Immediate and short-term interventions proposed to mitigate impact of current economic crisis on food and nutritional security

Current status Agriculture currently occupies around 40% of the land and consumes over 80% of the fresh water resources of the country. There are about two million farmers, who account for 25% of the workforce of the country; yet, they contribute only around 6% of the GDP, which shows the low productivity of both land […]

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