https://www.wfp.org/feeds/Pakistan Country content en https://www.wfp.org/content/pakistan-inflation-hits-food-security Despite efforts by the Pakistani government and international organizations, inflation, declining income, natural disasters and stagnating domestic productivity are hampering attempts to achieve food security for the country’s 180 million citizens. (..) “Over the last couple of years, Pakistan has officially been a food surplus country in terms of cereal production,” says Krishna Pahari, head of WFP’s Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping unit in Islamabad. “But many households here don’t have access to that food. Many are marginal, deficit, subsistence farmers whose own production is not enough to meet their needs.” Hunger in the news Pakistan hunger in the news Asia IRIN Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:59:31 +0000 WFP 351762 at https://www.wfp.org https://www.wfp.org/photos/gallery/floods-2012 For the third consecutive year, monsoon floods hit Sindh and Balochistan region in Pakistan. According to the Government of Pakistan, 451 people were killed and nearly 5 million were affected. The flood also damaged more than 1.1 million acres of agrciultural land. Pakistan Pakistan Global Emergencies Floods Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:52:54 +0000 WFP 327268 at https://www.wfp.org https://www.wfp.org/photos/gallery/floods-2012 For the third consecutive year, monsoon floods hit Sindh and Balochistan region in Pakistan. According to the Government of Pakistan, 451 people were killed and nearly 5 million were affected. The flood also damaged more than 1.1 million acres of agrciultural land. Pakistan Pakistan Global Emergencies Floods Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:52:54 +0000 WFP 327268 at https://www.wfp.org https://www.wfp.org/stories/communities-pakistan-battle-mother-nature A third successive year of flooding in Pakistan has hit millions of people already suffering from high food prices, malnutrition and poverty. EMOP Nutrition Preventing Hunger Responding to Emergencies Pakistan Pakistan Global Asia Emergencies Floods General Food Distribution Nutrition Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:42:33 +0000 Amjad Jamal 323033 at https://www.wfp.org https://www.wfp.org/stories/communities-pakistan-battle-mother-nature A third successive year of flooding in Pakistan has hit millions of people already suffering from high food prices, malnutrition and poverty. EMOP Nutrition Preventing Hunger Responding to Emergencies Pakistan Pakistan Global Asia Emergencies Floods General Food Distribution Nutrition Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:42:33 +0000 Amjad Jamal 323033 at https://www.wfp.org https://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/wfp-pakistan-begins-food-distributions-flood-affected-sindh-funds-urgently-needed- ISLAMABAD – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun food distributions to tens of thousands of people affected by monsoon floods in Sindh province, with plans to gear up operations to reach the most severely affected areas of Balochistan. Journalists Responding to Emergencies Pakistan Pakistan Asia Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:24:03 +0000 WFP 312816 at https://www.wfp.org https://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/wfp-pakistan-begins-food-distributions-flood-affected-sindh-funds-urgently-needed- ISLAMABAD – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun food distributions to tens of thousands of people affected by monsoon floods in Sindh province, with plans to gear up operations to reach the most severely affected areas of Balochistan. Journalists Responding to Emergencies Pakistan Pakistan Asia Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:24:03 +0000 WFP 312816 at https://www.wfp.org https://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/wfp-pakistan-begins-distributions-wheat-flour-government-contribution ISLAMABAD – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today started the distribution of wheat flour from a Pakistan Government contribution of 50,000 metric tons of wheat, valued at US$16 million, to people displaced by law and order operations in the northwest of the country. Contributions to WFP Hunger in the news Journalists Pakistan Asia Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:43:31 +0000 WFP 308779 at https://www.wfp.org https://www.wfp.org/content/pakistans-fata-area-reports-significant-increase-school-enrolment Bajaur, one of the seven administrative units in Pakistan's federally administered tribal area (Fata), on the border with Afghanistan, has experienced a marked rise in school enrolment since the beginning of the year. (..) For many the incentive is the ration of four litres of cooking oil (worth around £3, or just under $5) distributed every second month by the World Food Programme's (WFP) Back to School, Stay in School programme. (..) WFP spokesman Amjad Jamal says the programme has a two-pronged strategy: to address short-term hunger and nutritional deficiencies, and increase enrolment and retain those already in school. Hunger in the news Pakistan hunger in the news Asia The Guardian Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:52:36 +0000 WFP 287793 at https://www.wfp.org https://www.wfp.org/stories/anwar-gul-programme-officer-pakistan Anwar is head of WFP's sub-office in the northern Pakistan region of Swat. As a programme officer he oversees most of the organisation's activities in the area. These include school meals, Food-for-Work and nutrition programmes. Anwar's job involves a lot of coordinating with local administrations, which are of course involved in the planning and implementation of the programmes. Pakistan Asia Fri, 10 Aug 2012 08:04:38 +0000 WFP 287765 at https://www.wfp.org