[{"bbox": [82, 101, 1147, 422], "category": "Text", "text": "In terms of data collection and analysis, international organizations rely on local institutions such as the Central Statistics Organization for sample design and provision of sample units for field assessment. Other local institutions that support data collection and analysis include the Food Security Technical Secretariat (FSTS) and the parent Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation who produce periodic food security and nutrition reports used by line ministries to support decision making and policy formulation; the Governorate Focal Units (GFU) who collect weekly food security and livelihoods data used in producing monthly market reports; and the Policy Dialogue Forums who play an important role in policy analysis and formulation. In addition to these primary interlocutors that support information systems working closely with international organisations, there is also close collaboration with the line ministries. At the same time, all these institutions rely solely on financial support from international organisations to operate. With the current economic situation in Yemen, the majority of the civil servants do not receive salaries and the burden to sustain and keep certain institutions operational has fallen on the international organisations that work closely with them."}, {"bbox": [82, 421, 1147, 527], "category": "Text", "text": "In addition to sustaining institutional capacity, there is also a big gap in human capital as a result of high turnover and inadequate number of qualified personnel. Therefore, there is a significant need for continuous trainings in relevant topics such as those related to food security and nutrition, sampling, data collection practices, analyses and information management among others."}, {"bbox": [105, 552, 797, 582], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 3. Gaps in availability of data and timely analysis to trigger early action"}, {"bbox": [82, 605, 1147, 659], "category": "Text", "text": "Inadequate availability of data to support analysis negatively influences the timeliness and availability of reliable information and analysis to trigger early action."}, {"bbox": [82, 659, 1147, 793], "category": "Text", "text": "Due to the dynamic and challenging environment in Yemen, primary data collection prior to the analysis is very important. In the latest IPC analysis, the relevance of data collection representative at district level supported higher-quality and reliable analyses for decision making. For Yemen, collecting data at district level and providing analysis at this level is important for planning resource allocations. Future data collection and analysis should aim for district level at the minimum, with the intention to disaggregate further on livelihoods, households and gender lines."}, {"bbox": [82, 792, 1147, 952], "category": "Text", "text": "Quality, timeliness, and frequency of analysis are also crucial. The IPC is the most important tool in Yemen as it is the primary and only source of evidence-based information with the capacity to identify pockets of severe food insecurity and malnutrition including famine-like conditions. Therefore, ensuring that timely and reliable analyses with no interruptions are done is critical for all stakeholders. As the operating environment becomes more challenging and access constraints expand, new and innovative ways of generating evidence-based information are required for timely decision support."}, {"bbox": [82, 951, 1147, 1137], "category": "Text", "text": "In addition to supporting the IPC, other data sources are also important in decision making and policy formulation. It is therefore paramount to build on previous gains and to strengthen market information systems which are important for the long-term sustainability of the economic sector; disaster risk management, in particular prevention/mitigation, preparedness and early warning systems for natural hazards such as floods, temperature extremes, tropical cyclones or tsunamis), and monitoring of IPC assumptions to identify emerging areas of high food insecurity (hotspots) between different IPC analyses. In the long-term, such efforts can be made through a common multi-agency vision that absorbs the challenges and gaps identified above."}, {"bbox": [82, 1136, 1147, 1403], "category": "Text", "text": "In a recent evaluation, stakeholders indicated that while IPC is an important source of information for resource allocation, its role in early warning should be strengthened with a greater emphasis on prediction. As part of strengthening information systems in Yemen, the programme will develop a monitoring framework that will constantly review the projection assumptions and scenarios aimed at making IPC projection analysis alive through monitoring of the main drivers and risks to food insecurity. The monitoring framework will provide timely information on whenever certain set thresholds are passed and thereby, trigger immediate and appropriate actions such as: rapid assessment and analysis, an IPC update or even direct response. The framework will therefore act both as an early-warning system that is, identify areas where food insecurity drivers are quickly deteriorating (hotspots) and require rapid assessment and analysis, and as an information system that is constantly monitoring and providing frequent updates on the evolution of food insecurity drivers when fresh IPC analyses are not available."}, {"bbox": [105, 1427, 604, 1456], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4. Lack of understanding of the livelihoods profiles"}, {"bbox": [82, 1455, 1147, 1508], "category": "Text", "text": "Understanding livelihoods is the base for re-establishing the agri-food system that existed before the war and for putting in place more long term and sustainable agricultural development policies."}, {"bbox": [82, 1508, 1147, 1616], "category": "Text", "text": "After six years of conflict, the loss of agricultural productive assets is one of the biggest challenges faced by many Yemenis due to deliberate destruction or due to multiple displacement of families and communities. In addition to conflict, there has also been accumulated loss due to physical processes such as erosion, to social constraints such as inheritance, and most importantly, for rural households, significant loss of productive land and water resources due"}, {"bbox": [1050, 1639, 1157, 1665], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 6 of 21"}]