Food privilege
Eating healthy is a privilege, not a choice, in Pakistan. The World Bank’s latest poverty line benchmark is set at $3.00 per person per day, entailing that anyone living on…
Food insecurity
WOMEN’S empowerment is closely associated with a country’s economic development as it ensures equality and sustainability in all spheres of social life. Similarly, in a food system, gender equality and…
How do we pay for our food?
PAKISTAN is one of the most agriculturally endowed countries, yet we cannot feed ourselves, let alone aspire to be counted among the world’s major food exporters. Our governance system and…
How to tackle food insecurity
While prioritizing macroeconomic stability rightfully claims the top spot on the incoming government’s agenda, it is equally imperative to accord equal priority to the pressing issue of ensuring food security…
Battling food insecurity in Pakistan
In the world where technological advancements and scientific breakthroughs are pushing the boundaries of perceived limits, hunger - the very basic of human subjects - remains a persistent challenge, presenting…
In US, invasive spotted lanternflies are devastating crops
At first glance, the spotted lanternfly looks like an elegant butterfly, speckled with black spots on white wings with a splash of bright red. But the insect native to parts…
How not to waste food
The International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW) was observed on September 29, 2023. The theme of this year’s IDAFLW was ‘Stop Food Loss and Waste; for…
First crops, now animals: Climate change hurts Bangladesh farmers
A long Bangladesh’s southern coast, farmers threatened by the impacts of climate change are striving to boost their resilience to rising salinity in the soil and water by growing salt-tolerant…
Sustainable food–not more of it–needed as global hunger soars
As global hunger swiftly rises - by more than a third last year - curbing it will require not growing more food but rethinking broader systems of trade and aid,…
Food security in danger
As defined by the World Food Summit (1996), “food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets…
