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13 Sep 2022 | SERVIR-HKH

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 have destroyed wide swaths of agricultural land. The country could soon face food shortages if thousands of acres of cropland are not restored.

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