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Climate Change Drives Rising Farmer-Herder Conflicts in Senegal
Declining rainfall reduced pasture by 27% over 30 years, pushing herders into farmers' fields and increasing violent clashes, including deaths and injuries, across Senegal, officials say.
- Earlier this year, climate-driven pasture loss and expanding agriculture have increased clashes between nomadic herders and smallholder farmers in Senegal, which has seen 27% less rainfall, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service.
- Transhumance routes have lengthened, overlapping harvests and heightening clashes as Peul/Fulani herders face rising feed and veterinary costs, forcing longer migrations into smallholder farmers' fields.
- A farmer, Moussa Diouf, was killed by machete blows, and Dr. Yawma Fall reports wounds from clashes, including a shepherd about 12 years old struck with an ax.
- Local communities and NGOs now mediate most disputes, with village chiefs often overseeing talks, as Senegal lacks a national body and many violent incidents go unrecorded.
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In Senegal, climate change is adding to historic tension between farmers and herders – UK Times
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Cheikh Diouf and his father had just delivered a load of manure to the family’s fields near their village in January when Diouf, returning home for a second load, got an urgent phone call from his sister-in-law: His father, she said, was arguing with a group of h…
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