Water Policy in Pakistan - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Water Policy in Pakistan write by Mahmood Ahmad. This book was released on 2023-10-28. Water Policy in Pakistan available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The water policy issues are well- documented in a large set of reports and studies, completed over time showing that the policy prescription and its implementation has been weak in the past as this book reveals. The key reforms initiated were lost due to a lack of government’s will and commitment and more so by pervasive political economy of water. Given this background, each chapter in the book follows a balanced approach in seeking and evaluating alternate solutions to water management issues, especially improvements in water governance and tackling new challenges emerging from the climate change in the short and long term. This approach underpins the importance of moving from the culture of piloting projects to actual implementation on an impact-oriented scale. The book would also highlight that most of the water solutions lie outside the water sector such as agriculture, population, economy, etc. Post COVID-19 policies are exploring new food-health nexus that calls for nature based solutions for our future agriculture growth. The book would show case pioneer work underway in Pakistan on how new policy discourse can reduce water use in agriculture without investing in expensive water technology and infrastructure, thus saving enough water for other competing purposes.
Water Resources of Pakistan
Water Resources of Pakistan - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Water Resources of Pakistan write by Muhammad Arif Watto. This book was released on 2021-03-25. Water Resources of Pakistan available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book presents the first comprehensive assessment of water resources in Pakistan including surface water resources and groundwater resources. It gives a detailed overview of issues and challenges related to water which have not been adequately addressed e.g. water resource vulnerability to climate change, groundwater depletion and contamination, and water governance etc. It includes a collection and compilation of unpublished and scattered data from the archives and repositories of various national institutions and organization. Given the literature dearth, this book will not only be a comprehensive assessment of water resources in Pakistan but can also can as outstanding textbook on water resource management in Pakistan. It will attract a great range of readership including water specialists, researchers, undergraduate and post graduate students and policy makers from Pakistan as well as from overseas.
The Policy Landscape of Agricultural Water Management in Pakistan
The Policy Landscape of Agricultural Water Management in Pakistan - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Policy Landscape of Agricultural Water Management in Pakistan write by Noora-Lisa Aberman. This book was released on 2013-04-13. The Policy Landscape of Agricultural Water Management in Pakistan available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Irrigation is central to Pakistans agriculture; and managing the countrys canal, ground, and surface water resources in a more efficient, equitable, and sustainable way will be crucial to meeting agricultural production challenges, including increasing agricultural productivity and adapting to climate change. The water component of the International Food Policy Research Institutes Pakistan Strategy Support Program (PSSP) is working to address these topics through high-quality research and policy engagement. As one of the first activities of this program, the PSSP undertook this assessment of the policy landscape for agricultural water management in Pakistan, to better understand how to engage with stakeholders in the landscape, and to assess possible opportunity points for improving water conservation. The authors use the Net-Map method, an interview tool that combines stakeholder mapping, power mapping, and social network analysis, to examine the relationships between various institutions influencing the water sector in Pakistan. Group interviews were conducted with national stakeholders in Islamabad and with provincial stakeholders in Lahore to establish separate influence maps at the different scales. Interviewees were asked about four types of network relationships: formal authority, informal pressure, technical information, and funding. Network data was analyzed using social network analysis software and notes from interviews add further depth to the network observations. Concluding discussion focuses on the distribution of power and influence in the network and on the opportunities and challenges of recent governance reforms and implications for stakeholder engagement.
Water for Food Security
Water for Food Security - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Water for Food Security write by Claudia Ringler. This book was released on 2016-03-22. Water for Food Security available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Pakistan’s water management is at a critical watershed. The world’s seventh-most populous country faces serious challenges that will require improvements in both the "hardware" and "software" of agricultural water management. Water shortages are growing rapidly as a result of growing demand across all water-using sectors. Rapid population growth, from 175 million people in 2010 to an estimated 236 million by 2030 and 280 million by 2050, and international food-price spikes create pressure to increase agricultural production of staples; but demand for cash crops is also growing rapidly, including for cotton, fruit trees and tobacco, to raise rural incomes and generate rural employment to absorb the relatively young, rapidly growing rural population. Water management is also increasingly affected by climate change – including an increased number of flood and drought events – and growing energy shortages, which affect how water is being sourced and used. Last but not least, Pakistan’s political situation is fragile, which has reduced incentives to invest in enhanced agricultural water (and other) technologies. How Pakistan addresses these challenges will be decisive for its population’s future water and food security, for economic growth, and for environmental sustainability. It will also affect water and food outcomes globally, due to the interconnectedness of global food trade. This book was published as a special issue of Water International.
Running on Empty
Running on Empty - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Running on Empty write by Samia Altaf. This book was released on 2009. Running on Empty available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. At head of title: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Asia Program.
