Professional Documents
Culture Documents
BioOne Complete (complete.BioOne.org) is a full-text database of 200 subscribed and open-access titles
in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences published by nonprofit societies, associations,
museums, institutions, and presses.
Your use of this PDF, the BioOne Complete website, and all posted and associated content indicates your
acceptance of BioOne’s Terms of Use, available at www.bioone.org/terms-of-use.
Usage of BioOne Complete content is strictly limited to personal, educational, and non - commercial use.
Commercial inquiries or rights and permissions requests should be directed to the individual publisher as
copyright holder.
BioOne sees sustainable scholarly publishing as an inherently collaborative enterprise connecting authors, nonprofit
publishers, academic institutions, research libraries, and research funders in the common goal of maximizing access to
critical research.
Open access article: please credit the authors and the full source.
The Indus River basin supplies water Reviewed by the Editors: agriculture growth and poverty
to the largest contiguous irrigation April 2011 reduction.
system in the world, providing water for Unfortunately, the problem goes
90% of the food production in Accepted: June 2011 beyond quantity. Deficiencies in
Pakistan, which contributes 25% of the surface water supplies are now often
country’s gross domestic product. But Introduction met by farmers through exploitation
Pakistan could face severe food of unregulated groundwater. The
shortages intimately linked to water Irrigated agriculture and, concurrent use of surface water and
scarcity. It is projected that, by 2025, consequently, water have always groundwater water now takes place
the shortfall of water requirements will played an important role in the on more than 70% of irrigated lands
be ,32%, which will result in a food economic development of Pakistan (Qureshi et al 2004). However,
shortage of 70 million tons. Recent and are likely to continue to do so in secondary salinization associated
estimates suggest that climate change the future. Agriculture is the single with the use of poor quality
and siltation of main reservoirs will largest sector of Pakistan’s economy, groundwater for irrigation is a major
reduce the surface water storage accounting for around a quarter of threat to the sustainability of
capacity by 30% by 2025. The per the country’s gross domestic product. irrigated agriculture. Pakistan is now
capita water storage capacity in Agriculture employs ,44% of the home to probably the worst salinity
Pakistan is only 150 m3, compared labor force, supports ,75% of the problem in the world (Briscoe and
with more than 5000 m3 in the United population, and accounts for .60% Qamar 2005). Successful irrigation
States and Australia and 2200 m3 in of foreign exchange earnings. requires successful conjunctive
China. This reduction in surface Agriculture in Pakistan, perhaps management of surface water and
supplies and consequent decreases in more so than anywhere else in the groundwater resources (Qureshi et al
groundwater abstraction will have a world, is dependent on irrigation. 2010).
serious effect on irrigated agriculture. Irrigation is used on 80% of all At the same time, agriculture in
Supply-side solutions aimed at arable land in Pakistan and produces Pakistan is changing rapidly.
providing more water will not be fully 90% of all food and feed Contract farming is increasing, more
available as in the past. Current low (Government of Pakistan 2008). progressive and commercial farmers
productivity in comparison with what However, water in Pakistan is are emerging, high-value crops are
has been achieved in other countries under pressure, and irrigation is displacing food grains, and
under virtually similar conditions points threatened. A rapidly growing increasing prices for agricultural
to the enormous potential that exists. population means that more food commodities are attracting people to
To harness this potential, Pakistan needs to be produced, but there are agriculture. Taking advantage of
needs to invest soon in increasing almost no new supplies of water to these new agricultural opportunities
storage capacity, improving water-use produce it. If anything, there will be requires new forms of water control.
efficiency, and managing surface-water less water than before as Solutions will require a paradigm
and groundwater resources in a nonagricultural uses grow and shift in water-resource development
sustainable way to avoid problems of compete for irrigation water and the and management strategies.
soil salinization and waterlogging. melting of the western Himalayan Irrigation dominates water use in
Building capacity between individuals glaciers gives tangible meaning to Pakistan and is expected to continue
and organizations, and strengthening climate change (Archer et al 2010). as the major user of both surface
institutions are key elements for The Government of Pakistan’s water and groundwater resources
sustaining irrigated agriculture in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper 1 into the future. As development
Indus Basin. of 2003 (Government of Pakistan proceeds and the population and the
2003) in fact identified water country’s economy both grow,
Keywords: Water management; food shortage as the most critical competition for water resources will
security; irrigated agriculture; salinity; challenge, because water for become a major concern. Present
water-logging; Indus Basin; Pakistan. agriculture is the key engine of water use for municipal and
Downloaded From:Mountain Research and Development Vol 31 No 3 Aug 2011: 252–260 on 02 Apr252
https://bioone.org/journals/Mountain-Research-and-Development 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-11-00019.1 ß 2011 by the authors
Terms of Use: https://bioone.org/terms-of-use
MountainNotes
FIGURE 1 Storage per capita in different semiarid countries (World Bank 2006).
