FAO emergencies and resilience

Afghanistan

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41.7 million
country population

15.8 million people
in high acute food insecurity

4/5 of the population
adopts negative coping mechanisms to feed their families

80% of the population
derive their income from agriculture

to assist 8 million people FAO requires USD 252.4 million for 2023

Afghanistan is facing what has rapidly become one of the world’s largest food crises. Four decades of armed conflict, frequent natural disasters and increasing food prices have left almost half of the population without adequate means to produce or access food. With 80 percent of the population relying on agriculture for their food and income, providing vulnerable households with emergency livelihoods support is key to the humanitarian response.
Highlights
News
Afghanistan: the food security situation is improving, but the crisis is far from over
18/03/2024

Interview with Alexander Jones, Director of the FAO’s Resource Mobilization Division, on his recent field visit to Afghanistan to see how FAO is...

News
DIEM enumerators achieve full coverage of Afghanistan
22/01/2024

Face-to-face surveys conducted across 34 provinces for the first time

News
Crafting a new livelihood in Afghanistan
02/01/2024

Wire weaving leads one Afghan woman to improve her family's economic situation

 
Key documents
01/2024

This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a seventh-round assessment conducted in September and October 2023 in Afghanistan.

12/2023

FAO's project entitled "Scaling up Early Warning Early Action (EWEA) for agriculture and food security", funded by Germany aimed to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable people in high risk countries, prevent food crises, and reduce humanitarian needs.

12/2023

The Government of Japan contributed USD 2 million to improve the livelihoods and food security of 10 117 rural households (98 124 people) in Afghanistan.

 
 
Multimedia
Video
From Seed to Success: A Farmer's Journey with FAO's HFLS Project
15/04/2024

Join us as we hear directly from a dedicated farmer who shares his inspiring journey of how FAO's Household Food and Livelihood Security programme (HFLS)...

Video
Agriculture in Afghanistan - a transformative way to end acute food insecurity.
27/06/2023

In Afghanistan, FAO is witnessing a revolutionary and transformative way of ending acute food insecurity crises quickly. In late 2021, FAO and partners...

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