Appeal launched to avert food crisis in Afghantistan
25/07/2006 - 09:25:30The Afghan government and United Nations today launched an appeal for $76.4m (€60m) dollars to tackle an “imminent food crisis” in Afghanistan because of drought.
The money would support the “urgent needs” of more than 2.5 million affected people for six months, a joint statement by Afghan government and the UN said.
Afghanistan is facing a shortfall in this year’s rain-fed wheat harvest because of a prolonged drought, particularly in the north and northwest of the country.
Agriculture accounts for 52% of the impoverished nation’s gross domestic product and wheat comprises 80 percent of cereal production.
