 The numbers speak for themselves because of continuing drought and the economic implosion. By the end of the year 55 percent that's to say more than one out of every two Afghan men, women and children could be facing acute food insecurity, hunger on a daily basis. But as they've done so many times in the past, Afghanistan's incredible farmers, livestock owners and herders can bring Afghanistan back from the brink of catastrophe. And that's why it's so important that FAO, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, is able to continue providing farmers and livestock owners and herders with seeds, particularly weed seeds, fertilizer, animal feed. Afghanistan's people need this and urgently.