FAO flags gaps in Pakistan’s nutritious food supply

• UN agency says over 60pc of citizens unable to afford healthy diet • Calls for overhaul of agrifood system ISLAMABAD: The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has emphasised the urgent need to transform Pakistan’s agrifood system to improve access to healthy diets, a critical step towards addressing all forms of malnutrition and their related costs to society. The UN agency, in its latest assessment on “Food Supply for Healthy Diets in Pakistan”, observed that a major challenge in the country’s current food supply is the persistent mismatch between the quantities of…