AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoClimate & Water Stress: UNAMA marks World Environment Day warning that prolonged drought, declining water supplies, flooding, and environmental degradation are worsening livelihoods and food security; Water Scarcity Impact: more than half of Afghanistan’s population is affected, with crop failures and shrinking rivers pushing communities to drill deeper wells, often unsuccessfully; Regional Hotspots: southern provinces including Kandahar, Helmand, Nimroz, Zabul, and Uruzgan face acute pressure from reduced rainfall and unregulated groundwater extraction; Environmental Degradation: traditional irrigation systems are collapsing and competition over land and water is rising, as one farmer in Nangarhar says the river “dried when we needed it most” and later flooded and destroyed crops.
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