Drought raises food security fears in Afghanistan

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Samira

Samira

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018...curity-fears-afghanistan-180812063301371.html

Harvests under threat as ongoing shortage of precipitation bites across the war-torn country.

A shortage of precipitation during the winter months, both rain and snow, left much of Afghanistan with a severe scarcity of water and a decimated winter harvest.

The situation has not improved during the drier spring and summer months, and the wheat harvest is likely to be the lowest since 2011, according to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network, set up by USAID in 1985.

The United Nations' Humanitarian Coordinator in Afghanistan, Toby Lanzer, recently said: "If the authorities and the international community don't step up to this challenge now, Afghanistan could face a calamity as we head into the next winter."

The shortfall in wheat this year could be as much as 2.5 million tonnes. This would result in more than two million people facing food insecurity and being left in "desperate need" of humanitarian assistance within the next six months, the UN says.

Eating seeds
It has been reported tens of thousands of sheep and goats have died as pastures have turned to dust.

Farmers have been forced to eat seeds intended for planting for the next harvest. Nearly 15 million people are employed in the agricultural sector in the 20 provinces worst affected by the drought.

Afghanistan is no stranger to drought. According to analyses by the Asia Development Bank, localised droughts occur every three to five years, while major droughts have a return period of nine to 11 years.

The last major drought was from 2008 to 2010. This ended with heavy snowfall during 2012.

The current drought may be partly linked to last year's La Nina, which tends to result in hotter, drier conditions across Central Asia. With the possibility of an El Nino event developing towards the end of this year, there may be some improvement in the drought situation.

For the majority of Afghanistan's farmers, that cannot come too soon.
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Shushue

Shushue

The world outside Europe and US is always miserable

Let us enjoy life free of worry

Only how many you f*ck and food and clothes matter in life
 
Karim

Karim

I could agree with you but then we’d both be wrong
HALYEEY
VIP
Shushue said:
The world outside Europe and US is always miserable

Let us enjoy life free of worry

Only how many you f*ck and food and clothes matter in life
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What about Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, South Korea etc.
 
Karim

Karim

I could agree with you but then we’d both be wrong
HALYEEY
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Shushue said:
Australia and NZ are good , Japan and SK and Singapore too

The rest face hardship

Their conditions are not my concern
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Do you care about Somalia?! Seems like you were bragging about your comfy life in the west.
 
Shushue

Shushue

Karim said:
Do you care about Somalia?! Seems like you were bragging about your comfy life in the west.
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Yeah I used to care but not anymore

Didn’t hear about the entrepreneur who got killed in Mog?

People who help are targeted

Some want to see the world burn so better care about yourself

I’m happy that relatives are progressive and educated, I care about them. Let the rest perish
 
Karim

Karim

I could agree with you but then we’d both be wrong
HALYEEY
VIP
Shushue said:
Yeah I used to care but not anymore

Didn’t hear about the entrepreneur who got killed in Mog?

People who help are targeted

Some want to see the world burn so better care about yourself

I’m happy that relatives are progressive and educated, I care about them. Let the rest perish
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But that's Mogadishu the hellhole of this planet. Nevertheless, nobody cares if you care about Somalia or not. You're irrelevant Xaliimo draining the welfare system of your respective country.
 
Blade1

Blade1

Ashy Abdi Representative
Afghanistan always suffers with us. Inshallah they are able to not have a drought
 
Shushue

Shushue

Karim said:
But that's Mogadishu the hellhole of this planet. Nevertheless, nobody cares if you care about Somalia or not. You're irrelevant Xaliimo draining the welfare system of your respective country.
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The rest of the country hasn’t improved noticeably
 
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Nomad74

Shushue said:
Yeah I used to care but not anymore

Didn’t hear about the entrepreneur who got killed in Mog?

People who help are targeted

Some want to see the world burn so better care about yourself

I’m happy that relatives are progressive and educated, I care about them. Let the rest perish
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You will not be missed laakin what i don't understand is, since u don't care about Somali why are u always chatting qabyaalad shit in the clan/politics section? Why contribute to the misery? War bal waxaan arka
 
Shushue

Shushue

Nomad74 said:
You will not be missed laakin what i don't understand is, since u don't care about Somali why are u always chatting qabyaalad shit in the clan/politics section? Why contribute to the misery? War bal waxaan arka
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I care about my close kin, I’m also a little interested in Somali as a discussion, but won’t lift a finger for anyone
 
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Nomad74

Karim said:
But that's Mogadishu the hellhole of this planet. Nevertheless, nobody cares if you care about Somalia or not. You're irrelevant Xaliimo draining the welfare system of your respective country.
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You brought your qabyaalad shit t the general section. So it's acceptable not to care about Mogadishu to u? If somalis/humans didn't live in puntland, I would've campaigned to move the capital there so all the bombing follows the new capital.

Mogadishu is not a " hellhole" u qabiiliiste shit it's the most developed and by far wealthiest somali city now and all throughout history
 
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