ISLAMABAD: Although climate change is threatening agricultural production, it gives Pakistan an opportunity to revise the current methods and adapt to adaptation to enhance productivity.
Addressing a meeting of the Dawn Media ‘International Climate Change Conference, Aisha Hamra Chaudhry said that the Ministry of Climate Change Aisha Hamra Chaudhry said that 50 in the production of fields in ways of harvest in terms of crops. There is the ability to increase more than percentage.
Speaking of various steps taken by the government to put the process of sustainable adaptation into practice, he said that Pakistan has formed 225 wet areas covering 9.7pc in the country. Of this, 20 PC is safe and 5pc is a forest area.
The secretary specifically mentioned this ‘Water Recharge Pakistan’ Project Flooding and water storage capacity is being implemented in four provinces.
He said that the projects were set up in this regard, Dera Ismail Khan, Manchar Lake in Sindh, Chakhar Lahiri in Balochistan and sarcasm and Ramak in Punjab.
He also highlighted the intervention of agriculture and climate, which states that 14 varieties of drought -tolerated wheat and six heat -avoiding rice were introduced in Pakistan.
The research of the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council has resulted in the development of three different types of rice, which can avoid sinking conditions for two weeks.
The secretary said that some transgender varieties of corn, cotton, peanuts, wheat, sugarcane and tomatoes were on the experimental stage in Pakistan. They are resistant to salt, insects, colds and droughts, herbs and resistant to the disease.
Addressing the meeting, Malik Amin Aslam, a former climate minister, said that “climate change has entered the room in Pakistan, and we have no luxury of time. It’s not time to deal with plans or strategies.
He said that climate change is no longer about climate talk. All this is about climate action. Pakistan needs to change the entire development sample. Climate change will not be resolved unless we reconcile with nature. The public must be a public center to tackle climate change, and people have to be involved to influence.
Farmers’ Pakistan Association of Pakistan Chief Executive Officer, Malik Afrq Ahmad Tawana, emphasized the need for a native solution instead of borrowers to resolve the crisis facing the agriculture sector, adding that debt in a long period of time. Takers will not be sustainable.
Regarding the government’s free tractor scheme, he said that so much money should be invested in the construction and improvement of field infrastructure to ensure water efficiency.
Kazim Saeed, CEO of Pakistan Agriculture Alliance, said that Pakistan was one of 10 countries in terms of agricultural production which could significantly increase its production and export additional production.
Discussing the crop insurance approach, it supported the crop insurance, especially in the drought and heat scenario that is affecting the crops.
Timor Malik, co -founder of the drown form, talked about biological intervention that can be used to create flexibility in climate shock.
He said that the farmers are in climate change because many conditions and phrases were used for the crop production trend due to climate -related events.
Country Director for International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Fernanda Thomas Da Racha talked about the importance of agriculture in the economy of Pakistan, and said it has a GDP 23 PC contribution, which includes 80pc workforce. Has been employed.
He said that the farmers are the backbone of the agriculture sector, which also supports national food safety and export revenue.
“Still, why is it so difficult when we talk about small -scale farmers? They are among the groups that are most affected by climate change.
The IFAD official added that climate change made agriculture uncertain and threatened natural elements, which the farmers relied on for production.
“Small -scale farmers were particularly weak because they had little ability to respond to climate shock.”
Dr. Aisha Khan, a climate expert in the emerging markets and Ecman, said that her team has set up the first Climate Equity Fund worth 90 million in Pakistan which will invest in agricultural business.
He said that Pakistan had the third largest livestock stock, he was the third largest dairy producer and was the fourth or fifth largest producer of rice.
Dawn, appeared on February 8, 2025
