KABUL (SW) – Second vice president Mohammad Sarwar Danish has said food crisis remains to haunt many in Afghanistan with about thirteen million people not having food security.
Danish made these remarks on Thursday in a program commemorating the third anniversary of the Afghanistan Food Security and Nutrition Agenda. According to the vice president, 13 million people, who make up 44% of the country’s population, do not have food security.
Speaking on the occasion, Anwarul Haq Ahadi, designated head of the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, said Afghanistan is not self-sufficient in providing food security for its citizens.
On his term, Javad Osmani, the nominee and head of the Ministry of Public Health, said that Afghanistan has the highest rate of chronic or acute malnutrition in the world with many people not having access to food.
Blaming the raging war, drought and poor management as the main reasons for the declining level of food security for citizens, Abdul Karim Tutakhel, deputy director of the Presidential Administration Office, stressed there was a need for food control agency in the country.
Mary-Ellen McGroarty, WFP Representative and Country Director in Afghanistan, assured them that the United Nations (UN) will work with the Afghan government.
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