Chapter
10:
Findings
In
this
chapter,
the
findings
from
the
stakeholder
consultation
meeting
will
be
presented
together
with
the
findings
from
the
desktop
and
field
research.
The
full
report
of
the
stakeholder
meeting
is
included
in
the
annexes.
10.2
A:
Context
and
contextual
changes
The
conflicts
are
a
manifestation
of
a
series
of
structural
factors,
which
include
the
increasing
competition
regarding
scarce
water,
due
to
population
growth
and
qat
plantations,
coupled
with
poor
governing
capacity.
Against
this
backdrop,
acts
by
individuals
or
groups
can
easily
trigger
new
conflicts
or
intensify
existing
conflicts.
10.2.1
Social
and
physical
conditions
Yemen
is
facing
challenges
of
increasing
population
growth,
prevalent
poverty
and
the
lack
of
availability
of
water.
This
leaves
Yemen
vulnerable
to
the
impacts
of
climate
change
and
prone
to
conflicts
between
water
users.
Water-‐related
challenges
(both
in
terms
of
quantity
and
quality)
linger
and
threaten
to
undermine
any
socio-‐economic
development
made.
The
agricultural
sector
consumes
a
high
proportion
of
the
limited
rain-‐,
ground-‐,
and
(spate)
floodwater
available
and
is
highly
inefficient.
The
Yemeni
Government
faces
major
obstacles
in
“There
is
simply
no
water.
The
providing
safe
and
secure
water
to
larger
segments
of
conflicts
over
water
are
a
society.
The
security
situation
and
also
impacts
on
the
hard
and
soft
infrastructure,
through
which,
together
with
the
lack
phenomenon,
they
are
not
the
of
water,
farmers
find
it
difficult
to
sell
their
agricultural
root
problem.”
products
to
the
markets
for
a
reasonable
price.
The
diesel
Participant
consultation
meeting,
Amman,
2014
price,
for
example,
affects
the
viability
of
irrigated
agriculture.
Many
Yemeni
worked
abroad
to
strengthen
the
livelihood
of
their
families
through
remittances,
specially
in
Saudi
Arabia.
Many
were
employed
as
workers
in
the
oil
industry,
but
as
a
result
of
various
political
problems
between
the
countries,
the
workers
were
expelled
from
Saudi
Arabia.
Unemployment
6