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Pakistan Food Security
- Water/climate/income shocks
- agricultural instability + food prices
- access/utilization problems
- malnutrition
- weak human capital
- poverty
Policy levers: Productivity · storage/logistics · incomes/social protection · WASH · nutrition · climate resilience
Strongest counter
✕ CounterFood production alone does not guarantee food security.
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Evidence in this chain
Nearly 40% of children under five are stunted. (2025)World BankAgriculture contributed 23.44% of GDP in FY2025-26. (FY2025-26)Pakistan Economic SurveyAgriculture grew 2.89% in FY2025-26 versus 1.53% in FY2024-25. (FY2024-26)Pakistan Economic SurveyLivestock is 62.45% of agricultural value added and 14.64% of total GDP. (FY2025-26)Pakistan Economic SurveyLivestock grew 3.75% versus 0.65% for important crops. (FY2025-26)Pakistan Economic SurveyWheat production ~29.61m tonnes, up 4.3%. (FY2025-26)Pakistan Economic SurveyRice production ~9.99m tonnes, up 2.8%. (FY2025-26)Pakistan Economic SurveyCotton production ~7.05m bales, down ~0.5%. (FY2025-26)Pakistan Economic SurveyPoultry generated ~Rs999bn gross value added and employed 1.5m+ people. (FY2025-26)Pakistan Economic SurveyNormal/average system irrigation-water usage benchmark ~103.5 MAF.Pakistan Economic SurveySurface-water availability in 2025-26 ~92.0 MAF. (2025-26)Pakistan Economic Survey2025-26 surface-water availability was ~11.1% below average system usage. (2025-26)Pakistan Economic Survey2022-23 availability fell to 72.7 MAF, 29.8% below average. (2022-23)Pakistan Economic SurveyAgriculture accounts for about 95% of Pakistan's freshwater withdrawals.World BankFour pillars of food security: Availability; access; utilization; stability (Concept applied to Pakistan)FAO/IPC frameworkAcute food insecurity in vulnerable districts: ~7.5m people / 21% of analysed population in IPC Phase 3+ (Dec 2025-Mar 2026)IPCIPC Emergency food insecurity: ~1.25m in Phase 4 (Dec 2025-Mar 2026)IPCDrivers of acute food insecurity: 2025 floods + drought/dry spells + localized insecurity (2025-26)IPCIPC denominator trap: 45 districts later vs 68 earlier (2024-26)IPC