GIEWS Country Brief: Afghanistan 21-June-2018

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT

• Below average cereal output forecast for 2018 following dry weather conditions
• Cereal import requirements in 2018/19 increasing
• Wheat prices generally stable, inflation easing
• High levels of food insecurity

Below average cereal output forecast in 2018 following dry weather conditions

The winter wheat and barley harvest started in May and will finish by the end of June. The spring wheat harvest will continue in the mountainous areas in the northeast until the end of September.