Reports

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The operating landscape in Afghanistan will become increasingly challenging over the medium term as international troops withdraw, foreign aid levels decline, and presidential and parliamentary elections are contested. Growing insecurity resulting from these pivotal transitions…

KABUL, 3 January 2014 (IRIN) - A network of critical emergency grain reserves across Afghanistan is set to boost food security and help strengthen resilience in a country that struggles to grow enough food to feed…

HIGHLIGHTS Afghanistan has been in protracted conflict for almost thirty five years, which has seriously hampered poverty reduction and development, strained the fabric of society and depleted coping mechanisms. As the conflict intensifies, Afghanistan’s most contested areas are…

Wheat is the staple food for most Afghans, comprising more than 70 percent of their diet. Low-quality rice is a poor, but sometimes necessary, substitute. All markets represent significant population centers and consumer markets. Kabul, the…

Summary Afghanistan is currently undergoing a security, political and economic transition impacting the humanitarian situation in predominantly negative ways. The armed conflict is growing in intensity and geographical scope, with a rising number of civilians being wounded…

INTRODUCTION The Rapid Assessment was carried out in mid-August, beginning of September after various signs of food security stress were observed in the Province of Ghor. FEWSNET and WFP through its Pre-Crop Harvest Survey conducted late May this year…

HIGHLIGHTS • 677 families register for assistance in Hirat/Ghor • NGOs distribute 1,800 metric tons of WFP food aid • 29 incidents against humanitarians in November • More than 8,500 families displaced by conflict in Faryab

HIGHLIGHTS: Wheat: Average wheat grain retail price in the main cities of the country was increasing from August 2012 through March 2013, and then it was decreasing during April – June 2013 and slightly increased during July…

Wheat is the staple food for most Afghans, comprising more than 70 percent of their diet. Low-quality rice is a poor, but sometimes necessary, substitute. All markets represent significant population centers and consumer markets. Kabul, the…

HIGHLIGHTS: Wheat: Average wheat grain retail price in the main cities of the country was increasing from August 2012 through March 2013, and then it was decreasing during April – June 2013 and slightly increased during July…