ROME, Sept 15: Three UN agencies said on Wednesday they were joining forces to address Pakistan’s food security emergency following floods that ravaged 10 per cent of the country’s crops, a statement said on Wednesday.

The agencies “are working swiftly to mobilise resources, logistics and capacity on the ground to address immediate and longer-term food needs”, they said.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the World Food Programme (WFP) are all based in Rome.

Pakistan’s worst-ever floods have left 10 million people without shelter nationwide and vulnerable to hunger and malnutrition.

Some 21 million people have been affected by the floods.—AFP