Yemen: Yemen War Puts 2015 Crop at Risk, Food Security Worsening - FAO

Apr 15, 2015 | Reuters
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Conflict in Yemen is disrupting the crop planting season and threatens to create food shortages, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Wednesday.

The FAO has been working since 2014 to support Yemeni farmers but it says only $4 million of the required $12 million have been made available for its livelihood programs.

“The deteriorating situation means we need to double down on our efforts to ensure that as many farmers as possible are able to plant this growing season and strengthen their ability to withstand future shocks,” the FAO Assistant Director-General for North Africa and the Near East Abdessalam, Ould Ahmed, said in a statement.