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Various of maize field ruined by floodwaters2. Pan of farmers on roof spreading out maize harvest to try and dry it3. Close up of hands spreading maize4. Close up of ruined maize sticking out...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003ePirpai, Nowshera District - 10 August 2010\u003cbr/\u003e1. Various of maize field ruined by floodwaters\u003cbr/\u003e2. Pan of farmers on roof spreading out maize harvest to try and dry it\u003cbr/\u003e3. Close up of hands spreading maize\u003cbr/\u003e4. Close up of ruined maize sticking out of mud\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE: (Pashto) Dil Aram Khan, Farmer:\u003cbr/\u003e\"You can see the top of the house but not the crop. We cry sometimes when we come here and look at it for a while, then after taking a long breath we satisfy ourselves that it came from God, and then we pray to God to save our remaining houses and prepared wheat. I had 200 kilos (441 lbs) of corn at my home which the flood took away with it. God saved our families only, and you can see the place and our houses as they are in front of you.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Khan and his relatives opening large box under the rubble\u003cbr/\u003e7. Khan showing the damaged seeds, UPSOUND (Pashto), Dil Aram Khan, Farmer: \"This is our wheat and our position now. All of our wealth is destroyed along with our wheat.\"\u003cbr/\u003e8. Zoom in on damaged wheat\u003cbr/\u003e9. Family searching through rubble of their destroyed house\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE: (Pashto) Iltaf Hussain Kakar, Farmer:\u003cbr/\u003e\"After harvesting we used to give charity to the poor, and now the situation is this that we ourselves are waiting for charity.\"\u003cbr/\u003e11. Pan of Kakar's destroyed house \u003cbr/\u003e12. Close of shoes and a cap on ground\u003cbr/\u003ePeshawar - 10 August 2010 \u003cbr/\u003e13. Wide of market \u003cbr/\u003e14. Mid of vehicle carrying onions\u003cbr/\u003e15. Low angle shot of men taking tomato bags off cart\u003cbr/\u003e16. Various of vegetable stall\u003cbr/\u003eMultan - 10 August 2010\u003cbr/\u003e17. Various aerials of flooded farm fields\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Fayaz ul Hassan Bhutta, President of farmers board:\u003cbr/\u003e\"When the flood water level goes down and farmers come and see the situation of their fields then they will be in a better position to decide about their next corp which is wheat. Cotton corp is totally destroyed due to flood water, on this stage the government should come forward and give a relief package to the farmer and also the pesticide companies should give the farmers relief on pesticide, seeds and fertiliser then their is chances the farmer might survive.\"\u003cbr/\u003e19. Various of mango trees\u003cbr/\u003e20. Various of farmers collecting mangos from trees\u003cbr/\u003e21. Close of mangos\u003cbr/\u003e22. Tracking shot of submerged farm field\u003cbr/\u003e23. Various of cotton corps in floodwater\u003cbr/\u003eThe massive floods in Pakistan have caused fruit and vegetable prices to skyrocket, caused by the vast stretches of crops destroyed by the floodwaters.\u003cbr/\u003eThe rising prices threaten to amplify misery in a country where many residents were already struggling with poverty and food insecurity before the floods struck.\u003cbr/\u003eThe prices of basic items such as tomatoes, onions, potatoes and squash have in some cases quadrupled in recent days, putting them out of reach for many Pakistanis.\u003cbr/\u003eAt least 1.4 (m) million acres (570-thousand hectares) of crops were destroyed in Punjab, the breadbasket for the rest of Pakistan, according to the United Nations (UN). \u003cbr/\u003eMany more crops were devastated in the northwest, where many residents were still trying to recover from intense battles between the Taliban and the army last year.\u003cbr/\u003eAt least 4 (m) million people will need food assistance across Pakistan for the next three months at a cost of nearly 100 (m) million US dollars.\u003cbr/\u003eFarmers have returned to find devastated wheat crop and fields, losing their entire livelihoods.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I had 200 kilos (441 lbs) of corn at my home which the flood took away with it,\" said Dil Aram Khan, a farmer from Pirpai in Nowshera District.\u003cbr/\u003e\"All of our wealth is destroyed along with our wheat.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAn official in Pakistan's northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa said maize, rice, sugarcane and vegetable crops were the most affected.\u003cbr/\u003eAnother farmer said he used to hand any excess produce to the poor.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Now the situation is this that we ourselves are waiting for charity,\" Iltaf Hussain Kakar said.\u003cbr/\u003eIt is not only farmers who are facing poverty. Their workers have been hit hard, too.\u003cbr/\u003eSome children who have worked helping farmers to harvest have lost their only form of already scarce income.\u003cbr/\u003eElsewhere in the central Pakistani city of Multan, mango farmers were badly affected, according to the president of mango growth association of Pakistan.\u003cbr/\u003ePakistan is the world's fifth largest mango producer with about 1.6 (m) million tons. \u003cbr/\u003eThe country has struggled to build the necessary infrastructure to really boost exports.\u003cbr/\u003eThe US had planned trial shipments later this year and pledged to support a three-year programme to promote the export of Pakistani mangoes by sea to America, the world's largest importer of the fruit. \u003cbr/\u003eThe initiative is part of a 21 (m) million US dollars programme to boost Pakistan's agriculture. \u003cbr/\u003eThe US was planning to help finance hot water treatment facilities, sorting and grading machines and cold storage 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