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Improving food security for households in Afghanistan - GCP/AFG/072/LUX

Year of publication 2017

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Publisher FAO ;

Category Factsheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) In spite of significant reconstruction efforts, Afghanistan remains ravaged by three decades of devastating war, natural disasters and population growth, which have contributed to rampant poverty and food insecurity. Although almost half of rural households own and cultivate some land and more than 64 percent own some sort of livestock or poultry, yields are far below the regional averages, while agricultural production is at the mercy of climatic conditions. The transformation of traditional subsistence production systems into a dynamic, modern agricultural sector depends on the widespread introduction and use of new knowledge, technologies and practices.

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