On 22 December, WFP warned that they are running out of resources to provide food assistance to its 13 million beneficiaries in Yemen. If no funding is mobilised soon, 8 million individuals will receive reduced food rations from January 2022 and further reductions will be unavoidable.

The reductions come at a time when food insecurity is rapidly increasing. The underlying drivers of food insecurity are beyond 2018-crisis levels. Currency depreciation has accelerated in 2021 and food prices are spiralling: in areas under control of the Internationally Recognised Government, the prices of basic food products doubled by up to 300% and in areas under control of de facto Authorities, prices increased by 30% in 2021.

In 2021, DG ECHO supported WFP with EUR 47 million to provide life-saving food assistance in Yemen.