Nigeria — Transhumance Tracking Tool Report — Flow Monitoring Dashboard 3 — Kaduna and Katsina states (February 2024)

This report presents the data for the month of February 2024, collected through direct interviews and direct observation by DTM enumerators and triangulated via a network of key informants. It highlights the number of herders and their herds identified at 34 counting points. Notably, this enumeration included areas within the Kachia, Kaura, Kaita, and Faskari Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Kaduna and Katsina states, under the auspices of the Peacebuilding Fund. Additionally, it extended to Batsari, Jibia, Kankara, and Dan Musa LGAs of Katsina State, which were supported by the European Union Fund.
In February 2024, Transhumance Flow Monitoring tool identified 1,423 herders in Kaduna State and 600 herders in Katsina State. The animal count was estimated at 55,211 for Kaduna State and 13,684 for Katsina State. Notably, 91 per cent of the total number of herders departed from states within Nigeria, while the remaining 9 per cent departed from Niger.