| 3.2.2 Key Findings that support humanitarian action in Food
Yemen imports most of its rice and wheat flour. The fragile security and presence of mines and bobby traps has also had its toll on the distribution of food to most affected population. A WFP report suggests that a substantial number of IDPs depends on food rations as their primary and most immediate need6.
Rising food prices together with reduced purchasing power are contributing to increasing food insecurity in Abyan and the south. 81% of the assessed communities identified food as a “serious problem” in their communities with availability and limited economic resources identified as the principal underlying factors (Figure 7). The food security situation therefore calls for the immediate provision of basic food items. At the twelve locations, four of these attribute it to availability; three attribute it to economic constraints and one attributed it to issues of quality (Table 4, Annex C).
Figure : Main concerns related to Food as a serious problem
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