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ISLAMABAD: Women’s increased access to land through inheritance and purchase and elimination of discriminatory practices and customs that prevent rural women from acquiring land are crucial to empower rural women of Pakistan and bridge the gender gap. Experts suggested implementation of Women’s Property Act 2019 to make sure rural women...

Islamabad – FAO representative in Pakistan Minà Dowlatchahi met Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research, Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar in Islamabad today following the first national locust coordination meeting on Friday. The discussion focused on better understanding of unusual behavior of the locust in Punjab, options for chemical and...

Lahore  – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today pledged to help Pakistan fight its Desert Locust emergency after seeing first-hand the devastating impact of the upsurge in the country’s Punjab region.On a three-day official visit to Pakistan, Qu saw how the Desert Locust upsurge was destroying crops and harming rural communities...

Islamabad – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and President of Pakistan Arif Alvi discussed ways to promote agricultural modernisation and rural development with the aim of transforming the country’s agri-food systems and accelerating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The meeting took place today as part of the Director-General’s three-day official visit...

Meetings in Islamabad with Sania Nishtar and Malik Amin Aslam review the government’s income support programme for rural women and FAO’s Green Climate Fund-backed project along the Indus River. ISLAMABAD - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu held high-level meetings in Pakistan today to discuss climate change and strategies to eradicate poverty. He met...