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13 Sep 2022 | Pakistan

Pakistan floods threaten food security as critical crops destroyed

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Flooding in dozens of districts in Pakistan’s Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab provinces has destroyed vast tracts of agricultural land. The country could soon face food shortages if thousands of hectares of farmland are not restored.

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