Agriculture is an integral constituent of Pakistan’s economy and the primary source livelihood for nearly 65% population living in rural areas. Rice second major staple food after wheat a significant foreign exchange earnings through Basmati exports. Pakistan has established extensive network agricultural extension to educate farming community about modern practices enhancing productivity crops...

The paper explored the policy options targeted at preventing extreme hunger after surviving COVID-19 pandemic. Multistage sampling procedure was used to select 15 key informants across five purposively selected Local Government Areas in Kaduna and Ogun States for this study. Checklist (administered through recorded telephone calls) elicit responses (qualitative data) on impacts of food system. ...