Crisis food security outcomes currently seen in the northeast
KEY MESSAGES
• Conflict relating to Boko Haram is continuing to displace populations, disrupt market and trade activities, and reduce income levels in the north, particularly in Borno and Yobe states. Food stocks in these areas also depleted earlier than normal due to below-average 2012/13 crop production. As a result, poor households will face Crisis (IPC Phase 3) food insecurity between April and September.
• In areas affected by last season's floods, poor households are still in the process of recovering their livelihoods. Most of these households have also become market dependant earlier than normal and are having difficulties access food due to above normal staple food prices. In flood-affected areas, poor households will be Stressed (IPC Phase 2) through September.
• In the rest of the country, prices for major staple foods (sorghum, maize, millet, gari, and yams) are currently above both last year's levels and the five-year average. However relatively normal income levels from livestock, cropping, and off-farm labor activities, as well as early green harvests, will enable households to access food normally. Households in these areas will face Minimal (IPC Phase 1) food insecurity through the entire outlook period.
