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  • Publication | 2022
Afghanistan Welfare Monitoring Survey (AWMS)
Global Food and Nutrition Security

Highlights:

  • Two-thirds of households in Afghanistan find it difficult to meet basic food and non-food needs.

  • This is worrying because data collection was conducted in the summer, when farm households have typically replenished their grain stores from the spring–summer harvest and employment opportunities across the country are at their highest.

  • Rising food prices and the persistent effects of last year’s drought are highlighted among the main reasons for limited access to and affordability of food.

  • This may signal more significant deprivation in the coming winter months, usually considered the hungry season.

  • Almost half of all heads of household report a decrease in earnings.

  • This signals a trend of stabilizing income at a lower level.

  • The majority (82 percent) of respondents report that, if they were provided AFN 1,000 (about USD 10) per month, they would use it to purchase food.