Afghanistan
AFG Hero
43 million
country population
17.4 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
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
Contribution from the Government of Sweden to FAO, Annual report 2024
01/2026
In 2024, the Government of Sweden, through the Swedish International Development CooperationAgency (Sida), contributed SEK 74 million (USD 7.15 million) to the Food and Agriculture Organizationof the United Nations (FAO)
Digital vouchers as a market-based instrument for seed sector commercialization in Afghanistan, Phase I: Early findings
01/2026
Under the Emergency Food Security Project (EFSP), funded by the World Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a large‑scale seed commercialization initiative in Afghanistan.
FAO Afghanistan contribution to the agricultural sector strategic roadmap, 2026–2028
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.
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...