02676oam 2200517 a 450 991069715620332120230902161633.0(CKB)5470000002385350(OCoLC)683273128(EXLCZ)99547000000238535020101124d2010 ua 0engurmn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPrice volatility in Afghanistan's wheat market[electronic resource] /Suresh Persaud[Washington, D.C.] :U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service,[2010]1 online resource (18 pages) illustrationsTitle from title screen (viewed on Nov. 24, 2010)."May 2010""WHS-10d-01.""Outlook.""A Report from the Economic Research Service."Includes bibliographical references (pages 16-17).Wheat is a key staple food in Afghanistan, accounting for over half the caloric intake of the population. Although Afghanistan imports wheat and flour from a number of neighboring countries, Pakistan tends to supply more than half of these imports. Afghanistan's food supply network broke down in 2008 due to a confluence of events, including shortfalls in Pakistani and Afghan wheat production and Pakistan's bans on wheat and flour exports. Substantial price hikes were needed to bring increased flour shipments from Kazakhstan through the inefficient transport system from the North. Afghanistan will remain subject to supply disruptions and price spikes as long as its agricultural production remains highly variable and weak transportation links limit the country's ability to diversify its sources of imported grain. Improvements in infrastructure could enable Afghanistan to diversify its wheat and flour imports and bring in supplies at a lower cost.Afghan War, 2001-2021Economic aspectsFood supplyAfghanistanAgricultureAfghanistanGrain tradeAfghanistanFutures marketAfghanistanAfghan War, 2001-2021Economic aspects.Food supplyAgricultureGrain tradeFutures marketPersaud Suresh Chand1969-1391712United States.Department of Agriculture.Economic Research Service.GPOGPODOSGPOBOOK9910697156203321Price volatility in Afghanistan's wheat market3445777UNINA