- USDA Issues Outlook Report on Afghanistan's Wheat Market

May 6, 2010 by Marie Rapport|Other Agency Postings

The Department of Agriculure has issued a report that analyzes the role imports have played in stabilizing Afghan wheat prices by mitigating the effects of shortfalls in domestic production and assesses whether Afghanistan’s internal wheat markets are sufficiently connected with international markets to cope with volatility in domestic output. (Report No. WHS-10D-01, dated May 2010, available at http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/WHS/2010/04Apr/WHS10D01/ )