FAO - Need For Seed Wheat In Pakistan "Desperate" - Must Be Supplied In Next Few Weeks - AFP

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Pakistani farmers are in desperate need of wheat seeds for the next sowing season after floods devastated much of the country's farmland and seed stock, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Wednesday.

"Unless people get seeds over the next few weeks they will not be able to plant wheat for a year," said Daniele Donati, director for FAO emergency operations in Asia, the Middle East and Europe.

"Food aid alone will not be enough. If the next wheat crop is not salvaged, the food security of millions will be at risk," Donati warned.

The FAO called for more international aid to save the upcoming wheat planting season. The agency said it had distributed seeds to 200,000 families and that it planned to double that number "if additional funding is committed soon," a statement said.

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