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Water use. Pakistan is the fifteenth most water stressed country in the world. Out of the 169,384 billion m³ of water which were withdrawn in 2000, 96% were used for agricultural purposes, leaving 2% for domestic and another 2% for industrial use. [7] By far most water is used for irrigated agriculture, emphasizing the particular significance ...
Agriculture is considered the backbone of Pakistan's economy, which relies heavily on its major crops. [ 1] Pakistan's principal natural resources are arable land and water. Agriculture accounts for about 18.9% [ 2] of Pakistan's GDP and employs about 42.3% of the labour force. The most agricultural province is Punjab where wheat & cotton are ...
Website. https://irrigation.punjab.gov.pk/. The Punjab Irrigation Department ( Punjabi, Urdu: محکمہ آبپاشی پنجاب) is a provincial government department responsible for irrigation in the Punjab province of Pakistan. [1] It irrigates 21 million acres (8,500,000 ha) of the agricultural land in the province. [2]
Warabandi is an Urdu word that combines wahr ("turn") and bandi ("fixed)"; [2] [3] the term means rotation of water supply according to a fixed schedule. [4] [3] The Warabandi system can allocate the same volume of water to each farmer on a rotational basis, according to the regular and approved time schedule, which includes the day supply will start and how long the water runs.
Water conservation aims to sustainably manage the natural resource of fresh water, protect the hydrosphere, and meet current and future human demand. Water conservation makes it possible to avoid water scarcity. It covers all the policies, strategies and activities to reach these aims. Population, household size and growth and affluence all ...
Irrigation is the artificial exploitation and distribution of water at project level aiming at application of water at field level to agricultural crops [1] in dry areas or in periods of scarce rainfall to assure or improve crop production. [2] This article discusses organizational forms and means of management of irrigation water at project level.
Kachhi Canal Project. The Kachhi Canal Project is a 499-km long canal project situated in the Baluchistan and Punjab Provinces of Pakistan. It starts from Taunsa Barrage at Indus River and terminates in Baluchistan. The canal provides sustainable irrigation water supply to 720,000 acres of agricultural land in Baluchistan and 30,000 acres of ...
The International Water Management Institute ( IWMI) is a non-profit international water management research organisation under the CGIAR with its headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and offices across Africa and Asia. Research at the Institute focuses on improving how water and land resources are managed, with the aim of underpinning food ...