Adamawa and Borno - Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) Assessment of Hard-to-Reach Areas in Northeast Nigeria July 2020 Overview The continuation of conflict in Northeast Nigeria has in accessible Local Government Area (LGA) capitals the same settlement are then aggregated to the The findings presented are indicative of broader created a complex humanitarian crisis, rendering with key informants (KIs) who either (1) are newly settlement level. The most common response trends in assessed settlements in July 2020, and sections of Borno state as hard to reach. To address arrived internally displaced persons (IDPs) who have provided by the greatest number of KIs is reported for are not statistically generalisable. information gaps facing the humanitarian response left a hard-to-reach settlement in the last 3 months each settlement. When no most common response Due to precautions related to the COVID-19 in Northeast Nigeria and inform humanitarian actors or (2) KIs who have had contact with someone living could be identified, the response is considered as ‘no outbreak, data was collected remotely through on the demographics of households in hard-to-reach or having been in a hard-to-reach settlement in the consensus’. While included in the calculations, the phone based interviews with assistance from local areas of Northeast Nigeria, as well as to identify their last month (traders, migrants, family members, etc.)1 percentage of settlements for which no consensus stakeholders. Data collection took place from June needs, access to services and movement intentions, was reached is not displayed in the results below. If not stated otherwise, the recall period for each 1st to June 30th. REACH has been conducting a monthly assessment question is set to one month prior to the last Results presented in this factsheet, unless otherwise of hard-to-reach areas in Northeast Nigeria since Assessment Coverage information the KI has had from the hard-to-reach specified, represent the proportion of settlements November 2018. area. Selected KIs are purposively sampled and assessed within an LGA. Findings are only reported 626 Key informants interviewed Using its Area of Knowledge (AoK) methodology, are interviewed on settlement-wide circumstances on LGAs where at least 5% of populated settlements 348 Settlements assessed REACH remotely monitors the situation in hard-to- in hard-to-reach areas, rather than their individual and at least 5 settlements in the respective LGA 22 LGAs assessed reach areas through monthly multi-sector interviews experiences. Responses from KIs reporting on have been assessed. 10 LGAs with sufficient coverage2 Assessment coverage Access to livelihoods Access to markets Proportion of settlements assessed: Proportion of assessed settlements where it was reported that Proportion of assessed settlements where it was reported that most people have access to their usual livelihood activity: people have access to a functional market within walking distance: LGA boundary LGA boundary 0% 0% Niger Abadam 1 - 20% 1 - 20% 21 - 40% Abadam 21 - 40% 41 - 60% 41 - 60% Chad Kukawa 61 - 80% 61 - 80% 81 - 100% Kukawa 81 - 100% Guzamala Assessed Settlement Guzamala Assessed Settlement Monguno Nganzai Monguno Marte Nganzai Yobe Marte Borno Ngala Ngala Mafa Kala/Balge Jere Dikwa Mafa Kala/Balge Jere Dikwa Konduga Bama Konduga Bama Cameroon State boundary Gwoza LGA boundary Damboa Gwoza Under 5% or less Damboa than 5 settlements Chibok Madagali 5 - 10% Chibok Madagali Askira/Uba 11 - 20% Michika Adamawa Gombe 21 - 50% Askira/Uba Michika 51 - 100% km km AssessedChad Settlement 0 25 50 100 0 25 50 100 1 Where possible, only KIs that have arrived very recently (0-3 weeks prior to data collection) were interviewed. 2 The most recent version of the VTS dataset (released in February 2019 on vts.eocng.org) has been used as the reference for settlement names and locations, and adjusted for deserted villages (OCHA 2020). For more information on this factsheet please contact: Informing REACH more effective [email protected] REACH humanitarian action Adamawa and Borno - Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) Assessment of Hard-to-Reach Areas in Northeast Nigeria July 2020 Access to food and livelihoods Proportion of assessed settlements where it was reported that Proportion of assessed settlements where it was reported Proportion of assessed settlements where it was reported that people eat wild foods that are not part of their usual diet: that most people eat on average one meal per day or less: most people have less land available for cultivation compared to the same time in the previous year: LGA boundary LGA boundary LGA boundary 0% 0% 0% 1 - 20% 1 - 20% 1 - 20% Abadam Abadam Abadam 21 - 40% 21 - 40% 21 - 40% 41 - 60% 41 - 60% 41 - 60% 61 - 80% 61 - 80% 61 - 80% Kukawa Kukawa Kukawa 81 - 100% 81 - 100% 81 - 100% Guzamala Guzamala Guzamala Assessed Settlement Assessed Settlement Assessed Settlement Monguno Monguno Monguno Nganzai Nganzai Nganzai Marte Marte Marte Ngala Ngala Ngala Mafa Kala/Balge Mafa Kala/Balge Mafa Kala/Balge Jere Dikwa Jere Dikwa Jere Dikwa Konduga Konduga Konduga Bama Bama Bama Gwoza Gwoza Gwoza Damboa Damboa Damboa Chibok Chibok Chibok Madagali Madagali Madagali Askira/Uba Askira/Uba Askira/Uba Michika Michika Michika km km km 0 25 50 100 0 25 50 100 0 25 50 100 Most commonly reported main sources of food, by % of Proportion of assessed settlements where it was reported Livelihoods activities practiced in the settlement, by % of assessed settlements: that at least one community member planted and harvested assessed settlements: in the previous rainy season, per assessed LGA: For more information on this factsheet please contact: Informing REACH more effective [email protected] REACH humanitarian action.