger where no clouds were present (or only shortly). Therefore, some, but limited, rains are likely to have been received over most parts of Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, south-west and south-east of Mauritania, western and south-eastern Mali, northern Burkina Faso and western Niger. Rains have been more abundant over southern and central Burkina Faso and Chad. Following good precipitation in late July, soil moisture reserves have been generally reconstituted, but more rains are needed to avoid water stress, notably in Senegal, in western, central and northern Mali and in central and eastern Niger. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical reportSAHEL WEATHER AND CROP SITUATION REPORT - August 2001 2001
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Rains were generally regular and widespread over the main producing zones of the Sahel in July. Rainfall improved notably in Chad, Mali and Niger during the second and the third dekads of July. Precipitation has been particularly abundant in the sudanian zone of Chad during the third dekad of July compensating for insufficient rains earlier in June. By contrast, the north of Burkina Faso received reduced rains. In the western countries (Mauritania, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal), rains w ere regular and above normal during the first dekad of July. They decreased somewhat in mid and late July but remained widespread, notably in Guinea-Bissau. Cape Verde registered its first significant rains in mid-July in Santiago and Fogo islands. Satellite imagery for the first week of August indicates that Chad, Burkina Faso and Senegal received above normal rains. Soil moisture reserves are generally adequate to allow a satisfactory crop development in most agricultural zones. No water stress is reported so far. Late plantings of coarse grains are underway in the north of Senegal and in Mauritania while wet plantings have started in the agricultural islands of Cape Verde. Pastures are regenerating gradually in the pastoral zones. Infestations of grasshoppers are reported in Chad and Niger resulting in localized replanting of coarse grains. Although no Desert Locusts were reported, low numbers of solitarious adults are likely to be present in areas of southern Mauritania, northern Mali, northwestern Niger and perhaps in eastern Chad and are expected to increase gradually with rainfall.
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