A bombed chicken farm, destroying a 2.5-million egg hatchery, has led to alarming warnings of an impending famine in Yemen as food supplies are increasingly a target.

Coastal fishing boats have also been destroyed, crippling the fishing industry, as the conflict in the Middle East nation spills into a second year and shows few signs of abating.

Moayed, whose father died in the fighting in Yemen, selling goods in front of his house in Taiz to help his mum and three brothers. Credit:Oxfam

Aid agency Oxfam has warned Yemenis are being forced to scrounge for food, with four markets bombed this month alone.