FAO/WFP CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY ASSESSMENT MISSION TO AFGHANISTAN - 7 August 1997
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Continuous civil strife since 1979 has seriously disrupted the Afghan economy and damaged much of the country’s infrastructure. Large numbers of population have been displaced and massive unemployment has resulted in low incomes which limit access to adequate food for many, particularly those in urban areas. Agriculture has suffered from physical damage to irrigation structures, from mines and from the disruption of normal markets and input delivery mechanisms. Insecurity and the movement of rur al populations have limited food production in some areas. The civil unrest has caused the country to move from near self-sufficiency in the mid 1970s to a dependency on imports, mostly from the former U.S.S.R. in the 1980s, and from Pakistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran in the 1990s. In recent years, around 30 percent of food supplies have been imported, mostly for the country’s urban population. In view of the inadequate access to food for large sections of the population and of the lim ited agricultural improvement, an FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission was fielded to Afghanistan from 8 June to 9 July 1997, to estimate the 1997 cereal harvest and cereal import requirements for the 1997/98 marketing year. The Mission was able to travel rather freely in most of the south and east of the country and it visited 14 of the 28 provinces, but was unable to travel to the north of the country for security reasons. The Mission also visited the Islamabad offices of FAO, WFP a nd UNDP with responsibilities for Afghanistan.