Mountain
Downloaded From: Research and Development
https://bioone.org/journals/Mountain-Research-and-Development 2532020
on 02 Apr http://dx.doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-11-00019.1
Terms of Use: https://bioone.org/terms-of-use
MountainNotes
3
FIGURE 2 Declining availability of water in Pakistan (m /capita/y) (WWF–Pakistan 2007).
TABLE 1 Projected food requirements and productions for the year 2025 (in million tons).
ha are already afflicted, about half of whereas this figure is 78% in Sindh accruing to over 2.5 million farmers,
which are located in irrigated areas (Haider 2000). who exploit groundwater directly or
(Qureshi et al 2004). rent irrigation services from
Problems of soil salinity, shown in Unsustainable use of groundwater neighbors (Shah et al 2003). The
Figure 3, are more serious in Sindh Over the past 3 decades, farmers have management challenge is to stabilize
Province (54% of the irrigated area is largely taken the problem of surface the groundwater table at levels where
saline) due to low rainfall, high water scarcity into their own hands, the cost of pumping is affordable.
evapotranspiration rates, and shallow and ‘‘solved it’’ by sinking hundreds of Overexploitation of groundwater has
saline groundwater. Land thousands of tube wells to feed their already caused severe water table
degradation is reducing the thirsty crops. The number of private decline in most canal command areas
production potential of major crops tube wells increased from 10,000 in in Punjab and Sindh provinces
by 25%, with an estimated loss of 1960 to ,0.6 million in 2002 (Figure 4). The average decline in the
US$ 250 million per year (Haider et (Qureshi et al 2003) and more than 1 groundwater table is ,1.5 m/y. The
al 1999). million in 2007 (World Bank 2007). overexploitation of groundwater in
The salinity of groundwater in the The total groundwater abstraction rain-fed areas has made them less
Indus Plains varies widely, both from these tube wells is estimated at resilient to drought, resulting in
spatially and with depth, and is 51 3 109 m3 against a recharge of 40– social, economic, and political
related to the pattern of groundwater 60 3 109 m3. Investment in these problems.
movement in the aquifer (Qureshi et private tube wells is of the order of
al 2007). The salinity of the 30–40 billion rupees (US$ 500 Disposal of drainage effluent
groundwater generally increases million), whereas, annual benefits in The Indus Plain is characterized by a
away from the rivers and also with the form of agricultural production lack of any well-defined natural
depth. In Punjab, 23% of the area has are to the tune of US$ 2.3 billion surface drainage. Because of the flat
hazardous groundwater quality, (PKR [Pakistan Rupees] 150 billion), nature of the Indus Basin, natural
subsurface drainage through down-
FIGURE 3 Province-wise distribution of cultivated area and salt-affected area (WAPDA 2007). valley movement of groundwater is
also restricted. Therefore,
inundation of agricultural lands after
intense rainstorms, with consequent
crop and property damage, has
become a recurrent phenomenon in
many parts of the Indus Plains. Even
though ,15,000 km of surface drains
have been constructed to date, crop
losses caused by rain flooding remain
excessive, especially in the Punjab
and Sindh provinces (Afzal 1992).
Economic disposal arrangements of
saline effluent to the sea are possible
Mountain
Downloaded From: Research and Development
https://bioone.org/journals/Mountain-Research-and-Development 2552020
on 02 Apr http://dx.doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-11-00019.1
Terms of Use: https://bioone.org/terms-of-use
MountainNotes
FIGURE 4 Increase in area with a groundwater table depth of 300 cm over a period of 10 years (1993–2002)
in different canal commands of Punjab and Sindh provinces (Qureshi et al 2010).
which has created great unrest in Increase water availability: develop water productivity. Farmers should
Pakistani society; therefore, these new storage and improve also be encouraged to use high-
issues need to be resolved as soon as water infrastructure efficiency irrigation systems, such as
possible to avoid any further damage Pakistan is extraordinarily sprinkler and drip irrigation systems
to Pakistani irrigated agriculture. dependent on its water to reduce irrigation water demands.
