Abhatoo - Centre Nationale de Documentation

Communities around the Lake Chad Basin (LCB) rely on three major economic activities : farming, fishing, and livestock herding. The floods that began in August 2024 damaged and destroyed hundreds of thousands of hectares of farmland, killed thousands of livestock, and rendered fishing unsafe for fishermen. This climate shock caused families dependent on these activities to lose their primary sources of income. Worse still, these economic activities also serve as the main source of daily food consumption, putting communities at an even higher risk of food insecurity.