Limited by Agriculture
The small size of farms, limited access to equipment and finance, poor farming practices and poor post-harvest storage techniques limit agricultural productivity in Kyrgyzstan – meaning the country is unable to meet domestic demands. As a result, Kyrgyzstan depends on imports of basic foods: 30% for wheat, 84% for vegetable oil and 37% for sugar. This high dependency continues to impact the most vulnerable food-insecure households, which spend more than half of their budgets on food.
While the rates of stunting and wasting has fallen among children and adolescents, obesity rates have increased. These conditions are often the result of nutritious foods being too expensive and families having limited knowledge around nutrition and healthy diets.
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