A new research report stated that five million Yemenis, a step away from starvation, this month.

The report prepared by an international research group (Caps) said that 5 million Yemenis are a step away from starvation, as he warned of the exacerbation of the lack of food security by February due to the intensification of the drought season and the high prices of food. It is expected that the risk of frost in the Yemeni highlands, especially in Sana'a and Dhamar, is expected to increase the agricultural livelihoods.

According to the report, the drought conditions exacerbated the water shortage and impeded the growth of crops, and that, according to the plan to respond to the humanitarian needs in Yemen this year, 17.1 million people - 49 % of the country's population - will need food and agricultural aid (the third intensity levels and over, This includes 5.1 million people who are expected to face the fourth level

Among the total number of this number, there are 12.4 million people living (73 %) of them in the Houthi militia and 4.7 million (27 %) in government -controlled areas. The early warning network warned that millions of Yemenis will suffer a food consumption deficit until next May, as the total economic shocks resulting from the continuous conflict in the country continue to restrict the access of families strongly to food.

In the latest network reports concerned with monitoring the conditions of food security in the world and warning against starvation, I stated that it imposes food prices above average and insufficient income - including irregular salary payments - pressure on the purchasing power of families.