World food day: Food ministry directed to urgently frame policy

President Zardari said agriculture in Pakistan is beset with many challenges.

ISLAMABAD:

President Asif Ali Zardari called upon the Ministry of National Food Security and Research to urgently chalk out a comprehensive national food security policy to further promote and develop the agricultural sector and to create environment for the facilitation of the farmers and their associations.

In his message on the occasion of World Food Day, he said, “I am confident that we will rise to the challenges of food security not only in Pakistan but also in other food deficient countries in the region so as to achieve the goal of food security
for all.”

He said agriculture in Pakistan is beset with many challenges.

“We need to minimise post-harvest losses, increase value addition and search for new markets so that food is not wasted and the growers are benefitted,” he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 16^th, 2012.