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To understand the issues around food security in Pakistan, it is important to understand that the social, cultural and geographical context of the regions of the country differ considerably from one another. Though the provinces of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan are the poorest, there are also pockets of extreme poverty in both Sindh and the Punjab. Between and within the provinces there is therefore considerable variation in poverty levels and access to productive resources. The impact of these differences, when combined with food insecurity, is potentially explosive.