Crops Got Caught Up
Among the worst affected due to the flooded agricultural land are the rice and cotton crops.
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Floods have definitely ruined the country's second-largest province (Sindh). The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported that nearly 76% of the crops that were destroyed due to floods, were in Sindh.
Pakistan is a major producer of rice and cotton, and both crops have been severely affected. Raw cotton is vital to Pakistan’s textile industry which is the country’s biggest export earner. Flood damage will likely force Pakistan to increase cotton imports. On the other hand, rice production is threatened by above-average precipitation ahead of harvest, which is due to begin next month.
Moreover, 40% of the country’s agricultural land was destroyed ahead of the annual planting season of wheat and at a time when global wheat supplies are already tight.
GRAPHIC OF THE DAY
Sindh, the second most important rice-growing province (after Punjab), has been hit hard due to the floods
Aggregated rainfall in rice-growing areas of flood-drenched Sindh province is sharply higher than at any time in at least two decades, as shown by the red line in this chart from Gro’s Climate Risk Navigator for Agriculture
INSTAGRAM POST
76% of the total crops damaged due to floods were in Sindh 67% of the total livestock perished due to floods was in Balochistan — www.instagram.com
⚫ Out of the total crops damaged due to floods, 76% were damaged in Sindh, followed by Punjab (14%)
⚫ Out of the total livestock that perished due to floods, 67% perished in Balochistan, followed by Punjab (28%)
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🇵🇰 🌊 ADB is helping Pakistan’s Punjab province to improve water resource management and increase agricultural productivity to enhance food security and build resilience against climate risks.
What Else We’re Reading
Number of acutely hungry people in Pakistan is expected to rise substantially (Dawn)
One-third of Pakistan is submerged by flooding satellite data shows (Financial Times)
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