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Committee on food security forms subcommittee on import of olive plants
Samina Zehri says floods have sown fears of food crisis
Growers' lobby says province likely to harvest only 1m tonnes of wheat against usual output of 4.5m tonnes
Damage to crops causes loss in exports, fear of food shortage
Govt has imported 622,000 tonnes so far at Rs4,000 per 40kgs
MNFSR official says low intensity food crisis could be seen this year, can be managed through imports
The farmers of Sindh are estimating a loss of more than Rs50b
Rain will also reduce the infestation of insects
Middlemen increase financial hardship of growers
Official says region dependent on rains for both Rabi and Kharif crops