World Food Programme Fighting Hunger Worldwide

Overview

Yemen is in the midst of a deteriorating humanitarian crisis with high food and fuel prices, rising poverty, a breakdown of social services, diminishing resources, internal conflict and political instability.  In 2012, WFP conducted a Comprehensive Food Security Survey, which found that more than 10 million Yemenis—nearly half the population—are food insecure. Five million of those, 22 percent of the population, were found to be severely food insecure, unable to produce or buy the food they need.