FAO emergencies and resilience

Afghanistan

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43 million
country population

14 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

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
Rebuilding in earthquake-hit Afghanistan
03/10/2025

FAO supports rapid agricultural recovery ahead of winter

News
Afghanistan: FAO and UK launch GBP 10 million initiative to boost rural resilience and food security
04/08/2025

New partnership to help over 150,000 people enhance food production, incomes and climate resilience across 15 provinces by May 2026

News
Acute food insecurity and malnutrition rise for sixth consecutive year in world’s most fragile regions – new report
16/05/2025

In 2024, over 295 million people across 53 countries and territories faced acute hunger—an increase of almost 14 million people compared to 2023, while...

 
Key documents
10/2025

Communities in food crisis and fragile contexts are on the frontline of the climate crisis. FAO helps countries prevent, anticipate, absorb, adapt and transform in the face of intensifying climate shocks and stresses.

08/2025

The impacts of the 2025 drought in Afghanistan are threatening the survival of rural households across half the country, compounding one of the world’s largest food crises.

06/2025

In the current edition of a regular joint bi-yearly report, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warn that acute food insecurity is likely to worsen across 13 countries and territories identified as hotspots, during the outlook period from June to October 2025.

 
 
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...

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