The Food and Agriculture Organisation and Adamawa State Government have validated a climate-resilient livelihoods strategy designed to support vulnerable communities between 2026 and 2030.
FAO Natural Resources and Energy Specialist Prof. Yakaka Maina announced the development at a validation workshop in Yola.
The framework, developed with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, aims to align agricultural investment with the state’s plans for internally displaced persons, returnees and vulnerable host communities.
The strategy identifies priority interventions including fertiliser support, access to finance, soil management, farmer field schools, aquaculture, nutrition, livestock vaccination and feed production.
Maina said the framework would include cost-benefit analyses to help government and development partners assess the costs and expected returns of proposed interventions.
She added that the document would support resource mobilisation and guide future programmes aimed at improving agricultural productivity and sustainable livelihoods.
Representatives of ICRISAT and the Adamawa State Government welcomed the initiative, saying it would help identify productive investments and improve coordination among development partners.
The state also highlighted water supply, dam construction, storage and irrigation as priorities for increasing agricultural production.
Officials said improved irrigation would complement rain-fed agriculture, strengthen food security and support Adamawa’s ambition to become a major food-producing state.
