North-East Nigeria 2019 Rainy Season Yield Assessment - FAO

Context

Northeastern Nigeria has faced significant instability for over a decade due to an armed insurgency. More than 1.8 million people remain displaced by the crisis across Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, the worst-affected states. About the same number of people have returned to their villages of origin with little or no productive resources, including the seed and fertilizer required to produce food and generate income, causing severe levels of food insecurity and malnutrition.

Key findings

• Across crop types and on per hectare basis, FAO-supported farmers harvested significantly more crop than farmers using locally available and unimproved crop varieties of all crops surveyed.

• There is an urgent need to strengthen extension services on good practices in crop production and integrated pest management to ensure better crop performance and improved yields.

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