Climate and food security |
United Nations agencies dealing with climate change and food security have issued an SOS, detailing Pakistan's vulnerability on these counts. In a recent assessment on "Extreme Heat and Agriculture" by the FAO and WMO, it says that the agrarian pastures of Punjab are gradually turning into drought zones, contributing to a decline in yields per acre of up to 50%. Climatic degradation, leading to intolerable heat stress, is proving fatal to livestock, and there is a drastic cut in milk output too. Likewise, crop, fruit and vegetable........