KP Faces Wheat Crisis as Govt Stocks Fall to Two-Week Supply
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa faces the risk of a wheat crisis as administration warehouses hold only enough stock to meet the province's requirements for concerning two weeks, according to a Food Department document.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa faces the risk of a wheat crisis as administration warehouses hold only enough stock to meet the province's requirements for concerning two weeks, according to a Food Department document.
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- While the province required approximately 14, 900 metric tons a day, the document remarked administration warehouses had 189, 000 metric tons of wheat.
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's annual wheat requirement stands at 5.436 million metric tons, compared with local production of just 1.472 million metric tons.
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- The province has a total population of 43.843 million, according to the document.
While the province required approximately 14, 900 metric tons a day, the document remarked administration warehouses had 189, 000 metric tons of wheat. The available stock is sufficient to meet demand for only around two weeks.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's annual wheat requirement stands at 5.436 million metric tons, compared with local production of just 1.472 million metric tons. The province therefore faces an annual shortfall of 3.964 million metric tons.
In practice, the province has a total population of 43.843 million, according to the document.
Meanwhile, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Department has triggered concern over the potential wheat shortage. Nevertheless, the supply of another 225, 000 metric tons of wheat from the Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation remains in the pipeline. Stay Connected with ProPakistani.
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For now, KP Faces Wheat Crisis as Govt Stocks Fall to Two remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.
