# Mauritania : Key Message Update - Atypical reliance on livestock feed from markets reduces pastoralists' purchasing power, March 2020 - Mauritania | ReliefWeb

> A ReliefWeb key message update says Mauritanian pastoralists are relying atypically on purchased livestock feed as the lean season begins, with rackel and straw prices up 12% and 60% in January versus the five-year average. Local millet and sorghum supplies are below average due to production deficits, with sorghum prices up 19%.

- Date: 2020-03-01 · published 2020-03-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Mauritania · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/7990-mauritania-key-message-update-atypical-reliance-on-livestock-feed-from-markets
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Regional fodder and sorghum shortages in West Africa lift local feed prices, though the effect is confined to a small import-dependent market with little global price impact.

## Read by commodity

- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Sources

- reliefweb.int: https://reliefweb.int/report/mauritania/mauritania-key-message-update-atypical-reliance-livestock-feed-markets-reduces-pastoralists-purchasing-power-march-2020

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