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Summary
The Marib Agricultural Needs Assessment (November 2025) was conducted by Altwasul for Human Development with funding from IOM/KfW in Marib Al-Wadi and Marib City districts. The assessment provides an evidence base to inform agriculture and livelihoods programming for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and host communities in Marib Governorate.
Using a mixed-methods approach—including 540 household surveys, 6 focus group discussions (FGDs), and 4 key informant interviews (KIIs)—the assessment identifies severe livelihood fragility despite heavy reliance on agriculture. Nearly all surveyed households (99.81%) depend on farming-related activities as their primary income source. However, income stability remains extremely weak: 49.07% of households report irregular income, 47.96% seasonal income, and only 2.96% stable income. More than half of households earn below 200,000 YER per month (approximately USD 120).
The assessment highlights major assistance gaps, with 99.25% reporting no humanitarian support in the previous three months and 99.26% reporting no agricultural support within the past 12 months.
Key constraints include high input costs, pests and crop diseases, weak irrigation systems, declining groundwater levels, rising diesel costs for pumping, and limited access to veterinary and extension services. Water access remains a critical bottleneck, with 97.96% relying on private wells and only 58.7% reporting continuous access to agricultural water. The assessment also identifies limited women’s participation and asset ownership (1.48% participation in agriculture; 2.22% land ownership), weak market positioning, and heavy reliance on intermediaries.
The findings underscore the need for integrated interventions combining water and irrigation solutions, climate-smart agriculture, productive inputs, practical skills training, and market-oriented recovery approaches, with targeted inclusion of youth and women.