Federal Minister Sikandar Hayat:
"Pakistan has made significant progress in food security"
The Ministry of Food Security and Research took the immense initiative to formulate a national agriculture and food security policy, he said. He stated this while speaking at the National Food Security Policy Workshop.
He also mentioned Pakistan's need to continue to build the resilience of the agriculture sector to climate change risks. Bosan said that these challenges could be managed through adopting soil and water conservation technologies, enhanced use of high efficiency irrigation systems, developing drought resistant varieties, and introducing climate smart agriculture.
"I am confident that valuable suggestions from all stakeholders including provincial partners will help a great deal to finalize this document for achieving food security and nutritional goals of the country," Bosan commented.
"Pakistan has to surmount the great challenges for ensuring food availability, increasing accessibility, improving utilization and maintaining stability to achieve food security in real terms."
source: brecorder.com
