Harnessing Youth Potential for Transforming Pakistan’s Food Systems

Youth make up 64% of Pakistan’s population and are key to building a nutrition-sensitive, climate-resilient food system. The brief outlines how youth are driving innovations—from food rescue to agri-tech—but remain excluded from formal governance. It proposes a three-level engagement model (Consulted, Represented, Targeted) and recommends formal youth roles in policymaking, alignment of youth programmes with food system priorities, dedicated financing, and digital accountability tools.