The Agriculture Working Group of the Global Food Security Cluster conducted a review exercise better understand the culture, the level of institutionalisation, and the practices of farmers’ engagement of cluster members. Humanitarian interventions supporting affected populations to maintain and protection agricultural production must understand the local context, local agricultural systems and local knowledge in production systems. Failure to do so can result in poorly design and inappropriate humanitarian responses and hence farmer engagement at all stages of the programme cycle can improve success in humanitarian agricultural interventions