ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan has announced to conduct “food security survey” to collect a tangible data on food security scenario in the country.
The minister announced this while addressing a workshop on “Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics”. The workshop was arranged by Ministry of National Food Security and Research in collaboration with Food and Agriculture Organisation and Agriculture Policy Institute.
The minister said survey would cover all the aspects of food security such as availability, accessibility, affordability and nutrition. The sample of survey would include 20,000 individuals from rural and urban areas to collect a reliable data as it plays a pivotal role in policy making, he remarked. He further said flow of statistical data from tehsils to districts, districts to provinces and finally to the national level must be streamlined.
The ministry has a comprehensive and well organized setup of compiling agricultural statistics and system covers all provinces including AJK, GB and FATA, he added.
All the sub-sectors of agriculture including crops, livestock, fisheries, forestry, agricultural marketing, land record and irrigation are taken into account while formulating annual statistical report, he added.
