Final presentation

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 2010

There is evidence of continued food insecurity and malnutrition in Pakistan despite significant progress made in terms of food production in recent years. According to ''Vision 2030'' of the Planning Commission of Pakistan, about half of the population in the country suffers from absolute to moderate malnutrition, with the most vulnerable being children, women, and elderly among the lowest income group. The Government of Pakistan has been taking a series of policy initiatives and strategic measures to combat food insecurity issues. These range from increasing production to food imports, implementation of poverty reduction strategies, nutritional improvement programs, as well as provision of social safety nets. The article aims to instill some fresh thinking into the debate regarding the challenges of food security. It underscores the limitations of hitherto policy response, and suggests crucial measures to improve the present grim scenario. Policy makers, planners, practitioners, and academicians in countries with comparable socio-political and economic setup can view this discussion as a case study and may apply the findings in their domain accordingly.

2008

Moderndiplomacy, 2022

Pakistan is experiencing one of the most challenging periods in its history. During the last two decades, Pakistan's food security has been under persistent danger. The purpose of this research is to examine the impact of food insecurity and to look into the pillars of food security in Pakistan. This study asserts that Pakistan needs to concentrate on alternate food security solutions. This paper includes a thorough overview of the current situation in Pakistan, including the accumulation of these policies and coping strategies. This article concludes with the idea that Pakistan should consider other options to improve its skills and deal with the problem.COVID-19, a recent epidemic, has posed significant problems to Pakistan's food security. The necessity of ensuring food security and livelihoods has also increased. Because logistical difficulties may pose a threat to the food supply, it's critical to take steps to improve crop yields, which will help to mitigate COVID-19's socioeconomic impact. The purpose of this paper is to inject some new ideas into the discourse about food security problems. It highlights the limits of previous policy responses and proposes a new path to improve the current bleak situation.

Draft project report, 2018

Four key factors have characterized Pakistan’s food security outlook in recent decades: i) The country’s broad development challenges mean that a significant proportion of its population is relatively poor and exposed to food insecurity, including prices shocks, such as those which occurred between 2007 and 2011; ii) Pakistan is vulnerable to natural disasters, and these have had a severe impact upon the country’s food security, in particular for the most deprived communities; iii) Pakistan’s food security challenges are often compounded by the military security problems that are found in some areas of the country; and iv) the country has experienced challenges related to political and economic governance which extend to the management of agriculture and the nutritional needs of the population. These key factors are compounded by the inflationary impact of ‘middlemen’ practices, and transportation challenges. As a result of these factors, food security has been a key challenge for the country, and in particular at a time of rising food prices. The 2018 National Food Security Policy builds upon progress in a number of social and economic areas. However, further progress towards food security involves a number of major ongoing challenges.

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2016

This study estimates the food insecurity using the first three measures of FGT and finds the factors responsible for it by estimating the logistic regression model for which the Pakistan Social and Living Standard Measurement (PSLM) survey data 2010-11 is used. The results show that food insecurity incidence is 28.63 per cent, whereas the food insecurity and squared food insecurity gaps are 5.28 per cent and 1.46 per cent, respectively. Results of the logistic regression model shows that it is negatively related to education, livestock, foreign remittance and female family heads, whereas it is positively related to poverty in Pakistan.

Proceedings of the …, 2007

Food insecurity is a global menace, the intensity of which may differ from nation to nation. It is a complex phenomenon, attributable to a range of factors that vary in importance across regions, countries and social groups, as well as over time. These factors can be grouped in three core areas i.e. adequacy, accessibility and reliability of food. The study in hand was carried out to know about the food security problems of Pakistan. The facts and figures showed that Pakistan is a food sufficient country however the high undernourished population is due to the problem of food accessibility. The proportion of undernourished population was 24 % during 1989-91, dropped to 19 % during 1995-97 and then again rose to 24 % during 2002-04. To cope with these problems we must carefully and sincerely design a very strong policy and groundwork.

Conference Papaer

Food insecurity is a global menace, the intensity of which may differ from nation to nation. It is a complex phenomenon, attributable to a range of factors that vary in importance across regions, countries and social groups, as well as over time. These factors can be grouped in three core areas i.e. adequacy, accessibility and reliability of food. The study in hand was carried out to know about the food security problems of Pakistan. The facts and figures showed that Pakistan is a food sufficient country however the high undernourished population is due to the problem of food accessibility. The proportion of undernourished population was 24 % during 1989-91, dropped to 19 % during 1995-97 and then again rose to 24 % during 2002-04. To cope with these problems we must carefully and sincerely design a very strong policy and groundwork.

Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

Pakistan is facing severe level of food insecurity in terms of physical and economic access. In this regard, current study will focus to empirically investigate the leading determinants of food insecurity by using HIES 2019 data set. Household Expenditures Survey (HES) method will be used to find the status of food insecurity in Pakistan. In this method, the information about the quantities and expenditure of food is used to find the incidence of food insecurity at household level. Further, logistic regression model was the most appropriate technique for analyzing the determinants of food insecurity in Pakistan. This study concluded that there is negative and significant relationship between size of household, distance of drinking water and food insecurity status at household level. Whereas, the positive relationship is found between food insecurity status and income level of the households, expenditure of the household, level of family head education, age of the head and male head ...

JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 2003

To assess the prevalence of household food insecurity at various income levels in urban areas of Karachi. A cross sectional survey of different localities in the central district of Karachi was carried out. The data was collected through household interviews of housewives conducted by trained nutritionist. Housewives were interviewed about food security status of the household. A total of 797 families were visited from the central district of Karachi. Mean Food Security Score increased with income level. The difference was statistically significant (ANOVA) between 1st and second (P=0.000) and 2nd and 3rd group (P=0.000) but not between 3rd and fourth group. At the very low and low income levels 83% & 51% families respectively were food insecure in any degree, while this percentage was very low at the middle (6.3%) and high income level (1.8%). The difference in prevalence of food insecurity between the VLI and LI, and, LI and MI income groups was statistically significant (chi.sq. t...