Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed are the author's alone. KABUL, 9 October 2008 - Afghanistan faces a deficit of two million tonnes of staple food - primarily wheat flour and rice - to feed millions of vulnerable people in the coming six months, the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) has said. The huge food shortfall has occurred largely due to crop failure resulting from a severe drought, officials said. Drought has led to the failure of up to 90 percent of rain-fed agriculture and also damaged irrigated land, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said. High prices have affected food imports. "We need two million tonnes of food for over six million vulnerable people," Mohammad Sharif Sharif, deputy...
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