Assessment of Food security situation in Afghanistan

Samim, Sayed Alim; Hu, Zhiquan

doi:10.21608/svuijas.2020.45765.1044

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“…Hunger and food insecurity are major concerns in Afghanistan, where most of the country's inhabitants live under the poverty line, with severe household food insecurity [13,14]. The World Bank report indicates that 61% of Afghanistan's people who live in poverty have limited access to basic food [15].…”

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“…Food insecurity stems directly from long-term and short-term factors such as conflict, COVID-19, poverty, low productivity of agriculture, climate change, soil erosion, lack of proper planning, lack of adequate infrastructure, macroeconomic imbalance, population growth, food supply, inequality, rising food prices, and unemployment, among others [13,14,19,20]. The outcomes of these factors influence the food stability and livelihoods of millions of people.…”

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Food Insecurity and Related Factors among Farming Families in Takhar Region, Afghanistan

Samim

Stępień

et al. 2021

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Improved food security remains a major challenge for policymakers in Afghanistan. The objective of this study is to investigate the prevalence and drivers of food insecurity among farming households in the Takhar region of Afghanistan. Household questionnaire survey datasets were obtained from 262 farmers via multi-stage sampling across four districts. The Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) was constructed to assess the prevalence of food insecurity, and an ordered probit econometric model was used to identify the factors influencing the prevalence rates in farming families. The findings indicate that 66.79% of the farming households were food insecure, whilst 30.53% were severely food insecure. After adjustment of socio-economic and demographic characteristics of families, the ordered probit results reveals that household head education, dependency ratio, farm income, access to non-agricultural income, livestock unit, group membership, borrowing, farm diseases, flood, and war significantly influenced farming households’ food insecurity in the study area. Our findings highlight the urgent requirement for policies and initiatives to support farmers to improve their overall food security. Such strategies should focus on introducing improved farming techniques, enhancing farmer education levels, livestock development programs, building and empowering farmers groups, creating credit access to households, and providing humanitarian food support.

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Food Insecurity and Related Factors among Farming Families in Takhar Region, Afghanistan

Samim

Stępień

et al. 2021

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“…Afghanistan remains one of the countries with the lowest level of food security globally [27]. Food security in Afghanistan is dependent on the top three cereal crops, namely wheat, rice, and maize [16].…”

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“…Self-sufficiency is the capability of an area to sustain its own necessity for food, and it is dependent on consumption and production [26]. Afghanistan food self-sufficiency is influenced by climate change [15], poverty and lack of food access [27], war and conflict [10], economic and demographic factors such as the growth of population, and lack of market [6]. All of these have a direct impact on food availability, food self-sufficiency, and increase food import [27,28,29].…”

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“…Afghanistan food self-sufficiency is influenced by climate change [15], poverty and lack of food access [27], war and conflict [10], economic and demographic factors such as the growth of population, and lack of market [6]. All of these have a direct impact on food availability, food self-sufficiency, and increase food import [27,28,29]. However, under this situation, the implication of future cereal security deserves great attention.…”

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Assessment of Cereal Self-sufficiency and Food Balance Projection in Afghanistan

Samim

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Aims: Afghanistan is overwhelmed with food insecurity, thus severe food shortages in which a large percentage of the population lacks reliable access to food supplies. Cereals such as wheat, rice, and maize play a vital role in the country's food security due to their importance in terms of consumption and production quantity. This paper estimates cereal self-sufficiency and then makes a food balance forecast of the three major food crops - wheat, rice, and maize - cultivated in Afghanistan over six-decades (1979 – 2030). Methodology: Descriptive statistics, ARIMA model, and coarse metric technique were employed to analyze the data from the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), United States Department of Agriculture PSD Database (USDA), and United Nations World Population Division databases to determine cereal self-sufficiency and food balance forecast. Results Econometric analysis demonstrated that (1) Afghanistan is not yet self-sufficient in meeting grain consumption. (2) The production and consumption ratio declined from 0.9 to 0.55 from 1979 to 2030. (3) The gap of theoretical food imbalance will increase, and by the year 2030, cereal production will likely be sufficient for only 49.8 percentage of inhabitants, leaving a high shortage equivalent to the amount required by 24.4 million people. (4) Per capita cereal production will possibly decrease from 120.8 kg to 95.4 kg per person between 2018 and 2030. Conclusion: By evaluating the quantitative food balance and the growing population change, this study presents an analysis of the emerging threat to Afghanistan's food security. Therefore, we recommended that the Afghanistan government should increase the size of public agricultural expenditure, improve the level of agriculture infrastructure, increase the cultivation area of cereals, and continue to introduce policy to achieve higher yield.

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The Association Between Women's Education and Employment and Household Food Security in Afghanistan

Zhu,

Azami,

Fazal

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Eur J Dev Res

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Assessment of Food security situation in Afghanistan

Cited by 11 publications

References 19 publications

Food Insecurity and Related Factors among Farming Families in Takhar Region, Afghanistan

Food Insecurity and Related Factors among Farming Families in Takhar Region, Afghanistan

Assessment of Cereal Self-sufficiency and Food Balance Projection in Afghanistan

The Association Between Women's Education and Employment and Household Food Security in Afghanistan

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