PAKISTAN’S FOOD SHORTAGES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH STATE AND POLICY

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1. INTRODUCTION
2. FOOD, HEALTH AND ECONOMY
3. FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR FOOD SHORTAGE IN PAKISTAN
4. FOOD SHORTAGES: IMPACT ON HEALTH AND ECONOMY
5. POLICY IMPLICATIONS

PAKISTAN’S FOOD SHORTAGES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH STATE AND POLICY

Author: Shafqat Shehzad

DOI Link: https://www.doi.org/10.56888/BIISSj2009v30n2a4

ABSTRACT

Pakistan has witnessed consistent increase in food prices over the past several years. These inflationary food prices, together with other factors, such as lack of resources devoted to agriculture, water resource availability, lack of adequate alternatives to agricultural products (such as dairy and livestock products), are stressing the already poor population health state in the country. Although, there are some relief measures initiated by the government for the poor households, the efforts remain disintegrated and do not aim at brining structural change in the situation. Food security is not protected by law and efforts to mitigate adverse health situation associated with food shortages are scanty. The paper proposes to address food and health issues together. Treating health as a cross cutting theme in other sectors of the economy such as food and agriculture may help facilitate progress towards attaining Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of hunger reduction and health improvement simultaneously.

BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES

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