FAO emergencies and resilience

Yemen

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31.5 million
country population

17 million people
face high acute food insecurity

3.5 million people
acutely malnourished

4.3 million people
internally displaced

to assist 2.67 million people FAO requires USD 71 million for 2023

Yemen is one of the world’s worst food crises. Unprecedented levels of acute food insecurity and malnutrition in the country are mainly driven by conflict and the economic crisis. Vulnerable households face difficulties in accessing food due to increased food prices, and reduced incomes and labour opportunities. This adversely affects their diets and forces them to adopt negative coping mechanisms such as selling productive assets to cover basic needs as well as rely heavily on humanitarian aid. Supporting farmers through a combination of emergency and longer-term livelihood assistance helps foster their self-reliance and strengthen their resilience.
Highlights
News
Fighting animal diseases in Yemen
27/03/2024

Community animal health workers fill veterinary gaps left by the conflict

News
Red Sea shipping disruptions likely to exacerbate the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen - new FAO report warns
25/03/2024

FAO calls for immediate efforts to de-escalate tensions and facilitate the uninterrupted flow of commercial and humanitarian food supplies

News
Innovative biopesticides control Fall armyworm in Yemen
31/08/2023

Farmers use a natural extract from local trees to manage the pest sustainably

 
Key documents
04/2024

The Government of the United States of America contributed USD 1.6 million to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to improve food availability and access for the most vulnerable households in Yemen by strengthening the capacity of the Food Security and Agriculture Cluster.

10/2023

FAO–WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity: November 2023 to April 2024 outlook

09/2023

This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a tenth-round assessment conducted in July and August 2023 in Yemen.

 
 
Multimedia
Video
Support beekeepers to restore honey production in Yemen
19/05/2022

The livelihoods of Yemeni beekeepers have been severely disrupted by ongoing conflict and economic shocks.

Video
The added value of the Data in Emergencies information system
08/07/2022

In recognition of the need to better understand the impact of shocks on agricultural livelihoods in food crisis contexts, the Food and Agriculture Organization...

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