There is only basic descriptive information about the food security interventions in Nigeria, and no information of their impact. These interventions include the National Special Program for Food Security (NSPFS) and subsidy programmes for fertiliser and other farm inputs. In such a large country, the national level interventions can only have a limited impact while there is less information to hand on state level interventions.

To impact on child nutrition, the interventions must reflect the conditions in which under nourished children live, involving women as beneficiaries of these programmes either as first or second round effects. Even if an agricultural intervention is not envisaged for the WINNN programme, all other interventions must take into account the nature of the household farm operation and the implications for maternal and child nutrition. The interventions will have to be highly targeted, either in terms of location, households or household members.