Key points

• Over 47% of households in northeast Nigeria have inadequate food consumption in June. This marks an eight percentage point increase compared to last year and a seven percentage point increase compared to the start of the lean season.
• IDPs and returnees show significantly higher levels of deprivation and vulnerability regarding food consumption, coping, nonmonetary poverty and food stock levels—especially IDPs residing in camps or informal settlements.

• In June, 33% of cultivating households have some food stocks remaining. This marks a one-point decrease compared to the same time last year. However, only 20% have stocks that will last longer than a month. Food consumption is therefore expected to worsen rapidly over the coming months.

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 since October 2020 and saw an especially sharp jump in early 2021. After a short stabilization, inflation has seen an increase again starting the second quarter of 2022 and is expected to further increase in light of the increase in fuel prices.