What value for pastoral livelihoods? An economic valuation of development alternatives for ephemeral wetlands in eastern Mauritania

Pastoralism

Research, Policy and Practice

Table 10 Total production from the seven case study wetlands in 1999/2000 - multiple-use systems (1999 market value) UM

Wetland	Sorghum production^a	Vegetable production	Pastoral resources	Botanical resources	Total value UM
Chlim	269,100	23,600	40,730,510	3,231,225	44,254,435
Goungel	3,516,240	235,000	228,753,045	4,336,800	236,841,085
Tali	79,040	162,400	308,355,055	7,170,600	315,767,095
Boichiche	365,560	30,000	29,098,975	3,702,420	33,196,955
Tamchekett	0	61,000	31,057,500	15,519,084	46,637,584
Sawana	52,243,425	0	21,834,435	30,627,800	104,705,660
Oum Lellé	0	0	373,101,300	Unknown^b	373,101,300

^aFlood recession production only; ^bno value for botanical resources is included for Oum Lellé as the total number of resource users is unknown