Wheat and flour supply in Afghanistan
- by Suresh Persaud
- 1/23/2012

Wheat is Afghanistan's key staple food and its major crop. Given expected increases in demand, imports are likely to grow in coming years even if Afghanistan's rapid post-1990 production growth is sustained, suggesting growing dependence on supplies from Pakistan and other countries. This chart may be found in the ERS report, Long-Term Growth Prospects for Wheat Production in Afghanistan, WHS-11L-01, published January 2012.