In May 2023, 2 million people were assisted with emergency food assistance, out of which 1.4 million people were reached through cash modality and 617 thousand with in-kind modality; while 129 thousand people were reached with agricultural livelihoods support out of which 39 thousand people were reached through cash modality and 91 thousand people with in-kind modality in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (BAY) states.

About 4.3 million people are projected to be food insecure in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states, with over 520,000 being in the emergency phase (phase 4) during the lean season of 2023 as per March 2023 Cadre Harmonise analysis. This also implies that the number of food-insecure people in the three states has consistently been above 4 million since 2020.