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 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.

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Main Authors:	D'Souza, Anna, Jolliffe, Dean
Language:	English
Published:	2010-11-01
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 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3947
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