Ahmadi Attaullah, Gandour Georges, Ghaffari Hujjatullah, Sati Heba, Mrad Anthony Abou, Semaan Serena, Elhadi Yasir Ahmed Mohammed, Mousavi Sayed Hamid, Arif Shamim, Madadi Shekiba, Lucero-Prisno Don Eliseo
Medical Research Center, Kateb University, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Department of Public Health, International School of Medicine, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Trop Med Health. 2021 Sep 26;49(1):77. doi: 10.1186/s41182-021-00370-8.
Food security is a major element for the sustainability, stability and development of a country. However, despite fundamental efforts in fighting poverty, Afghanistan continues to struggle with food insecurity with a large proportion of its population living below the poverty line. With extreme climates, protracted conflict, and now COVID-19, food insecurity has become rampant and is on the rise in the country. Efforts have been reinforced to mitigate this issue, but a spate of obstacles which seems not to come to an end, has contributed to the deterioration of the situation. With the collaboration and efforts of international organizations, there remains a glimmer of hope to potentially reduce the gravity of the food insecurity in the country. This paper aims to highlight the efforts of Afghanistan in alleviating food insecurity with a focus on the impact of COVID-19 on this issue. It also presents recommendations that may help ameliorate the country's food security status during and after the pandemic.
粮食安全是一个国家可持续性、稳定性和发展的重要因素。然而，尽管在消除贫困方面做出了根本性努力，但阿富汗仍在与粮食不安全问题作斗争，其很大一部分人口生活在贫困线以下。由于极端气候、长期冲突以及现在的新冠疫情，粮食不安全在该国已变得猖獗且呈上升趋势。为缓解这一问题已加大了努力，但一系列似乎没有尽头的障碍导致了情况的恶化。在国际组织的合作与努力下，仍有一线希望有可能减轻该国粮食不安全的严重程度。本文旨在突出阿富汗在缓解粮食不安全方面所做的努力，重点关注新冠疫情对这一问题的影响。它还提出了一些建议，这些建议可能有助于改善该国在疫情期间及之后的粮食安全状况。
