ACF food security assessment in Hodeida and Hajjah governorates - PDF document

ACF food security assessment in Hodeida and Hajjah governorates Presentation at the Food Security & Agriculture Cluster 15 th Jan 2013 Assessment location 15 Jan 2013 1

Assessment tools District # Households Market Key informant Focus Group interviews surveys interviews discussions Al Khawkhah 87 (68 Male HH; 3 5 10 (5 male, 5 19Female HH) female) Jabal Ras 132 (97 male HH; 35 7 7 10 (5 male, 5 Female HH) female) Bura 134 (96 male HH; 38 7 6 10 (5 male, 5 Female HH) female) Aslem 138 (100 male HH; 38 3 5 14 (8 male, 6 female HH) female) Bani Qais 214 (146 male HH; 68 6 6 10 (6 male, 4 Female HH) female) Totals 705 HH (507 male 26 29 54 (29 male, 25 HH; 198 female HH) female) 15 Jan 2013 Findings: Demography, Household & community profile  Female-headed households: 26.3% in Hodeida; and 30.1% in Hajjah  No formal education: 74.8% in Hodeida and 71% in Hajjah  Children: 57.9% in Hodeida and 61.8% in Hajjah of surveyed household members  Adult of productive age: 36.9% in Hodeida and 34.1% in Hajjah (very high dependency ratios, exceeding 60% in both governorates)  Average household size: 7.8 members in Hodeida and 7 in Hajjah 15 Jan 2013 4 2

Land ownership 90% 77% 80% 74.30% 69.40% 66.70% 70% 60% 50% 44.70% 40% Own land 30% Landless 20% 10% 0% 15 Jan 2013 5 Utilisation of harvest  76.5% in Hodeida and 84.3% in Hajjah of all harvested produce consumed at the household level  5.7% in Hodeida and 4.5% in Hajjah of harvest used as livestock fodder  Harvest not sufficient to meet household food needs – meet an average of 3 months needs only  Rely on market produces for the rest of the months 15 Jan 2013 6 3

Livestock Production  66% in Hodeida and 75% in Hajjah of households keep one form of livestock or another  Households benefit from a “unique livestock arrangement” where influential people give out their livestock to be taken care (50:50 sharing)  Challenges faced: • Access to grazing land: 75.1% in Hodeida & 57.7% in Hajjah • Access to vet services: 54.9% in Hodeida and 32.8% in Hajjah • Access to water points: 21.5% in Hodeida 15 Jan 2013 7 Months of adequate household food provisioning (MAHFP) 120.00% 100.00% 80.00% 60.00% Less than 9 mths More than 9 mths 40.00% 20.00% 27.40% 27% 24.80% 19.50% 12.50% 0.00% Al Khawkhah Jabal Ras Bura Bani Qais Aslem 15 Jan 2013 8 4

Sources of income  Dependence of poor households on selling their labour is high: 31.5% in Hodeida and 43.6% in Hajjah  Remittances account for sizeable amount of income: 11.5% in Hodeida and 24.2% in Hajjah  Sale of livestock and livestock related products accounts for 10% in Hodeida and 12% in Hajjah  9% of households in Hajjah depends on gifts and aid as their predominant income source  Al-Khawkhah main income source for 35.7% of the households surveyed is sale of fish and fishery related products 15 Jan 2013 9 Households Expenditure patterns  Food is the single biggest monthly expenditure item across all districts (78.3% in Hodeida and 80.7% in Hajjah)  Health-related expenditures: about 7.8% in Hodeida and 7.4%.  Other expenditures: Education (2.5%); transport (2.3%)  Qat expenditures: 3.8% in Hodeida and 1.7% in Hajjah 15 Jan 2013 10 5

FCS: Food Security status District Severely food insecure Moderately food Food secure (poor) insecure (borderline) (acceptable) Al-Khawkhah 15.3% 29.4% 55.3% Jabal Ras 13.6% 34.8% 37.8% Bura 23.6% 37.8% 38.6% Bani Qais 22.9% 39.5% 37.6% Aslem 23.3% 43.6% 33.1% • 168,476 persons in these districts are food insecure (severely and moderately). • 57.3% of female headed households were food insecure as compared to 50.5% male-headed households in Hodeida . For Hajjah: 66.3% FHH as compared to 59.2% MHH 15 Jan 2013 11 Coping mechanisms During the course of the preceding week, 28.6% of households in  Hodeida and 19% in Hajjah experienced difficulties in accessing enough food.  Most prevalent food related coping strategies adopted was: relying on less preferred food (5.9 days); purchasing food on credit (5.2 days); limiting portion size at meal times (4.8 days) and sending household members to beg (4.6 days) No significant difference in coping strategies between male and  female headed households.  Most significant livelihood coping strategy was migration (25.8% in Hodeida, 19.6% in Hajjah with 51.4% in Hajjah and 24.2% in Hodeida of this migration been to outside Yemen  Women rendered de-facto household heads due to this migration 15 Jan 2013 12 6