Friday, December 16, 2011

Food Security paradigm in Pakistan has changed since 3-F crises

Dr. Pirzada,while speaking at 14th Sustainable Development Conference(SDC) in Islamabad on 13th December 2011, in a joint session organised by Oxfam GB and SDPI on 'Factors Affecting Food Security in Resource Constrained Pakistan' emphatically underlined that economic access to food has emerged a key food security concern in Pakistan since 2007.
Food inflation that touched its peak of 34% in 2008, pushed millions in to hunger in Pakistan and around 77 million people in Pakistan are threatened with hunger and 37 % of population suffers from food insecurity.
He said there is no alternative to sustained domestic food supply for a resource constrained country like Pakistan and to this end support price system for key food security and livelihood related agricultural commodities is an imperative, as it will help advance public good, arrest the reversal of MDGs in Pakistan and will help in securing socio-economic and political stability in the country.