Winter food crisis looms over Daikundi

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Pajhwok News Agency, 28 October 2012
People in the central Daikundi province is likely to face severe food crisis this winter as food production had dipped in recent months due to erratic weather conditions, the agency reports. ‘Wheat production declined by 30,000 tonnes this year compared to last year’s 50,000 tonnes output, while the province needs 70,000 tonnes of wheat annually’ and the production of vegetables such as beans and maize had also reduced by 60 percent.