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This bulletin provides information on price changes for the most commonly consumed staples and their potential impacts on the cost of the basic food basket.

This monthly bulletin is published based on market data from different sources and aims to alert on latest developments.  Based on consumption patterns in Afghanistan, it includes data of wheat and wheat flour; Terms of Trade between daily casual labor wage and wheat (Kg) as well as ToT for one year live female sheep and wheat (Kg).  Coverage is currently given to nine main cities.

The bulletin is followed later in the month by a supplement containing additional data received during the month. This supplement includes wheat price from 34 provinces (Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock –MAIL-), wheat flour price from seven border markets (WFP and MAIL) and Consumer Price Index (Central Statistics Organization) for six main cities.

This monthly bulletin is published based on market data from different sources and aims to alert on latest developments.  Based on consumption patterns in Afghanistan, it includes data of wheat and wheat flour; Terms of Trade between daily casual labor wage and wheat (Kg) as well as ToT for one year live female sheep and wheat (Kg).  Coverage is currently given to nine main cities.

The bulletin is followed later in the month by a supplement containing additional data received during the month. This supplement includes wheat price from 34 provinces (Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock –MAIL-), wheat flour price from seven border markets (WFP and MAIL) and Consumer Price Index (Central Statistics Organization) for six main cities.

This monthly bulletin is published based on market data from different sources and aims to alert on latest developments.  Based on consumption patterns in Afghanistan, it includes data of wheat and wheat flour; Terms of Trade between daily casual labor wage and wheat (Kg) as well as ToT for one year live female sheep and wheat (Kg).  Coverage is currently given to nine main cities.

The bulletin is followed later in the month by a supplement containing additional data received during the month. This supplement includes wheat price from 34 provinces (Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock –MAIL-), wheat flour price from seven border markets (WFP and MAIL) and Consumer Price Index (Central Statistics Organization) for six main cities.

This paper reviews wheat market dynamics in the Central Asia region. As a region whose countries experience perennial food deficits, trade plays a central role in ensuring adequate food availability. The paper is the result of fieldwork undertaken in spring 2011 to establish a better understanding of the dynamics, structure, trends, and constraints confronting the wheat marketing sector in the region, and to better understand the role that wheat trade plays in ensuring food security for the region. For the purposes of this study, the Central Asia region includes Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Islamic Republic of Iran.

This monthly bulletin is published based on market data from different sources and aims to alert on latest developments.  Based on consumption patterns in Afghanistan, it includes data of wheat and wheat flour; Terms of Trade between daily casual labor wage and wheat (Kg) as well as ToT for one year live female sheep and wheat (Kg).  Coverage is currently given to nine main cities.

The bulletin is followed later in the month by a supplement containing additional data received during the month. This supplement includes wheat price from 34 provinces (Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock –MAIL-), wheat flour price from seven border markets (WFP and MAIL) and Consumer Price Index (Central Statistics Organization) for six main cities.

This monthly bulletin is published based on market data from different sources and aims to alert on latest developments.  Based on consumption patterns in Afghanistan, it includes data of wheat and wheat flour; Terms of Trade between daily casual labor wage and wheat (Kg) as well as ToT for one year live female sheep and wheat (Kg).  Coverage is currently given to nine main cities.

The bulletin is followed later in the month by a supplement containing additional data received during the month. This supplement includes wheat price from 34 provinces (Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock –MAIL-), wheat flour price from seven border markets (WFP and MAIL) and Consumer Price Index (Central Statistics Organization) for six main cities.

This assessment provides information on price changes for the most commonly consumed staples and their potential
impacts on the cost of the basic food basket.

WFP Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping, together with the Afghanistan Ministry of Agriculture, analyzed NRVA (National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment) data from 2005 and spring 2007, and estimated that some 2.5 million additional individuals may be vulnerable to food security.

This study is part of the “Central Asian Regional Wheat Markets and Afghan Food Security Initiative.” It is one of five complementary activities that build on and expand the current knowledge base.