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Afghanistan Food Security Country Brief, January-April 2011







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    Afghanistan Food Security Country Brief, September-December 2010 2010
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    Higher wheat prices, together with a combination of poor wheat harvests in 2010 and ongoing conflict are limiting poor households' access to food. The escalating violence has increased concerns over the humanitarian situation in the country; political tensions are also souring due to the disputed parliamentary elections. Agencies agree on pockets of high food insecurity in deficit producing regions of the centre and the northeast; poor households and IDPs are more likely to be highly f ood insecure. Political turmoil hampers government actions in food and agricultural development; the population is assisted by aid agencies distributing food and inputs to support producers.
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    Afghanistan Food Security Country Briefs, June-August 2010 2010
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    Wheat prices have risen in recent months after a steady decline for two consecutive years. Insecurity and violence have continued while the country has also faced severe flooding. According to GIEWS and FEWSNET the country continues to experience localized high levels of food insecurity due to ongoing clashes and rising food prices. The Government is supporting domestic production while securing grain stocks to assist consumers and vulnerable people in case of emergencies.
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    FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission to Southern Sudan, January 2011 2011
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    With generally favourable rains and relatively few outbreaks of pests and diseases, cereal production, in the traditional sector, in 2010, is estimated at 695 000 tonnes, about 28.5 percent above the revised post-harvest estimates in 2009, when crops were severely affected by dry weather conditions. Localised dry spells last May and June as well as floods in August and September have affected yields in some areas Animal body conditions are satisfactory due to improved availability of pastu re and water; fishery is expected to yield above average catches this year. Cereal prices have generally declined in the third quarter of 2010, while livestock prices were on the rise, signifying that the terms of trade are now more favourable to pastoralists...

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