Yemen, mVAM Bulletin 1: Conflict Leads to Acute Food Insecurity for Displaced Households

Rome (Italy): World Food Programme (WFP), 2015.

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Emergency food security conditions currently prevail in conflict affected governorates. According to mVAM data, roughly 20% of the population (5-6 million people) are severely food insecure, while another 20% (5-6 million people) are moderately food insecure. These findings broadly corroborate with the latest 2015 Integrated food security Phase Classification (IPC) figures. Food insecurity is most severe for the country’s 1.3 million internally displaced people. Scarcity of the imported foods, and livelihood disruption, are restricting the population's ability to access food. Acute water shortages are also having severe impacts on food security. The accumulation of risks — including continuing conflict, displacement, supply chain disruption and limited humanitarian access — indicates that food insecurity levels will likely increase in coming months.

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