Record Details

Sowing the wheat seeds of Afghanistan's future

CGSpace

View Archive Info
 
 
Field Value
 
Title Sowing the wheat seeds of Afghanistan's future
 
Creator Poole, Nigel D.
Sharma, Rajiv Kumar
Nemat, Orzala A.
Trenchard, Richard
Scanlon, Andrew
Davy, Charles
Ataei, Najibeh
Donovan, Jason A.
Bentley, Alison R.
 
Subject food security
irrigation
nutrition
plant breeding
seed systems
horticulture
forestry
 
Description Afghanistan is a country with diverse natural ecologies in a largely arid and mountainous region. The rural sector is still considered to drive economic potential. Current social, political and economic instability along with climatic challenges are driving food and water insecurity in the wider region. In the short term, it is likely that this and the associated challenges of displacement and unemployment can only be addressed by humanitarian intervention and agrifood and nutrition support. In the medium to long term, drought, and heat, probably linked to climate change, will pose recurrent challenges for agriculture and food security that will require a much broader set of interventions to secure the rural population's livelihoods. The genetic gap, among other major challenges, must be addressed if Afghanistan is to develop its agricultural potential leading to income and livelihood improvements for farmers and stable and accessible supplies for consumers. Only thereby will the country be enabled to reap the important and long-sought trade and food security benefits derived from self-sufficiency. Here, we highlight the agricultural challenges facing Afghanistan and propose forward strategies for ensuring the future stability of wheat production, the cornerstone of Afghan agriculture.
 
Date 2022-09
2023-01-01T16:13:59Z
2023-01-01T16:13:59Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Poole, N., Sharma, R., Nemat, O.A., Trenchard, R., Scanlon, A., Davy, C., Ataei, N., Donovan, J. and Bentley, A.R. 2022. Sowing the wheat seeds of Afghanistan’s future. Plants, People, Planet 4(5):423–431. https://hdl.handle.net/10883/22252
2572-2611
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126435
https://hdl.handle.net/10883/22252
https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10277
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher Wiley
 
Source Plants, People, Planet