Zero hunger

purpose

The core objective of SDG 2 is to end hunger, ensure year-round access to adequate, safe and nutritious food for all, especially the poor and vulnerable, achieve food security, promote sustainable agricultural development, improve soil quality, conserve water resources and biodiversity, and promote rural development and farmers' livelihoods. Enhancing the resilience of agricultural production systems to climate change and natural disasters, ultimately ensuring a stable and equitable global food supply, promoting human health, well-being and sustainable economic and social development (United Nations, 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development).

The adverse impacs related to poverity eradication that Yemen is dealing with

Ongoing fighting

The ongoing war in Yemen has exacerbated the problem of domestic hunger, leaving a large number of civilians displaced and unable to obtain a stable source of food. In addition, the war also destroyed the agricultural infrastructure, making agricultural production impossible to proceed normally, and further reducing the food supply. Yemen needs 90 percent of its food from abroad, but the recent fighting has made it impossible for importers to keep food in and out of the country ‌.

Climate change

Yemen is one of the countries most affected by climate change, with frequent droughts and water shortages, with a drought and high summer temperatures in 2024 reducing crop yields by about 40%. In addition, heavy rains and floods hit some provinces in August 2024, destroying homes, farms and infrastructure and further weakening the ability of local populations to cope with the food crisis.

Agricultural restriction

On the one hand, Yemen's natural environment is harsh, land desertification is serious, and water resources are scarce, which is not conducive to the cultivation of food crops. On the other hand, a large amount of land is used to grow chater grass, which has a high economic value and does not require much land, but consumes a lot of water resources, resulting in a reduction in the planting area of food crops, affecting the country's food security.

Economic difficulties

Yemen is one of the poorest countries in the Middle East, with about 80 percent of the population living below the poverty line and struggling to afford enough food with little purchasing power. In addition, Yemen relied on imports to meet 70 percent of its food needs before the war, and since the outbreak of the war, trade at the main seaport of Hodeida has been restricted, and commercial importers have had difficulty obtaining letters of credit to purchase staples, further straining food supplies.

The adverse impacs related to poverity eradication that Yemen is dealing with

Ongoing fighting

Political power struggle: After the merger of North and South Yemen, the leaders of both sides fought for power, and the South Yemen was dissatisfied with the political and economic benefits of the North Yemen, and civil war broke out in 1994.

Religious and sectarian conflict: Yemen has been engaged in a long-running struggle between the Shiite Houthis on one side and the Sunni Hadi government on the other, with support from outside powers such as Iran and Saudi Arabia.

Climate change

From a broad climate perspective, Yemen is located in a tropical arid climate zone with harsh climatic conditions, scarce precipitation and large evaporation. On this basis, global warming in recent years has further aggravated the drought in Yemen, making water resources more strained, and seriously affecting the local ecological environment and agricultural production.

Agricultural restriction

Limitations of natural conditions: Most of Yemen has a tropical arid climate, low annual rainfall, and limited cultivated land resources, which restricts the large-scale development of agriculture.

Water scarcity: Yemen has extremely low water resources per capita, and the massive extraction of groundwater to meet the needs of chategrass cultivation has led to a drop in the water table, further exacerbating water stress and affecting food production.

Limited agricultural production technology: Although small-scale mechanized farming and soilless cultivation are available in Yemen, it is difficult to widely promote advanced technology due to problems such as limited arable land, limited water resources and imports of raw materials.

Economic difficulties

Long-term war destruction: years of war have caused serious damage to Yemen's infrastructure, including the destruction of transportation, communication, energy and other infrastructure, which has seriously restricted the normal development of the economy.

Single economic structure: Yemen's economy is overly dependent on oil exports, the oil industry accounts for a large proportion of the economy, and other industries are underdeveloped, and once oil prices fluctuate or production declines, the economy will be severely impacted.

Labor shortage: About 80% of adult men and more than half of children in Yemen chew chatea grass, resulting in a large waste of labor on chewing chatea grass, and no attention to work, seriously affecting labor productivity and economic development.

Personal strategies to ameliorate adverse effects

Provide assistance

Make a donation to a formal non-profit organization or charity focused on Yemen, such as the International Rescue Committee, Oxfam, etc., and ensure that at least 75% of the donated funds are used for Yemen assistance projects. Donate items to a local charity shop, with a portion of the profits going to Yemen famine relief.

Propaganda appeal

• Sharing information: To inform friends, family, colleagues and others about the seriousness of hunger in Yemen, through social media, face-to-face communication, etc., so that more people know and pay attention, and encourage more people to participate in the aid action.

• Organize events: Organize marches or protests about hunger in Yemen and create related placards to attract public attention and pressure the government or international organizations to increase aid to Yemen.

Other support methods

•Contact government representatives: Call, write, or use social media to contact government representatives in your country about their response to the famine in Yemen and pressure them to push the government to increase aid funding.

• Support candidates: Use the right to vote to support political candidates who are campaigning on a platform to address hunger in Yemen, as well as participate in their campaigns and promote their support on social media to encourage others to vote wisely.

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