Herding territories in Northern Cameroon and Western Burkina Faso: spatial arrangements and herd management

Pastoralism

Research, Policy and Practice

Table 1 Fulani pastoral units in western Burkina Faso and northern Cameroon

	Western Burkina Faso	Northern Cameroon
Hill grazing	Ferlo
	Tree and shrub savannah	Yolde
	Fukkaawo	Tree, shrub and grass savannahs in the hills
	Shrub and grass savannah	Tree, shrub and grass savannahs in the hills
Dry plains grazing	Seeno	Yolde
Dry plains grazing	Tree and shrub savannah	3 years fallow and more
Grazing of lowland and floodable zones	Cofol
	Riverside formations	Fitare
	Bolaawo	Tree, shrub and grass savannahs bordering permanent watercourses
	Tree and shrub savannah
	Bomboru
	Tree savannahs and clear forests
Crop areas grazing		Sabeere
	Sonyere	Uncultivated fields for 1 year
	All set-aside plots	Toumbere
	All set-aside plots	Fallow for 1 to 2 years
	Nguessa	Nguessa
	Fields grazed after harvest	Fields grazed after harvest