Conflict,food price shocks,and food insecurity: The experience of Afghan households |
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Affiliation: | 1. Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, 355 E St. NW, 6-128-B, Washington, DC 20024, USA;2. The World Bank Group, 1818 H St. NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA;1. University of Utah, Department of Geography, 260 S. Central Campus Dr., Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9155, United States;2. Goddard Space Center – NASA, United States;3. University of California, Santa Barbara, United States;1. International Monetary Fund, Washington, USA;2. National University of Singapore, Singapore;3. Brookings Institution, Washington DC, USA |
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Abstract: | Using nationally-representative household survey data and confidential geo-coded data on violent incidents, we examine the relationship between conflict and food insecurity in Afghanistan. Spatial mappings of the raw data reveal large variations in levels of food insecurity and conflict across the country; surprisingly, high conflict provinces are not the most food insecure. Using a simple bivariate regression model of conflict (violent incidents and persons killed or injured) on food security (calorie intake and the real value of food consumed), we find mixed associations. But once we move to a multivariate framework, accounting for household characteristics and key commodity prices, we find robust evidence that in Afghanistan levels of conflict and food security are negatively correlated. We also find that households in provinces with higher levels of conflict experience muted declines in food security due to staple food price increases relative tohouseholds in provinces with lower levels of conflict, perhaps because the former are more disconnected from markets. Gaining a better understanding of linkages between conflict and food insecurity and knowing their spatial distributions can serve to inform policymakers interested in targeting scarce resources to vulnerable populations, for example, through the placement of strategic grain reserves or targeted food assistance programs. |
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Keywords: | Afghanistan Food security Conflict Nutrition Poverty Spatial distribution |
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