World Food Day under the theme of "World Food Day - Our Actions Are Our Future" held at COMSTECH President ECOSF participated

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COMSTECH in collaboration with UK based organizations SAWiE and UPSIGN celebrated the World Food Day under the theme of "World Food Day - Our Actions Are Our Future" on October 14, 2021. World Food Day is an international day celebrated every year worldwide on 16 October. This day is celebrated widely by organizations concerned with hunger and food security. President of Pakistan Dr. Arif Alvi was the Chief Guest in the event. President Dr. Arif Alvi called for paradigm shift in world's priorities to ensure food security. The President said without food security Muslim world is under tremendous stress and the growing population has also become another challenge to food security as forty percent people in Pakistan are suffering from stunting growth.

The aim was to celebrate World Food Day in Pakistan to promote knowledge and support good practices for enhancing agriculture and food production through climate-smart agriculture, conserve water, soil resources and protect biodiversity. The technical session included six talks from top national and international agriculture scientists and corporate leaders, which were be followed by discussion session on the theme of “Achieving food self-sufficiency in Pakistan. President ECOSF, Prof. Soomro participated in the event.