Dr Ghulam Sadiq Afridi is a member of the Social Sciences Division of the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), which is an apex agricultural research organisation at the national level. He is responsible for conducting and coordinating research on various aspects of social sciences related to agriculture, such as agricultural trade, food security, rural development, and policy analysis. He is also the Secretary of the Technical Working Group (TWG) on Food Systems Transformation, which is a multistakeholder platform that supported the Government of Pakistan in preparing for the UN Food Systems Summit 2023. He has participated and led several technical discussions and consultations on food systems issues in Pakistan. Dr Ghulam Sadiq Afridi has a PhD in Agricultural Economics from the Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi in Pakistan.