Watershed Rehabilitation And Irrigation Improvement in Pakistan
Period of Implementations
Sep 16, 2011 - Mar 30, 2016
Total budget
3,299,676
Project Name
Watershed Rehabilitation And Irrigation Improvement: Demonstrating in Pakistan and disseminating the Best Technologies to Help Rural Farmers
About
The project will demonstrate selected soil and water conservation and irrigation practices and technologies in Pakistan. It will disseminate information within Pakistan on selected soil and water conservation and irrigation practices and technologies. The project shares and compares information and findings within Afghanistan on selected soil and water conservation and irrigation practices and technologies. It identifies and fills in the key knowledge gaps on selected soil and water conservation and irrigation practices and technologies.
Impact
Goals
Maintain and improve farmer productivity and incomes through improved water management and soil conservation.
Objectives
The objectives of the project are:
To demonstrate and disseminate the selected practices and technologies in Pakistan and
To identify and fill in key knowledge gaps on selected practices and technologies.
Locations
Pakistan
30, 70
Project Management
Abdul Majid
Manager
Carol Elvin Kohen
Co-Manager
Partners
Pakistan Agricultural Research Council - PARC
Barani Agricultural Research Institute Chakawal - BARI, Pakistan
Soil and Water Conservation Research Institute - SAWCRI
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad - UAF
University of Peshawar, National Centre of Excellence in Geology - UOP - NCEG
South Asian Conservation Agriculture Network - SACAN
Government of Sindh, Agriculture, Supply and Prices Department
Mehran University, Institute of Water Resources Engineering Management - IWREM
Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Social Sciences Research Institute - PARC - SSRI
Ministry of Science and Technology, Pakistan Council of Research on Water Resources - MOST - PCRWR
Water Resources Research Institute - WRRI
