TAS Food, Agriculture & Environment

12/11/2025

Tariq Aziz

Nitrogen is essential for food production, yet its mismanagement drives pollution, soil degradation, and greenhouse gas emissions. This session highlights the co-benefits of sustainable nitrogen management (SNM)—from reducing nitrous oxide and ammonia emissions to improving water quality and food ...

31/10/2025

Please add to your calendars, "Sustainable Nitrogen Management"

Going to speak on an official side event at COP 30, at FAO Pavilion on 12th November, 2025. You can watch online on FAO's Youtube channel. More details on Event and Speakers, pls click on the link

Nitrogen is essential for food production, yet its mismanagement drives pollution, soil degradation, and greenhouse gas emissions. This session highlights the co-benefits of sustainable nitrogen management (SNM)—from reducing nitrous oxide and ammonia emissions to improving water quality and food ...

01/10/2025

This season’s intense monsoon rains caused flooding that killed hundreds and displaced millions of people in Pakistan — an increasingly frequent occurrence. Scientists who study extreme weather warn that Pakistan is more vulnerable to climate change than any other nation. 

01/10/2025

A 2025 global assessment of recent extreme weather events sponsored by the German government found Pakistan, the world’s fifth most populous nation, more vulnerable to climate change than any other.
Pakistan, a country of 250 million people, is a case study in how vulnerable many of the world’s poorest people are to climate change that now seems unstoppable. But it is also set to be a case study in whether the world can come up with the right strategies to reduce their risks.

This season’s intense monsoon rains caused flooding that killed hundreds and displaced millions of people in Pakistan — an increasingly frequent occurrence. Scientists who study extreme weather warn that Pakistan is more vulnerable to climate change than any other nation. 

24/09/2025

A webinar on Guidance on Nitrogen Use Efficiency organized by United Nations Environment Program led Global Partnership on Nutrient Management (GPNM) and International Nitrogen Management Systems (INMS).
Please register on the following link

This webinar event will launch two new guidance documents, while profiling a third, from the International Nitrogen Management System (INMS), offering practical tools and approaches for policymakers, practitioners, and stakeholders. The guidance documents share key findings and methodologies and wil...

04/09/2025

Thinking beyond relief

While short-term action is urgent, Pakistan must also think long-term. Floodplain management is essential—restricting construction in high-risk zones, restoring wetlands, and maintaining embankments. Investments in climate-smart agriculture—laser levelling, zero-till wheat, raised beds, and flood- or drought-tolerant varieties—are needed at scale. Soil fertility management must become a national priority, supported by policies that encourage organic amendments, crop rotations, and residue management.

Pakistan’s 2025 floods devastate Punjab and Sindh, submerging crops, endangering wheat sowing, and exposing the urgent need for climate resilience

04/09/2025

The first technical session of the UNEP Working Group on Nitrogen. Please register to join online. 17th September, 2025.

Ministry of Climate Change, Govt of Pakistan UN Environment Programme Living Indus

Nitrogen presents complex, far-reaching challenges for ecosystems, human health, livelihoods, and food systems. Addressing these issues goes beyond technical solutions and requires a systemic understanding of the social, economic, and political contexts in which they occur. Addressing the disciplina...

25/08/2025

آپ کی ماہرانہ راۓ درکار ہے، اور ہمارے لیۓ بہت اہم بھی۔ اس لیۓ جو دوست بھی اس مختصر سروے کو مکمل کر سکتے ہیں، پلیز ہماری راہنمایٰ فرماییٰں۔ Tariq Aziz

We are conducting a national study on forecasting urea demand in Pakistan for the next 20 years. Your expertise is highly valuable for shaping realistic projections and sustainable policy recommendations. This survey will take about 5–7 minutes. Your responses will remain confidential and used onl...

08/08/2025

07/08/2025

Sustainable Phosphorus and Manure Management, A webinar by "Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance"...................
12th August, 11:00 pm Pak Times.
Please register to join.

Manure is one of the important phosphorus flows across the landscape. Though strongly associated with phosphorus overloading in U.S. waterbodies, manure is also a nutrient-rich, organic fertilizer that is used extensively to build soil health. How can we manage it more effectively to capture its ben...

06/08/2025

🌾 Farmers: Our Unsung Heroes in the Battle Against Hunger 🇵🇰🌍

Farmers defend our plates — every seed they sow is a step toward food security, every harvest a victory against hunger and poverty.

They work in scorching heat, in flooded fields, and through uncertain seasons — yet they feed the nation with hope and resilience.

👏 Let's salute our farmers — the real heroes of the soil who are ensuring no one sleeps hungry.
💚 Support sustainable agriculture.
🌱 Respect the hands that feed us.
🌾 Invest in their future to secure ours.

13/07/2025

Message from ms Andrea Perez, Global Head of International Affairs from Compassion in World Farming at our Preparatory Workshop on Sustainable Nitrogen Management.
We have a strong collaboration with CIWF, and have organized various successful events at Global Forums like UNEA, UNFCCC, HLPF, COP29.

Ms Andrea Perez, Global head of International Affairs at Compassion in World Farming, spoke at Preparatory Consultative Workshop on draft resolution Sustaina...