KARACHI: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday called for collective steps to ensure food security in the world.

“The recent devastating floods destroyed standing crops on millions of acres. An agricultural country like Pakistan will have to import edible items to compensate for these crop losses,” the premier said in a tweet, adding that World Food Day highlighted the need for collective measures to ensure the food security of different countries.

“Due to climate-induced natural disasters and because of rising prices in the international market, there is a risk of further shortage of already scarce nutritional food at the international level,” the prime minister added.

He said climate change was having negative effects on our lives and the increase in poverty and hunger were the foremost issues.