Informes

Executive Summary This document is the result of a series of consultative processes with regional and national, Food Security and Agriculture Cluster (FSAC) members; non cluster members operating food security and agriculture based responses to the drought;…

DFID's Anna Ballance visits an agricultural support programme in Bamyan, Afghanistan DFID's Livelihoods Adviser, Anna Ballance, recently visited Bamyan in central Afghanistan, to see how the Bamyan Agricultural Support Programme is transforming the lives of subsistence farmers…

Main highlights: Average wheat grain retail prices were on decreasing since July-2011 and continued until the reporting month (July 2012). It is mainly due to decrease of wheat price on the regional markets (Pakistan and Kazakhstan) and…

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…

Key Messages Above-normal precipitation and sufficient irrigation water availability led to Afghanistan’s ongoing 2012 cereal harvest likely being well above average. Extreme northern Badakhshan and the Wakhan Corridor are in an extended lean season until the harvest…

Operational Update The summer fighting season is at its height, and civilians, above all, are paying the price – either directly, as victims of the violence, or indirectly, as they face massive difficulties obtaining health care. The security…

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Favourable outlook for the ongoing wheat harvest Wheat prices on a downward trend since July 2011 but high levels of inflation remain Food security situation improves but vulnerable groups in some areas still a concern Cereal harvest…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Humanitarian needs in Afghanistan continue to mount while financial resources to respond are declining, as reflected in funding to actions coordinated in the 2012 Consolidated Appeal (CAP) and contributions to the Emergency Response Fund. Funding…

A summary of news and reports from the field staff and interns of GHNI, Geneva Switzerland. AFGHANISTAN: HELPING FARMERS TOWARDS SELF SUSTAINABILITY GHNI’s Project Manager reports: “Oribigud Village was facing water shortages both for irrigation and household use.…

This report is produced by OCHA Afghanistan in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It covers the period from 8-07-12 to 10-07-12. I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES Heavy rainfall destroyed 12 houses in Sherger village of Mihtarlam city. An assessment was completed by…