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MAURITANIA 2025 - DROMEDARY CAMELS B-ROLL

As part of the celebrations for the United Nations–proclaimed International Year of Camelids 2024, led by FAO, a field mission was conducted in Mauritania in January 2025. Engagements with local communities and stakeholders highlighted the vital role dromedary camels play in ensuring food security, enhancing nutrition, and supporting the livelihoods of agropastoral populations. These discussions underscored the collaborative efforts between FAO and the Mauritanian government and revealed the significant untapped potential of the camelid sector. With increased investment and targeted support, camelids could become powerful drivers of improved resilience and sustainable rural development.

Duration 9m27s

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Video Type B Roll Video

Date 04/29/2025

File size 1.34 GB

Unique ID UF19XP9

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Shotlist STORY: MAURITANIA / DROMEDARY CAMELS B-ROLL
TRT: 09’:27’’
SOURCE: FAO
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT FAO ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: NATS
DATELINE: 27-31 JANUARY 2025, MAURITANIA

SHOTLIST

31 JANUARY 2025, TRARZA REGION, MAURITANIA,
1. Various, dromedary camels walking on sand dunes with wind blowing
2. Various, dromedary camels grazing
3. Various, aerial shots of dromedary camels walking

30 JANUARY 2025, R'KIZ, TRARZA REGION, MAURITANIA,
4. Various, dromedary camels walking
5. Med shot, dromedary camel
6. Close up, dromedary camel
7. Tracking shot, nomadic herder Ahmedou Mokhtar Salem walking towards a female dromedary camel
8. Tilt down from nomadic herder Ahmedou Mokhtar Salem to a calf, baby camel, drinking milk
9. Various of nomadic herder Ahmedou Mokhtar Salem milking a dromedary camel
10. Med shot, newborn dromedary camel drinking milk
11. Close up, newborn dromedary camel drinking milk
12. Zoom in, nomadic herder with a newborn dromedary camel
13. Med shot, nomadic herder Ahmedou Mokhtar Salem with another herder and a a newborn dromedary camel
14. Med shot, dromedary camel and her calf
15. Close up, dromedary camel calf drinking milk
16. Tracking shot, nomadic herder calling a dromedary camel
17. Wide shot, nomadic herder calling dromedary camels
18. Med shot, nomadic herder with a dromedary camel and her calf
19. Close up, nomadic herder
20. Close up, nomadic herder milking a dromedary camel
21. Close up, camel milk being poured into a bottle
22. Various, FAO staff at work with nomadic herders
23. Various aerial shots, dromedary camels grazing

28 JANUARY 2025, NOUAKCHOTT, MAURITANIA
24. Various aerial shots, Nouakchott camel market
25. Tracking shot, dromedary camels at the Nouakchott camel market
26. Various, dromedary camels at the Nouakchott camel market
27 JANUARY 2025, NOUAKCHOTT, MAURITANIA
27. Pan right, dromedary camels inside the Mauritanian Center for Camel Livestock Development (CEMDEC)
28. Various, dromedary camels inside the Mauritanian Center for Camel Livestock Development (CEMDEC)
29. Wide shot, Mohamed Salem Amar Val, Coordinator of the Mauritanian Center for Camelid Livestock Development, inside a greenhouse checking an experimental fodder production
30. Close up, Mohamed Salem Amar Val, Coordinator of the Mauritanian Center for Camelid Livestock Development, inside a greenhouse checking an experimental fodder production
31. Various, machine milking
32. Close up, dromedary camel milk being poured into a metal tank
33. Med shot, CEMDEC staff pouring dromedary camel milk into a metal tank

31 JANUARY 2025, NOUAKCHOTT, MAURITANIA
34. Wide shot, FAO staff visiting a peri-urban dromedary camel farm
35. Close up, FAO staff talking with a herder
36. Med shot, dromedary camels walking
37. Wide shot, dromedary camels walk with wind turbines on the background
38. Med shot, herder feeding dromedary camels

28 JANUARY 2025, NOUAKCHOTT, MAURITANIA
39. Close up, dromedary camel eating fodder at Nouakchott camel market
40. Wide shot, dromedary camels eating fodder at Nouakchott camel market
41. Various, women spinning dromedary camel fiber at MATIS carpet factory
42. Med shot, women weaving carpets on looms at MATIS carpet factory
43. Close up, hands cutting a wire with a knife
44. Med shot, women weaving a carpet on a loom
45. Tracking shot, camel fiber carpet on a loom
46. Tilt down, camel fiber carpet on a loom
47. Tilt up, close up view of motif on a camel fiber carpet
48. Zoom out, motif on a camel fiber carpet

29 JANUARY 2025, BOUTIDOUMA, MAURITANIA
49. Close up, gas cooker being lit at TEYDOUMA Cooperative dairy farm
50. Med shot, Vatimetou Zayed Elmouslimine Head of the cooperative working with a colleague and taking camel milk with a spoon to test on the gas cooker milk’s quality
51. Close up, milk quality being tested on a gas cooker
52. Med shot, women testing milk’s quality
53. Wide shot, women pasteurizing milk
54. Various, women pasteurizing milk
55. Med shot, Vatimetou Zayed Elmouslimine pouring pasteurized camel milk into a bottle
56. Close up, camel milk being poured into a bottle
57. Pull focus, pasteurized camel milk bottles
58. Wide shot, Vatimetou Zayed Elmouslimine and a colleague putting camel milk bottles in a bucket
59. Med shot, Vatimetou Zayed Elmouslimine and a colleague putting a bucket full of putting camel milk bottles in a refrigerator
60. Close up, camel cheese being cut
61. Med shot, Vatimetou Zayed Elmouslimine cutting camel cheese
62. Wide shot, Vatimetou Zayed Elmouslimine and a colleague putting boxes filled with camel cheese in a basket
63. Various, Women members of the TEYDOUMA Cooperative drinking Mauritanian tea after work
64. Aerial zoom out of Vatimetou Zayed Elmouslimine outside her house

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Script As part of the celebrations for the United Nations–proclaimed International Year of Camelids 2024, led by FAO, a field mission was conducted in Mauritania in January 2025. Engagements with local communities and stakeholders highlighted the vital role dromedary camels play in ensuring food security, enhancing nutrition, and supporting the livelihoods of agropastoral populations. These discussions underscored the collaborative efforts between FAO and the Mauritanian government and revealed the significant untapped potential of the camelid sector. With increased investment and targeted support, camelids could become powerful drivers of improved resilience and sustainable rural development.

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