D'Souza, AnnaJolliffe, Dean2012-03-192012-03-192010-11-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3947This 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.CC BY 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSAGRICULTURAL LANDAGRICULTUREBASIC INFRASTRUCTUREBEEFBREADCALORIC INTAKECALORIE INTAKECALORIES PER PERSONCALORIES PER PERSON PER DAYCASH INCOMECENTRAL REGIONCEREALSCHILD HEALTHCHILD NUTRITIONCHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUSCHRONIC FOOD INSECURITYCLIMATE CHANGECONDIMENTSCONFLICTCONSUMER PRICE INDEXCONSUMER PRICESCONSUMPTION BEHAVIORCONSUMPTION DATACONSUMPTION QUINTILESCOOKINGCOPING MECHANISMSCROP AREADAIRYDATESDIETDIETARY DIVERSITYDIETARY ENERGYDIETARY PATTERNSDROUGHTFAMILY ASSISTANCEFEMALE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERSFOOD AIDFOOD COMMODITIESFOOD COMPOSITIONFOOD CONSUMPTIONFOOD CONSUMPTION DATAFOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNSFOOD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITAFOOD DISTRIBUTIONFOOD EXPENDITUREFOOD EXPENDITURESFOOD IMPORTSFOOD INSECURITYFOOD INTAKEFOOD ITEMSFOOD NEEDSFOOD POLICYFOOD PRICEFOOD PRICESFOOD PRODUCTIONFOOD PRODUCTSFOOD SECURITYFOOD SUPPLYFRUITFRUITSGAUGEGRAINSHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICSHOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITYHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD HEADSHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSEHOLD WELFAREHOUSINGHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXHUNGERIFPRIINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME ON FOODIRONIRON DEFICIENCYLAMBLEVELS OF FOOD CONSUMPTIONLIVING STANDARDSMAIZEMALNUTRITIONMATERNAL NUTRITIONMEATMICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIESMICRONUTRIENT MALNUTRITIONMICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATIONMILKMINERALMOUNTAINOUS AREASMOUNTAINOUS TERRAINNATIONAL POVERTYNATURAL SHOCKSNOMADIC PASTORALISTSNUTRIENTNUTRIENT ABSORPTIONNUTRIENT INTAKENUTRIENTSNUTRITIONNUTRITION INDICATORSNUTRITIONAL STATUSNUTSOPIUMOPIUM CULTIVATIONPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR INFRASTRUCTUREPOOR PEOPLEPOVERTY ASSESSMENTPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY INDICATORSPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERPOVERTY STATUSPROTEINPULSESREGIONAL DIVERSITYRICERURALRURAL AREARURAL AREASRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL POORRURAL POVERTYRURAL POVERTY RATESRURAL REHABILITATIONSPICESSTAPLE FOODSSUBSISTENCESUGARTUBERSUNDERNUTRITIONVEGETABLESVITAMINVULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTWARWFPWHEATWHEAT FLOURWHEAT MARKETSWHEAT PRODUCTIONWORLD FOOD PROGRAMWORLD FOOD PROGRAMMEWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5466