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Yemen: UN agencies appeal for urgent assistance to avert a catastrophe
©FAO/Rosetta Messori
10 February 2017, Sana'a--- As the food crisis in Yemen deteriorates, UN agencies are calling on the international community to help avert a catastrophe. According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Food Programme and the United Nations Children’s Fund – UNICEF – the conflict has left more than two-thirds of Yemenis struggling to feed themselves.

Salah El Hajj Hassan, FAO Representative in Yemen, elaborates more on the situation. (Interview conducted by Murielle Sarr)
3min. 29sec.
Topic(s): Agriculture & crops, Emergencies/Crises, Food Security, Rural or agricultural development
Produced by: FAO
 
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