Pakistan floods threaten food security as critical crops destroyed | World News,The Indian Express

Agricultural land inundated by flooding is set to have long-term humanitarian and economic impacts in Pakistan. Billions of dollars worth of rice, sugar and wheat have already been lost.

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													Pakistan floods threaten food security as critical crops destroyed
													
														Agricultural land inundated by flooding is set to have long-term humanitarian and economic impacts in Pakistan. Billions of dollars worth of rice, sugar and wheat have already been lost.
															
					
											
						
														
								
									
										
											
																									
													
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	Islamabad | September 13, 2022 6:54:43 pm														
													
															
													
												
												


		
		
			
				
			
		
		
			
				
			
		
		
			
				
			
		
		
			
			
			
		
	

											
											
														
														
														
													Flooding in dozens of districts in Pakistan’s Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab provinces have destroyed wide swaths of agricultural land. The country could soon face food shortages if thousands of acres of cropland are not restored.

“We are concerned that if the farmlands aren’t drained right now, we won’t be able to plant crops for winter season, the most important of which is the wheat crop,” Nazia Bibi, a farmer in Pishin district of Balochistan, told DW.

There is a fear that Pakistanis will be unable to find essential food staples in markets. To cope with the challenge, the government is importing tomatoes and onions from neighboring Afghanistan and Iran.

“My existing stock of vegetables is the only one I have had for the past few days. I am waiting for the imported stock of onions and tomatoes to reach the warehouses so we can sell those,” a vegetable vendor in Islamabad sitting with a cart of mostly rotten onions told DW.

Food assistance needed

https://indianexpress.com/article/world/pakistan-floods-food-security-critical-crops-destroyed-8148968/

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