Fish for food security in Yemen: Insights from the Data in Emergencies survey
Fish is the most frequently consumed animal-source food in Yemen, apart from dairy. Fish consumption is highest in coastal southern Yemen but also very common in southern inland districts. Nine percent of households in coastal southern Yemen earned income from fishing. Earning fishing income is high...
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| author | Dey, Durjoy Belton, Ben Kurdi, Sikandra Ecker, Olivier |
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| description | Fish is the most frequently consumed animal-source food in Yemen, apart from dairy. Fish consumption is highest in coastal southern Yemen but also very common in southern inland districts. Nine percent of households in coastal southern Yemen earned income from fishing. Earning fishing income is highly positively associated with consumption of fish or meat and with the frequency of fish or meat consumption. Sustaining fish stocks and fishing livelihoods is critical to food security and nutrition in southern Yemen. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1796372026-01-15T02:01:53Z Fish for food security in Yemen: Insights from the Data in Emergencies survey Dey, Durjoy Belton, Ben Kurdi, Sikandra Ecker, Olivier fish food security surveys fish consumption fishing livelihoods Fish is the most frequently consumed animal-source food in Yemen, apart from dairy. Fish consumption is highest in coastal southern Yemen but also very common in southern inland districts. Nine percent of households in coastal southern Yemen earned income from fishing. Earning fishing income is highly positively associated with consumption of fish or meat and with the frequency of fish or meat consumption. Sustaining fish stocks and fishing livelihoods is critical to food security and nutrition in southern Yemen. 2026-01-09 2026-01-09T22:38:32Z 2026-01-09T22:38:32Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179637 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Dey, Durjoy; Belton, Ben; Kurdi, Sikandra; and Ecker, Olivier. 2026. Fish for food security in Yemen: Insights from the Data in Emergencies survey. MENA Project Note 28. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179637 |
| spellingShingle | fish food security surveys fish consumption fishing livelihoods Dey, Durjoy Belton, Ben Kurdi, Sikandra Ecker, Olivier Fish for food security in Yemen: Insights from the Data in Emergencies survey |
| title | Fish for food security in Yemen: Insights from the Data in Emergencies survey |
| title_full | Fish for food security in Yemen: Insights from the Data in Emergencies survey |
| title_fullStr | Fish for food security in Yemen: Insights from the Data in Emergencies survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fish for food security in Yemen: Insights from the Data in Emergencies survey |
| title_short | Fish for food security in Yemen: Insights from the Data in Emergencies survey |
| title_sort | fish for food security in yemen insights from the data in emergencies survey |
| topic | fish food security surveys fish consumption fishing livelihoods |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179637 |
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