FAO emergencies and resilience

Afghanistan

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43 million
country population

14.2 million people
in high acute food insecurity

80% of the population
derive their income from agriculture

to assist 8 million people FAO requires USD 266.9 million for 2024

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
Carpe data, carpe DIEM
03/05/2024

How FAO's state-of-the-art data platform is speeding up emergency relief operations in Afghanistan and beyond

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

 
Key documents
07/2024

The Government of Japan contributed USD 1 897 294 to improve the livelihoods and food security of 6 100 livestock-keeping households (44 417 people) in Afghanistan.

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.

 
 
Multimedia
Video
Assessing flood damage in Northeast Afghanistan
11/06/2024

After two days of torrential rains on 10 and 11 May 2024, devastating flash floods and mudslides hit one of Afghanistan’s rich…

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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