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Pakistan facing food insecurity despite good growth

By Technology Times at June 2, 2012 | 1:56 pm | 0 Comment

STAFF REPORT IBD: Despite growth of agricultural output Pakistan is still suffering from food security issue, facing high level of ‘hunger and malnutrition”, and climate change is threat to this country that can be tackled by educating communities. Vice Chancellor, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Dr Rashid Amjad, said this while addressing a more...

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Farm research…. a weapon against food insecurity

By Technology Times at June 2, 2012 | 1:04 pm | 0 Comment

[caption id="attachment_16605" align="alignright" width="113" caption="Maryam Naseer"][/caption] INAPPROPRIATE USE of funds, obsolete research infrastructure, little or no incentives for innovation, lack of coordinated planning & monitoring and little commercialization of research outputs are impeding agricultural growth in Pakistan. A country having agrarian more...

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