Rapports

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 WFP has gained access to areas of Uruzgan province for the first time in seven years, as well as Paktika province for the first time since the beginning of 2016. However, access to both these areas…

This brief intends to provide background information regarding food security and livelihoods in Ghor, as the Food Security Cluster has been informed of a potential humanitarian emergency provoked by a locust infestation in the province. Ghor…

Recommendations Contain asset depletion Respond to structural causes of food insecurity: Education Employment Livestock Access to Agric Inputs Urbanization and migration need to be re-considered Shocks will only increase due to vulnerability if there is no response to the increase in poverty.

HIGHLIGHTS: Wheat: Average wheat grain retail price in the main cities’ markets of the country was relatively stable, with slight or negligible fluctuations within a normal limit during 2013 - 2015. In 2016, the price negligibly increased…

Food Security Snapshot Despite dry spell in autumn, slightly below average cereal crop harvested in 2016 Cereal import requirements in 2016/17 forecast at levels similar to 2015/16 Inflation increasing owing to currency depreciation Despite dry spell in autumn, slightly below…

HIGHLIGHTS Humanitarian access remains a significant challenge countrywide Natural disasters affect fewer people in 2016 than in 2015 Donors contribute 29 percent of funding requested in 2016 HRP KEY DEVELOPMENTS Security conditions across Afghanistan have deteriorated in recent months, increasing the…

HIGHLIGHTS • One third of the Afghan population remains food insecure despite the expected higher wheat harvest for 2016 • Locust infestation will halve the harvest of the Dawlatyar district located in Ghor, the most food insecure Afghan…

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Despite dry spell in autumn, average cereal crop expected in 2016 Cereal import requirements in 2016/17 forecast at levels similar to 2015/16 Inflation increasing owing to currency depreciation Despite dry spell in autumn, average cereal crop expected…

SITUATION OVERVIEW Conflict displacement continues to increase at a concerning rate into 2016, with over 106,000 people displaced in 27 provinces since the beginning of the year, over half of which are under 18 years old. The…