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13 Sep 2022 | SERVIR-HKH

Pakistan floods threaten food security, destroy key crops

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Floods hit dozens of areas Pakistan Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab. Large tracts of farmland were destroyed in the provinces. If thousands of acres of farmland are not restored, the country could soon face food shortages.

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