Pauline Torehall/EU, Gaku Sato/Japan with a farmer at a high-level donor visit to FAO project site

February 17, 2017, Abuja- Buoyed by the prospect of restarting   life through agricultural livelihoods, many internally displaced persons   (IDPs) in North East Nigeria are returning to farms supported by the Food and   Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Under the ongoing Restoring Agricultural Livelihoods of IDPs,   Returnees and Vulnerable Host Families in North East Nigeria project, FAO is   reaching 174 400 people with vegetable seeds and irrigation support for the   dry season.

Ahead of the upcoming rainy season, FAO is planning to   considerably scale up its interventions in the region to ensure sure that   those who return to farms receive the support they need to plant in time and   produce food to sustain themselves and their families.

With more than 80 percent of northeastern Nigeria's rural   population depending on crop or livestock farming, investing in agriculture   now is critical to tackling food insecurity.