Key points

• In August, 59% of households in northeast Nigeria had inadequate food consumption. This marks a sixteen-percentage point increase compared to the same time last year and an eight-percentage point increase compared to the start of the lean season in June.
• IDPs and returnees show significantly higher levels of deprivation and vulnerability in terms of food consumption, food-based coping, strategies, non-monetary poverty and food stock levels, especially for IDPs residing within host communities.
• Almost 35% of cultivating households have some food stocks remaining. This marks a two-point increase compared to the same time last year. However, only 23% have stocks that will last longer than a month. Stock levels have significantly reduced compared to the start of the lean season.

Context
Conflict in northeast Nigeria remains a protracted crisis, with persistent inequalities and poverty affecting the region. As of February 2023, 2.2 million individuals remain internally displaced in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (BAY) States, with women and children comprising most of those internally displaced. Armed insurgency in northeast Nigeria has intensified, resulting in increased humanitarian access challenges, recurring displacement, increased food insecurity, and limited opportunities to introduce durable solutions. Inflation rates have continued to increase, headline inflation increased to 25.80% relative to the July 2023 headline inflation rate which was 24.08%. - its highest in almost two decades. With the removal of the longstanding fuel subsidy in June 2023, fuel prices in Nigeria have seen a sharp increase (by more than 360 percent).