The Government of Japan boosts the Food and Agriculture Organizations of the United Nations (FAO) emergency interventions in Yemen by contributing USD 2 090 909 allocated as part of its ongoing response in Yemen.

The “Emergency Agricultural Livelihood Assistance to Conflict and COVID-19 Affected Populations” project enables FAO to provide emergency livelihoods assistance to over 10 650 households (74 550 individuals) of the most nutritionally vulnerable households in the targeted districts in Yemen’s Al Bayda and Al Dhale’e governorates. According to the latest IPC analysis released by FAO and partners over 50 percent of the total population of the two governorates are facing severe acute food insecurity (IPC 3 and above) and feared to slide into famine-like conditions unless humanitarian and livelihood support is urgently provided.