Highlights
Total wheat production in Pakistan in 2014-15 has been estimated at 25.6 million tons (MT), slightly higher than last year’s level of 25.3 MT.
Rice, the second main staple crop of Pakistan, recorded its highest ever production at 7.0 MT, which is 3.0 percent higher than last year’s production of 6.8 MT.
Food prices for cereals have generally decreased in the country while the prices of pulses have continued to increase.
Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis in October-December 2014 found 10 districts/agencies in Pakistan in Phase 4 (severely food insecure - emergency level), while 28 districts were in phase 3 (highly food insecure – crisis situation).
Populations in the Thar area in Sindh have been impacted by the drought like situation. Though some parts have received scattered rainfall over the last month, the general livelihood and food security situation remains fragile.
Among the displaced persons from FATA, about 79,000 families have returned to their places of origin while some 230,000 families continue living in Peshawar and nearby districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
