# Cameroon's Ranchers Hurting Because of Nigeria Border Closure - Cameroon | ReliefWeb

> Cameroon closed parts of its northern border with Nigeria after Boko Haram attacks on ranchers. Cattle prices at the Bogo market have fallen to as low as $250 per head as Nigerian buyers stopped coming. Ranchers are shifting trade to southern cities.

- Date: 2017-12-13 · published 2017-12-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Cameroon · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67444-cameroon-s-ranchers-hurting-because-of-nigeria-border-closure-cameroon-reliefweb
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

The closure disrupts regional livestock trade and depresses local cattle prices, but has little direct effect on global feed or commodity markets.

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## Sources

- reliefweb.int: https://reliefweb.int/report/cameroon/cameroons-ranchers-hurting-because-nigeria-border-closure

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