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Despite a significant improvement over the past two years, Afghanistan continues to grapple with one of the world’s largest food security crises, with an estimated 14.2 million people, or 37% of the population, currently facing acute food insecurity, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday citing the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The organization’s latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report for March-April 2024 points to a “continuing positive trend,” a dramatic fall from the early 2022 figure of nearly 23 million people, or 55% of the population, facing acute food insecurity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This remarkable decline is a testament to the resilience of Afghanistan’s farmers and its people, improvements in climatic conditions, growing stabilization in the Afghan economy, and the “enormous” levels of humanitarian and non-humanitarian assistance, said FAO country representative Richard Trenchard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, he cautioned that Afghanistan “remains amongst the world’s largest food insecurity crises in absolute terms,” with more than 2 million people still facing emergency levels of food insecurity, categorized as IPC4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trenchard warned that the food security situation remains “extremely fragile,” particularly due to the likelihood of climate-induced and other shocks, as well as the country’s economic fragility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He stressed the critical importance of continued investment in both humanitarian food assistance and emergency agricultural support to sustain the downward trend and address the persisting crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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