This difficult decision, made in consultation with donors, comes after nearly a year of negotiations, during which no agreement was reached to reduce the number of people served from 9.5 million to 6.5 million.
Food stocks in the areas under the Sana'a Based Authorities are now almost completely depleted and resuming food assistance, even with an immediate agreement, could take up to as long as four months due to the disruption of the supply chain of humanitarian food assistance into Yemen.
WFP will continue its resilience and livelihoods, nutrition, and school feeding programmes to limit the impact of the pause of food distributions for as long as the agency has sufficient funding and the cooperation of the authorities in the North.
In areas of Yemen under Government control, general food distributions will continue with a heightened focus on the most vulnerable families, aligning with resource adjustments announced last August. Similar prioritization is taking place in nearly half of WFP's operations around the world as the agency navigates the challenging financial landscape that the entire humanitarian sector is facing.
WFP's top priority is the well-being of those affected, and the agency will continue to work towards a breakthrough in talks with the authorities.
