Last update: August 12, 202415, 2024
This page contains information about some of the data available in the FEWS NET Data Explorer (FDE) for Afghanistan. This is not a comprehensive guide.
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Summary table
ISO 3166-1 codes | Alpha 2: AF, Alpha 3: AFG, Numeric: 004 |
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Administrative units | Provinces, districts. |
Agricultural seasons | Winter (May - June) and Spring (March - July) |
Major crops | Wheat, barley |
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Admin 2: District (wuleswali).
Crop data
Explore our crop data.
View our documentation on using the Crop Domain.
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Agricultural data is reported only at the province level. Cotton statistics are reported both at the province level and at the level of 5 “cotton” regions, which include several provinces each but are not used for other purposes. |
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Crop statistics are disseminated in yearly Statistical Yearbooks published by the National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA). A complete series of yearbooks are available in the FDW Mayan source documentation domain FEWS NET document management system.
There may be other reporting mechanisms and dissemination systems inside the Ministry of Agriculture that provide amended versions of the final agricultural estimates published in the yearbooks; if so, they have not yet been acquired and may explain divergences between NSIA estimates and what FAOSTAT labels as official estimates. Between 2008 and 2022, these differences average between .29 and .57% for wheat area and production estimates.
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