Pakistan agriculture: GOVT imports food as drought chokes farmland
Pakistan’s government is warning of a food security crisis after extreme weather events disrupted farming in some regions.
The damage from prolonged heatwaves, flooding and drought is affecting the economy. Major industries depend on crops such as rice, sugar and cotton.
It’s forced the government to import more in order to make up the shortfall
Al Jazeera’s Kamal Hyder met farmers in one of the worst-hit areas of Sindh province.
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