Yemen

In Yemen, winter wheat harvest finalized in the Northern and Central Highlands with favourable prospects as average to above average rainfall since end March has supported crop growth and resulted in above average crop biomass. Moisture conditions have also been favourable for sowings of sorghum and millet that completed in June in the Northern and Central Highlands, early growth of sorghum and millet in the Southern Highlands and in the Coastal Areas (for the Ghareb variety of sorghum as sowings of main season sorghum start in July) and sowings of spring (or summer) wheat close to completion in the Northern and Central Highlands and the Southern Uplands. However below average rainfall is forecast for the coming 3 months (July to September) in the western half of the country and the southern coast, after which above average rainfall is expected. Food insecurity remains high with about 17 million food insecure people out of 40 million people according to WFP, mainly as a result of the socio economic conditions and conflict.