Food security hotspot areas due to rain-related flood (WFP, UNEP & NEPA - 2016)

Almost all of the zones were heavy rainfall has increased are also dominated by agricultural livelihoods—and are therefore considered “hotspot areas” in terms of negative impacts on livelihoods. Notable exceptions are the Southern Semi-Arid Pastoral zone (covering parts of Nimroz, Helmand and Kandahar) and the South Eastern High Migration, Forest Products zone (covering much of Paktika), where livelihoods are less sensitive to floods, and where the observed increase in heavy rainfall therefore poses less of a food security risk.

Source: The map comes from a report "Climate Change in Afghanistan: What does it Mean for Rural Livelihoods and Food Security?", which was produced jointly by the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Afghanistan's National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA). The map was produced based on the livelihood zones produced by FEWSNET.