Afghanistan

Photo credit: ©FAO/Farshad Usyan With 70 percent of Afghans living in rural areas, drought and conflict have made farmers and livestock keepers more vulnerable to a range of other shocks and triggered higher prices – threatening households’ food security. In a country where over half of the daily caloric intake comes from wheat (most of which is domestically grown), and millions of farmers depend on livestock for their livelihoods, the impacts of these combined shocks could be catastrophic if food and livelihood assistance are not provided.