Nutritional anthropometric survey – Katsina, Niger – November 2010

Katsina State (including Daura and Zango LGAs) is part of the Northwest Millet and Sesame livelihood zone which lies in a relatively arid ecology, the Sahel Savanna, with millet as the major food crop. With limited rainfalls, little fadama land and the challenge of desertification and erosions, there is limited diversity in terms of diet, food and cash crops.

Most of the poor households with limited landholdings heavily depend on markets for their foods as their household food reserves barely exceed 7 months.