Outcome Analysis Report – Nigeria – November 2015

In the Hadejia Valley Mixed Economy LZ (HVM) a variety of crops is grown in drylands as well as the irrigated areas. Rainy season cultivation of drylands centers on maize, millet, rice, sorghum, and cowpeas, while irrigation or residual moisture in the dry season allow extended cultivation of food crops such as rice, maize and valuable market vegetables like peppers, onions and tomatoes on low lying river flood plains (i.e., fadama). Fishing which happens throughout the year in the Hadejia Valley is a significant source of cash income.

The far northern zone of North West Millet & Sesame LZ (MAS), in the Sahel savanna ecological belt, generally features good conditions for millet and sorghum, as in the Sudan savanna belt. In this relatively dry ecosystem, yields tend to be lower than further south. Cowpeas are important, and sesame is a successful cash crop, although many farmers cultivate groundnuts more. Unlike other livelihood zone, there is very little fadama land here, and vegetables are not common cash earners.