Delegates: xxx
School: xxx
Country: The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Committee: The Economic and Financial Committee
Topic: Impact of Rising Commodity Prices
Since last year, the global food prices rapid growth, developing countries facing the crisis of the poor people.Afghanistan, an experience for more than 20 years of civil war of the developing countries, grain and other daily necessities extreme lack.Food rise considerably serious influence the Afghan people's life.Is not only Afghanistan, many low-income, food-deficit countries also faces great challenges.In recent years, some Asian and African countries have caused a wave of protests and riots.We all hope that global food prices get effective control.
This year the Afghan rainfall rare lead to wheat production, according to the Afghan ministry of agriculture estimated that this year's food and animal husbandry production will be reduced by 28% than last year, the difference is close to 2 million metric tons of wheat, affecting 1.2 million afghans.The Afghan government fully aware of the seriousness of food shortage and urgency, request the UN's world food programme to provide food aid.Afghanistan agriculture minister Ramin said, the shortage of food, in part, has asked the United Nations food agency to provide aid and the other part will imported to other countries.Afghanistan up also decided to set up the "food strategic reserve", plan the first reserves of 146000 tons of wheat.Although the Afghan government issued a series of solution, but there are 2 million people basic life is not guaranteed.Therefore the Afghan hope that other countries to reduce on food export restrictions.
