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The objectives of the assessment were 1) to ascertain the impact of the food production shortfall from the 2009/10 season on the livelihoods and food and nutrition security among the populations in Local Government Authorities (LGAs) previously identified by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives (MAFC), Ministry of Livestock development and Fisheries (MLDF), USAID Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) and other food security and nutrition agencies to experience food access problems in the 2010/11 market year; 2) to identify the food insecure and vulnerable populations resulting from the food access problems and establish the magnitude of the problem; and 3) to determine and recommend appropriate interventions for the affected populations.