ISLAMABAD: Though climate change is threatening agricultural production, it provides Pakistan with an opportunity to rethink current practices and follow adaptation practices to enhance productivity, said a senior government official.

Speaking at a session of ‘Breathe Pakistan’ international climate change conference organised by Dawn Media, the secretary of Ministry of Climate Change Aisha Humera Chaudhry said adaptation practices had the potential to increase farm productivity by over 50 per cent depending on the crops.

Spelling out various initiatives being undertaken by the government to implement sustainable adaptation processes, she said Pakistan had created 225 wetlands covering 9.7pc of the country’s area. Of this, 20pc is protected and 5pc is forest area.

The secretary particularly mentioned the ‘Water Recharge Pakistan’ project being implemented in four provinces to improve flood........

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