Giving Compass' Take:
- Gabby Lozano explains how Action Against Hunger is training women in Pakistan to grow saline tolerant crops to empower them and fight hunger during climate change.
- How can this success be replicated and enhanced?
- Learn how climate change threatens crop diversity.
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Climate change is causing an increase in unpredictable and intense monsoons, which are impacting Sindh’s ability to produce agricultural and livestock products. According to the World Food Programme (WFP), the flooding in Sindh has left 300,000 people in need of food assistance.
“Seasonal monsoon rains have both positively and negatively influenced the food security situation,” Moiz Ali, the Senior Food, Security, and Livelihoods Manager at ACF in Pakistan, tells Food Tank. “The rains have been positive in terms of recharging groundwater for drinking and irrigation purposes.”
But Ali also says that climate change is increasing the salinity levels in the soil, which makes it difficult to cultivate crops.
To address these issues, ACF established Saline Tolerant Fodder Production, a pilot program that is working to help women in the Thatta district reclaim salinity-affected soils.
Read the full article about saline tolerant crops by Gabby Lozano at Food Tank.