While increasing the price of water abstraction will certainly affect food prices in the short term, studies show that this will create positive incentives for farmers in the context of increasing long-term productivity.

No wonder Pakistan has one of the lowest yields in the world. Throughout the world, the use of groundwater is usually associated with the cultivation of valuable crops such as oilseeds, vegetables and fruits. In contrast, farmers in Pakistan use groundwater for low-yield crops such as wheat, rice and sugarcane.

Pakistan has a lot to learn from Mediterranean countries that sow valuable crops such as peppers and tomatoes, which have groundwater productivity of up to $ 5.5 per cubic meter, compared to crops such as corn, sunflower and cereals, which produce groundwater is estimated at only $ 0.28 per cubic meter of water use.

By increasing the cost of abstraction and consumption of groundwater, Pakistani farmers can focus on growing high-yielding crops, which in the long run can lead to higher agricultural incomes and, possibly, even higher costs from exporting food products.

Given the impending water crisis in Pakistan, food security has become a bad excuse for continuing to grow the thirsty water products that the country will import.

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