Pakistan will need to implement policies and strategies in the agriculture sector, and improve infrastructure and equipment for transportation, storage, and distribution of agricultural products. Pakistan is a country that relies heavily on agriculture as a source of income and food security. However, the country has been facing a shortage of wheat, sugar, and other...
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Category: Food Security
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Looming crisis of food in Pakistan
Natural catastrophes, failed crops, inept government policies, conflict, and rapid population growth are all contributing factors of food shortage in Pakistan. There is hunger, malnutrition, and general health decline when there is a food crisis. It is widely believed that Pakistan is one of the nations who are closest to a catastrophic food shortage. The...
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Basmati rice: the new authenticity rules aiming to remove sub-standard varieties from the market
If we don’t maintain today’s standards, it may harm the industry — and crucially the farmers who work so hard to produce this beautiful rice in the first place. By Katherine Steele Basmati is the most popular speciality rice in the UK, adding extra flavour and subtlety to everything from curries to pilafs to kedgerees. Nearly...
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Why Modi’s Wheat Export Ban Failed To Curb Inflation in Commodity Prices
A report found that Indian wheat prices jumped to a record high, despite a ban on exports, amid strong demand and dwindling supply from a crop damaged by heat wave. By Kamalika Ghosh The crippling days of food inflation are far from over. While food commodity prices have softened, wheat and rice could still cause...
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Why Pakistan is to beg to feed
Industrial waste flowing into water streams is damaging crop yield, rendering it cancerous By A.A.H. Soomro Pakistan’s population growth and economic wellbeing are intertwined. On the one hand, we project population dividend as a massive target market. On the contrary, economic boom and bust cycle is wreaking havoc on prospects for future generation. Both parameters...
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Which countries produce the most wheat?
While more than 80 different countries produce wheat around the world, the majority of global wheat production comes from just a handful of countries,
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Food security: we are still going backwards
In 2021, nearly 2.3 billion people were moderately or severely food insecure that is, 350 million more than those who suffered from it before COVID-19.
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6.26 mn people in Sri Lanka are food insecure: WFP
About 3 in 10 households (6.26 million people) are food insecure, 65,600 of which are severely food insecure
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Challenge for 2023: Guaranteeing sufficient food production
Russia and Ukraine together account for 30% of world exports of wheat and corn, and 63% of sunflower seeds. There is already a shortage of three million tons of these grains this year.
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Without peace, hunger will continue to increase
Wars and conflicts have pushed more than 139 million people in 24 countries into acute food insecurity; extreme weather events 23 million people in eight countries, while economic shocks have enormously affected 30 million people in 21 countries.