Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Food Security Jamsheed Iqbal Cheema has said that each person across the world consumed 210kgs of fruits and vegetables and this ratio in Pakistan is only 63kgs per annum.
While addressing a ceremony he said that there was a dire need to improve the nourishment of humans and animals in Pakistan as Pakistan is far behind the rest of the world in terms of food consummation.
He said that each individual across the world consumes 370kg grains and in Pakistan the consumption is 200kg whereas 40 million tons of feed is required for our animals and we are producing 13 million tonnes.
Cheema said that the government was allocating different districts for different crops under which the problem of water would also be controlled and imports would be reduced by increasing the production of agricultural commodities. Highlighting the prime minister’s policy on agricultural transformation.
