Supporting Africa's Sahel pastoralists to secure a resilient future - Niger
Supporting Africa’s Sahel pastoralists to secure a resilient future Format 75% of the Sahel is too dry for livestock herders to remain in one place 5 million hectares of pastureland, 181 water points, and 66 cattle markets are supporting economic activity for 20,700 people More than 20 million herders across the Sahel region move their cattle, searching for water and pastureland. This is because 75 percent of the Sahel is too dry to allow livestock herders to remain in one place. Each year, in early November, the first signs of drought appear—rivers start to dry up and pastures become sc...
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