Market and livelihoods disruptions continue in northeast Nigeria
KEY MESSAGES
Conflicted affected households in northeastern Nigeria continue to experience difficulty in meeting their essential food and nonfood needs. Main and dry season cultivation is significantly impacted and households are not able to off-set their low harvests through market purchase. Areas worst affected by conflict will remain in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) through at least June.
Many households in the conflict affected northeast have fled their homes and are in urban centers in the northeast, in neighboring states, or have fled to neighboring countries. The number of IDPs in Nigeria is expected to continue to increase as conflict persists across the region.
At the national level, though, the main 2014 harvest is expected to have been average to above average, contributing to increased food availability and access. With most households also earning typical seasonal incomes and market purchase prices for key staples relatively average to below-average, most of the country is expected to be in Minimal (IPC Phase 1) acute food insecurity through at least June.
