The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) tracks changes in the cost of basic foods in nations at risk of food poverty, a press release states.
The Price Bulletin offers a set of charts for each country and region covered by FEWS NET, displaying monthly prices for the current marketing year in a few selected urban areas and allowing users to contrast current trends with both seasonal trend-indicating five-year average prices and prices from the prior year.
For the majority of Afghans, wheat makes up more than 70% of their diet. A poor, but occasionally required, substitute is subpar rice. All marketplaces are major consumer markets and population centers. The capital, Kabul, serves as a hub for travel between the north, south, east, and west and supplies the central provinces.
The eastern region of the country receives supplies from Jalalabad. In a good year, Mazar-e-Sarif also provides the southern provinces in addition to the northern provinces. The chronically food insecure Badakhshan Province is supplied by Faizabad, whereas the northeastern provinces are supplied by Kunduz.
Northwest areas prone to drought are supplied by Maimana market. West is supplied by Hirat. Kandahar serves the country’s southwest, where market activity is frequently hampered by drought, civil unrest, and conflict.
