- Local weather change is impacting grazing durations for livestock.
- Pastoralists in Senegal have to start out their journeys earlier and journey additional for his or her herds to graze.
- The UN estimates Senegalese pastoralists provide 65% of meat and 70% of milk bought at native markets within the area.
Because the local weather modifications in Senegal, pastoralists — or cattle, sheep, and goat herders — are experiencing an evolving set of issues.
Prior to now, pastoralists would take their herds to graze on grass near residence. However with wet seasons turning into much less predictable, discovering areas for herds to graze has been turning into more durable. Because of this, pastoralists should journey additional to feed their animals.
New grazing areas can carry new threats, and pastoralists have to start out transferring with their animals months earlier and typically journey virtually 100 miles to seek out meals.
The modifications do not simply influence the animals. They will uproot complete households. Whereas the boys go together with their animals to seek out land to graze on, their kids and wives are left at residence lots of of miles away.
