Tag: food security

Govt releases Rs725.697m under PSDP 2018-19 for food security

ISLAMABAD: The federal government had released Rs 725.697million for various agriculture and livestock sectors uplift projects of Ministry of National Food Security and Research under...

Pakistan, Australia sign agreement on water, food, energy security collaboration

ISLAMABAD: Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan Margaret Adamson and Water Resources Secretary Shamail Khawaja on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Australia and Pakistan for collaboration on water, food and...

Why women empowerment must be a major national security goal

Climate change can present serious long-term challenges to state stability Population growth exacerbates impact of climate change Women empowerment an effective climate change...

Govt to set up National Food Security Council

ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Food Security and Research Sikandar Bosan has said that a National Food Security Council is being set up under the chairmanship...

‘Food security must for durable development in South Asia’

LAHORE: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Regional Chairman and Vice President Chaudhry Arfan Yousaf said on Sunday that food security is...

President emphasises need for achieving food security

ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain has emphasised the need for adoption of a multidimensional approach for investing in food security and uplifting the rural livelihoods to...

Institute of soil science inaugurated at PMAS-AAUR

RAWALPINDI: Realizing the importance of soil and water conservation, Rawalpindi Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University (PMAS-AAUR) Department of Soil Science and Soil...

Lahore deprived of its agricultural land

LAHORE: Lack of concern at authority’s end has deprived the provincial capital of thousands of acres of agricultural land during the last two decades, posing...