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Nigeria - Magumeri: Rapid Food Security Assessment, December 2016

Nigeria - Magumeri: Rapid Food Security Assessment, December 2016
  • 87 percent of respondents have acceptable food consumption while the others have borderline (12%) or poor (1%) food consumption.
  • Some 23% of the households have one meal per day while others have two meals (38%) or three meals (39%).
  • During the seven days preceding the assessment, all households have used coping strategies to get food, and the mean reduced Coping Strategy Index (rCSI) remains high (21).
  • A total of 1,805 children were screened using MUAC, out of whom less than 2% were found to be malnourished.
  • Markets are functional and main staple foods are available, but at higher prices.
  • Security situation being the main driver of market functionality, cash based interventions could be gradually implemented once the security situation improve.