Description: Rising Food Prices and Coping Strategies : Household-level Evidence from Afghanistan

Rising Food Prices and Coping Strategies : Household-level Evidence from Afghanistan

This paper investigates the impact of rising wheat prices -- during the 2007/08 global food crisis -- on food security in Afghanistan. Exploiting the temporal stratification of a unique nationally-representative household survey, the analysis finds...

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Main Authors:	D'Souza, Anna, Jolliffe, Dean
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BEEF BREAD CALORIC INTAKE CALORIE INTAKE CALORIES PER PERSON CALORIES PER PERSON PER DAY CASH INCOME CENTRAL REGION CEREALS CHILD HEALTH CHILD NUTRITION CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS CHRONIC FOOD INSECURITY CLIMATE CHANGE CONDIMENTS CONFLICT CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMER PRICES CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR CONSUMPTION DATA CONSUMPTION QUINTILES COOKING COPING MECHANISMS CROP AREA DAIRY DATES DIET DIETARY DIVERSITY DIETARY ENERGY DIETARY PATTERNS DROUGHT FAMILY ASSISTANCE FEMALE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS FOOD AID FOOD COMMODITIES FOOD COMPOSITION FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD CONSUMPTION DATA FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS FOOD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD EXPENDITURE FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD IMPORTS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD INTAKE FOOD ITEMS FOOD NEEDS FOOD POLICY FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD PRODUCTS FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLY FRUIT FRUITS GAUGE GRAINS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX HUNGER IFPRI INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME ON FOOD IRON IRON DEFICIENCY LAMB LEVELS OF FOOD CONSUMPTION LIVING STANDARDS MAIZE MALNUTRITION MATERNAL NUTRITION MEAT MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MICRONUTRIENT MALNUTRITION MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION MILK MINERAL MOUNTAINOUS AREAS MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN NATIONAL POVERTY NATURAL SHOCKS NOMADIC PASTORALISTS NUTRIENT NUTRIENT ABSORPTION NUTRIENT INTAKE NUTRIENTS NUTRITION NUTRITION INDICATORS NUTRITIONAL STATUS NUTS OPIUM OPIUM CULTIVATION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR INFRASTRUCTURE POOR PEOPLE POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LINE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER POVERTY STATUS PROTEIN PULSES REGIONAL DIVERSITY RICE RURAL RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POOR RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY RATES RURAL REHABILITATION SPICES STAPLE FOODS SUBSISTENCE SUGAR TUBERS UNDERNUTRITION VEGETABLES VITAMIN VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT WAR WFP WHEAT WHEAT FLOUR WHEAT MARKETS WHEAT PRODUCTION WORLD FOOD PROGRAM WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20101101163126 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3947

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Summary:	This paper investigates the impact of rising wheat prices -- during the 2007/08 global food crisis -- on food security in Afghanistan. Exploiting the temporal stratification of a unique nationally-representative household survey, the analysis finds evidence of large declines in real per capita food consumption and in food security (per capita calorie intake and household dietary diversity) corresponding to the price shocks. The data reveal smaller price elasticities with respect to calories than with respect to food consumption, suggesting that households trade off quality for quantity as they move toward staple foods and away from nutrient-rich foods such as meat and vegetables. In addition, there is increased demand in the face of price increases (Giffen good properties) for wheat products in urban areas. This study improves on country-level simulation studies by providing estimates of actual household wellbeing before and during the height of the global food crisis in one of the world's poorest, most food-insecure countries.

Rising Food Prices and Coping Strategies : Household-level Evidence from Afghanistan

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