Publications
Afghanistan: Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief
01/2022
Results and recommendations, January 2022 – This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a field assessment conducted between 1 August and 23 September 2021 in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Agricultural livelihoods and food security in the context of COVID-19
09/2021
Monitoring report, August 2021 – This report shares an analysis of the effects COVID-19 in the agri-food system in Afghanistan. It analyses the results of a field assessment conducted between 7 and 26 February 2021.
Afghanistan: Emergency agriculture and livelihoods assistance packages
09/2021
This factsheet presents a detailed overview of the main emergency agriculture and livelihoods assistance packages that FAO provides to the most vulnerable farming families in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Humanitarian Response Plan 2021
03/2021
Four decades of conflict, recurrent natural disasters (most notably droughts and floods) and limited capacity to cope with climate-related shocks have caused massive population displacements and left millions of people in acute food insecurity. FAO is requesting USD 50 million to assist 3.5 million people to improve their food security and livelihoods.
Adapting targeted support to Kuchi pastoralists in Afghanistan for COVID-19
07/2020
Kuchi pastoralists, numbering around 2.4 million people in Afghanistan, are one of the region’s most vulnerable groups.
Afghanistan: Humanitarian Response Plan 2020
02/2020
The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan is characterized by a long running conflict and increasing natural disasters, occurring in the backdrop of declining economic conditions due to erosion of livelihoods and employment opportunities.
Monitoring food security in countries with conflict situations (Issue No.7 - January 2020)
01/2020
This seventh FAO/WFP update to the UNSC covers five countries (Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Haiti, Somalia and South Sudan) and two regions (the Lake Chad Basin and central Sahel) that are currently experiencing protracted conflict and insecurity and in which, according to latest figures, almost 30 million people need urgent food, nutrition and livelihood assistance.
Monitoring food security in countries with conflict situations (Issue No.6 - August 2019)
09/2019
This update, facilitated by the Food Security Information Network and produced under the Global Network Against Food Crises, provides the members of the United Nations Security Council with an overview of the magnitude, severity and drivers of acute food insecurity in nine countries and territories that have the world’s highest burden of people in need of emergency food, nutrition and livelihood assistance as a result of protracted conflict combined with other factors.
Afghanistan: Emergency Livelihoods Response Plan 2019
05/2019
Afghanistan is experiencing a major food security and livelihoods crisis, currently regarded as the world’s third largest.
Afghanistan: Humanitarian Response Plan 2018–2021
02/2019
The trifecta of ongoing conflict, worst drought in decades and compounding poverty have contributed to a devolving humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. This means limited food production and depleted agricultural assets, which is affecting the livelihoods of those most vulnerable.
Monitoring food security in countries with conflict situations (Issue No.5-January 2019)
01/2019
The fifth issue of the FAO/WFP update for the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) provides United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members with an overview of the magnitude, severity and drivers of acute food insecurity in eight countries and regions that have the world’s highest burden of people in need of emergency food, nutrition and livelihood assistance as a result of protracted conflict combined with other factors.