DATA ON LIVESTOCK LOSSES DURING DROUGHT
|
Country/Region (source) |
Period |
Species |
Loss (%) |
|
West Africa/Sahelian region |
1968-73 |
cattle |
12-45% |
|
(B.Sitta, Le Courier no. 65, 1981) |
|
sheep & goats |
15-30% |
|
Burkina Faso (FAO Production Yearbook, 1976) |
1972-74 |
cattle |
33% |
|
sheep |
31% |
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|
goats |
23% |
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|
horses |
20% |
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|
donkeys |
42% |
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|
Chad (FAO/Chad, 1984) |
1984-85 |
cattle |
32% |
|
Mali (FAO, 1985b) |
1968-73 |
cattle |
35% |
|
Telataye, Gao NE Mali (Marty, 1975) |
1967-75 |
cattle |
93% |
|
sheep & goats |
78% |
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|
horses |
69% |
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|
donkeys |
35% |
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|
camels |
41% |
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|
Mauritania (FAO Situation Report no. 7, 1985) |
1983-85 |
cattle |
40-90% |
|
Niger/Pastoral zone (Bernus et al, 1983) |
1973 |
cattle |
63% |
|
sheep |
47% |
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|
goats |
33% |
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|
camels |
38% |
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|
Niger/Agadez Department (Bernus et al., 1983) |
1968-74 |
cattle |
88% |
|
sheep |
80% |
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|
goats |
70% |
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|
camels |
45% |
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|
Ethiopia/NE Rangelands (LMB, 1974) |
1972-74 |
cattle |
82% |
|
sheep |
50% |
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|
goats |
28% |
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|
camels |
36% |
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|
Kenya/Maasailand (Campbell, 1978) |
1976 |
cattle |
20-33% |
|
Kenya/Isiolo District |
1963-70 |
cattle |
7% |
|
(Hogg, 1985) |
sheep & goats |
>90% |
|
|
Note: effects of drought and banditry |
camels |
>95% |
|
|
Kenya/N. Turkana (Hogg, 1985) |
1979-80 |
cattle |
>90% |
|
sheep & goats |
80% |
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|
camels |
40% |
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|
Sudan/E.Region (FAO/OSRO 1985) |
1984 |
cattle |
23% |
|
sheep |
12% |
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|
goats |
5% |
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|
camels |
7% |
