FAO emergencies and resilience

Afghanistan

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43 million
country population

14 million people
in high acute food insecurity

80% of the population
derive their income from agriculture

to assist 5.9 million people FAO requires USD 193 million for 2025

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
FAO’s new Global Emergency and Resilience Appeal seeks $2.5 billion to support 100 million people in 54 countries
03/12/2025

Inaugural Appeal focuses on cost-effective agricultural solutions that link urgent needs with long-term resilience

News
New FAO-WFP report warns of shrinking window to prevent millions more people facing acute food insecurity in 16 hotspots
12/11/2025

Conflict and violence are driving extreme hunger in six major crises

News
Rebuilding in earthquake-hit Afghanistan
03/10/2025

FAO supports rapid agricultural recovery ahead of winter

 
Key documents
12/2025

Afghanistan has ranked among the world’s most food-insecure countries for decades. Conflict, climate shocks and chronic underinvestment have left millions trapped in hunger, with rural livelihoods unable to withstand repeated crises.

10/2025

Communities in food crisis and fragile contexts are on the frontline of the climate crisis. FAO helps countries prevent, anticipate, absorb, adapt and transform in the face of intensifying climate shocks and stresses.

08/2025

The impacts of the 2025 drought in Afghanistan are threatening the survival of rural households across half the country, compounding one of the world’s largest food crises.

 
 
Multimedia
Video
Safeguarding livelihoods of drought-affected livestock keepers in Afghanistan
07/10/2025

Afghanistan is in the grip of an acute drought, the worst in years. It is hitting farming families hard particularly across north, northwest and northeast...

Video
Revitalizing Agriculture: The Success of Surkhrod Canal Rehabilitation
19/11/2024

The Surkhrod Canal, situated in Balabagh village, Surkhrod district of Nangarhar Province, covers 13.6 Km and plays a crucial role as an irrigation...

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