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Highlights During May 2010, wheat prices continued declining in Afghanistan, the region (except Delhi) and globally. Regionally, on inter-month decrease comparison Afghanistan is 3rd (1% decrease), after Lahor (11.3%) and Karachi (3.8%), while is 1st (30.2%) on inter-annual decreases. There is a…

A special report by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This study is part of the "Central Asian Regional Wheat Markets and Afghan Food Security Initiative." It is one of five complementary activities that build on and…

I. INTRODUCTION 1. Les documents préparés en vue de la trente-deuxième session du CSA, dont le dernier numéro de SOFI (2006), passent en revue et commentent les progrès réalisés dans la lutte contre la faim par rapport au Sommet mondial…

Afghanistan What's happening in Afghanistan? 23 years of conflict have left 400,000 people displaced and the country struggling with high levels of poverty, poor nutrition and limited access to medical services and education. Severe consecutive droughts and chronically cold and severe winters…

by Cecile Duchet and Peggy Pascal, Groupe URD Women s issues are central to operational strategy and policy in the current reconstruction period in Afghanistan. Many development programmes are promoting a gender approach and women s empowerment but are these programmes…

Key Findings and Recommendations The NRVA 2005 was the second national exercise in data collection on risk and vulnerability factors that affect the Afghan population. The main objective of NRVA 2005 was to gather information to update and guide policy-making…

CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY SITUATION OVERVIEW As of October 2004, the number of countries facing serious food shortages throughout the world stands at 35 with 23 in Africa, 6 in Asia/Near East, 5 in Latin America and 1 in…

Mission Highlights - Agricultural production in Afghanistan once again suffered a sharp decline owing to reduced precipitation in some areas and drought in others. This is a real setback to the robust recovery of the past couple of years…

Mission Highlights Agricultural production in Afghanistan continued its strong recovery for the second consecutive year in 2003 due mainly to improved and well distributed precipitation in major agricultural areas. Rainfed wheat, in particular, has registered significant area and yield increases in…

Highlights Latest information confirms a sharp drop in global cereal production in 2002, to 1 833 million tonnes. As a result of this, and a marginal rise expected in total cereal utilization in 2002/03, world cereal stocks for crop years…