Drylands and food security in changing climates: an analytical study of Pakistan

摘要

Pakistan's sheer vulnerability to climate change,increasing demand for food grains to feed its growing population,variation in topography and changing cropping patterns earnestly call for the need to adopt innovative and fruitful policies to combat with the food insecurity and climate change issues in the country.Viewed in the context of climate change and its sordid effects,achieving food security is a very big challenge.Countering this very challenge has become even more difficult in dryland areas.This paper suggests climate change integrated adaptation and mitigation policies in dry lands to ensure food security for the rising population.