The poverty trap: a Catch-22 for Pakistan on November 7, 2018Globally, 1.2 billion People living in abject poverty on less than $1 a day — 65 percent of them in Asia and 25 percent in Africa, where most live on less than 60 cents a day. Worldwide, about half the world’s population (3 billion people) live on less than $2 a day. The worst affected […]
The water, food and energy nexus in Pakistan on October 30, 2018The water, food and energy Nexus has emerged as a new perspective in debates concerned with balancing potentially conflicting sectoral imperatives of large scale development investments concerned with energy, water or food security. The water, energy and food security nexus means that water, energy and food security are intimately linked. Food production requires water and […]
Poverty eradication through sustainable added-value agriculture in Pakistan on October 28, 2018Poverty is rampant in the rural areas of Pakistan, where people are in a state of deprivation with regard to incomes, clothing, housing, healthcare, education, sanitary facilities and human rights. Pakistan is an agricultural country and agriculture generates nearly 60 percent of the country’s GDP and provides employment for 43.4 percent of its workforce. Most […]