Baseline Nigeria – NG 03 – September 2014

The Millet, Cowpeas and Groundnut Livelihood (MCG) Zone is one of 44 livelihood zones formerly identified across the 15 states of northern Nigeria in a FEWS NET zoning exercise in 2007. Livelihood zones are geographical areas in which households essentially share the same production and income options, as well as similar market access. The MCG zone forms a wide west-to-east band covering greater or lesser parts of Kebbi, Zamfara, Katsina, Kano and Jigawa states.