Key messages

• FAO’s has launched its rainy season programme to bolster the food production capacity of 150 000 targeted farming families (1 050 000 people) in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, thereby enhancing their food security, nutrition and income generation.
• To date, FAO has sufficient funding to reach 149 730 households for the rainy season through the provision of cereal, vegetable and cash crop (groundnut or sesame seeds) kits.
• Ensuring planting during the rainy season means reduced humanitarian costs for 2018 and 2019 to address food insecurity. Timely agricultural support for this season is key to enhance access to food and bolster markets for improved food availability among severely food-insecure populations in northeastern Nigeria.