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• In April 2025, the prevalence of food security deteriorated slightly from their levels the previous month, the latter coinciding with improved food availability and consumption from enhanced Zakat during the religious month of Ramadhan. The situation among IDPs is expected to worsen further in the months ahead through September as the lean season sets in from May.
• Around 47% of households in the four Governorates had inadequate food consumption, with 34% consuming fewer than four food groups. About 17.3% of IDP households experienced severe food deprivation, as measured by poor food consumption score.
• IDPs residing in camp sites generally faced higher rates of severe food deprivation (30%-42%) compared to those living within host communities in Aden, Lahj, and Taizz. Notably, IDPs in Marib Camp had the lowest levels of severe food deprivation.
• In April 2025, the Household Hunger Scale (HHS), which indicates extreme starvation, showed that slightly over a quarter (25.3%) of IDPs in selected 4 Government of Yemen-controlled areas (Aden, Lahj, Marib and Taizz) experienced moderate to severe hunger.
• Households relying on natural resources for their main source of livelihoods (like bee production and collection/sale of forestry products), casual wage laborers, livestock keepers, pensioners, and those dependent on welfare or charity were among the most food-insecure groups.
• About 72% of IDP households experienced various economic shocks—such as high food and fuel prices and limited income opportunities—that affected their ability to access food. About 58% reported a decrease in their primary income over the past month, with 30% stating their income had more than halved.
• Approximately 20% of households resorted to food-based coping strategies, mainly consuming less preferred diets due to food shortages or lack of income to purchase food.
• About 66% of surveyed IDP households employed crisis coping strategies, while 10% resorted to emergency coping mechanisms.