KEY MESSAGES:
- In April, food security indicators remained persistently poor.
- Nearly two-thirds of internally displaced households have poor or borderline food consumption.
- Respondents are concerned about the shortages of food and basic necessities.
APRIL SITUATION OVERVIEW
Conflict has led to an increase in the level of displacement by 13 percent; more than 2.7 million are internally displaced. This increase in displacement mostly occurred in Amanat Al Asimah, Taizz, Al Hudaydah and Amran (Task Force on Population Movement 8th Report, April 2016).
On 13 and 14 April, heavy rainfall caused severe flooding in Al Hudaydah, Amran, Hajjah, Sana’a,
Aden, Marib and Al Mahwit, affecting 49,000 people and causing 24 deaths. The floods have damaged houses, infrastructure and roads (OCHA: Flash Update 2, 19 April 2016). Data collection took place before the flooding in April, and therefore the findings of this bulletin do not capture its impacts on food security.
METHODOLOGY - mVAM REMOTE DATA COLLECTION
In April 2016, mVAM conducted the ninth round of household food security monitoring using live telephone interviews throughout Yemen. The data was collected during the first two weeks of April.
Responses are likely to be biased towards younger, somewhat better off households who live in urban areas and have better access to electricity and phone-charging services. In March, a question on the number of active mobile phone ownership was introduced to the questionnaire to adjust for the fact that households with more phones are more likely to be selected; findings presented in this report are weighted by the number of SIM cards held by households. Details on methodology and aggregate data tables are available online.