![]() ![]() Analysts working across 30 FEWS NET-monitored countries continuously gather evidence of the current food security situation in areas of concern. Terms ofTrade serve as proxy indicators for purchasing power by measuring the relative value of these income-generatingactivities (wages and livestock prices) to the cost of purchasing staple foods (staple food prices). FEWS NET regularly monitors market prices, staple food production, macroeconomic indicators, trade policies, and shocks that affect market operations and trade. The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) has released a food security brief for North Africa and the Middle East which examines food price trends in. Purchasing power is a significant food security constraint, as incomes from constraints labor andlivestock, the main income-generating activities for households and poor households, tend to fluctuate. YER currency valuation has fluctuatedin recent years due to foreign intervention in monetary policy, high seasonal demand, increased foreign trade andtrade policy. YEMEN Food Security Outlook October 2015 to March 2016 Famine Early Warning Systems Network 2 DATA SOURCES Information in this report comes from a variety of sources. There are currently twoexchange rates split by monetary governance between the Sana’abased authorities (SBA) and the internationally recognized government (IRG). ![]() SSEBop v6 is available at dekadal, monthly, and yearly aggregations (February 2012-Present). Sana’a city serves as awholesale and retail market for households in northern and centralYemen, and Sayoun serves as a reference market for the east.Wheat grain and flour prices are susceptible to the exchange rate ofthe Yemeni Rial (YER) and US Dollar (USD). A recent evaluation of the global ETa product shows promising performance of ETa Anomaly for drought monitoring purposes while water budget studies, requiring absolute magnitudes, may need to apply a local/region-specific bias correction procedure. Al Hudaydah is animportant assembly, wholesale, and retail market in the mostpopulous region in the country where most households aredependent on markets for staple foods. Aden City, located in a trade deficit zone, is thereference market for the southern region and the largest wholesalemarket with significant storage capacity. Wheat flour is the staple food for most households in Yemen sorghum and rice are most often consumed as a substitute.Households are heavily dependent on imported wheat suppliesreaching the regional trading centers of Sana’a City, Al HudaydahCity, and Aden City-critical markets that supply other urban andrural districts. For each FEWS NET country and region, the Price Bulletin provides a set of charts showing monthly prices in the current marketing year in selected urban centers and allowing users to compare current trends with both five-year average prices, indicative of seasonal trends, and prices in the previous year. The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity.
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