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Understanding Food Security Understanding Food Security
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Pre-2001 Pre-2001
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2001–2008 2001–2008
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Today Today
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Coping with Food Insecurity Coping with Food Insecurity
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Women and Food Security Women and Food Security
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Insecurity Insecurity
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Humanitarian Response Humanitarian Response
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14 A Question of Access: Women and Food Security
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Published:March 2011
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Abstract
This chapter addresses Afghanistan's history of food security and how it changed after the fall of the Taliban in 2001. Food security is built on three main aspects—food availability, food access, and food utilization. The rural economy and agrarian sector in Afghanistan are relatively resilient, even in the face of conflict and drought. However, this does not mean that all people have adequate food or can be classified as food-secure. Afghan households are spending high amounts on food. Although food prices dropped in 2009, allowing Afghan households to have an easier time putting food on their tables, food insecurity still affects many households. The chapter then considers the links between insecurity and access to food. Female-headed households are often the most food insecure, and one can posit that their access to markets or to credit is even more constrained in Taliban-held areas than in other parts of the country.
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