Since 2020, the assistance going towards agricultural livelihoods has consistently reduced year on year, despite the increased demand for livelihood support by the affected population. However, an increase in the opportunities for agricultural livelihoods, including increased land access, over the past 4 years has been reported.

In August 2023, the sector partners assisted 276 thousand people with agricultural livelihood interventions in the BAY states out of the 3.7M targeted people. The most significant gap identified remains in Adamawa State (97 percent) and Yobe States (95 percent), followed Borno State (89 percent). The gap in agriculture livelihood support is about 3.5 million people. This implies there is a significant agricultural livelihood gap in BAY states.