The Kabul River contributes a infrastructure and has invested Studies done by International
maximum of 42 BCM and a minimum heavily in it. Due to a combination of Water Management Institute (Ahmad
of 15 BCM, with an annual average of age and neglect, much of the et al 2007) have found that, in the
,25 BCM to the Indus (IUCN 2011). infrastructure is in decay. There is no Rechna Doab sub-basin, ZT, and
Short-term possible uses by modern asset management plan for laser-leveling technologies for wheat
Afghanistan on the Kabul River repair and/or replacement of were considerably increased during
would be ,10 BCM. It is time to irrigation infrastructure. The 2000–2003, from ,15% to .35%.
settle the impeding water dispute amounts usually designated by The area under ZT increased
with Afghanistan, otherwise, much government for repair and exponentially during 2003–2004,
blue Kabul River water may be lost maintenance of infrastructure are with wheat sown on an area of
once Afghanistan becomes strong only 5–10% of the required amount. 400,000 ha. Presently, more than 5300
enough to begin to establish new The cumulative effect on the river ZT drills are owned by farmers in the
water storage on the river. barrages and head works has left Punjab province, and 45
Afghanistan is already conducting these strategic structures very manufacturers are involved in the
feasibility studies with India to make vulnerable to unforeseen damage, production of ZT drills. Different
new dams on the Kabul River. It, with enormous consequences. Due to farmers have different reasons for the
therefore, is urgent that negotiations deferred maintenance and lack of adoption of Resource Conservation
be opened with Afghanistan to reach rehabilitation, the delivery capacity Technologies (RCTs). Approximately
an agreement on water sharing. of canals is 30% lower than designed. 97% of farmers adopted new RCTs,
Therefore, immediate investments primarily to increase farm
The way forward: are needed to secure these strategic profitability, and 87% to manage the
structures to ensure food security of scarce water resources.
recommendations for improving
the 170 million people living in ZT technology was adopted by a
the sustainability of the Indus Pakistan. maximum number of farmers (27%)
Basin irrigation system in the upper Rechna Doab, where the
Grow more food with less water: rice wheat cropping system was
The viability of irrigated agriculture improve agricultural water productivity dominant. Similarly, laser land
in the Indus Basin is threatened by a The future prosperity of Pakistan will leveling was more acceptable in the
multitude of factors, including depend to a considerable extent on middle and lower Rechna (4 and 12%
seepage from unlined canals, how well freshwater resources are adopters, respectively) where wheat
waterlogging and soil salinization; harnessed and how efficiently they and sugar cane are the major
poor on-farm water management are used. The way water is being used cropping patterns and where a
practices; insufficient canal water will have to be changed significantly shortage of irrigation water is the
supplies; and use of poor-quality if sustainable development is to be major problem. Farmers in these
groundwater for irrigation. However, achieved in Pakistan. It is estimated areas have reported a decrease in
40% more food would be required to that, to meet the food requirements input cost and an increase in crop
feed the increasing population by the of the country, the cultivated area of yields and net farm incomes while
year 2025. It is also perceived that, due wheat would need to increase by 46% adopting ZT and laser land leveling.
to decreased investments in the water at present yield levels. Similarly, Approximately 54% and 96%
sector, combined with environmental areas for other crops will need to be adopters of ZT and laser land
and ecological threats, the scope for increased. However, given the leveling, respectively, reported an
expansion of irrigation areas will be present situation of water resources, increase in yield.
very limited. Therefore, increasing this will not be possible. Therefore,
the performance of existing irrigation the only way to achieve this food Manage groundwater resources:
systems and, wherever possible, target is to improve water rationalize cropping patterns and
developing new storage and irrigation management to increase land and manage aquifers
schemes are the logical ways forward. water productivity. Introducing Over the past few decades, the water
To increase productivity and water conservation technologies such economy of Pakistan has survived
sustainability of the irrigation systems as precision land leveling, zero tillage largely because of the tapping of
in the basin, the following potential (ZT), and bed and furrow planting unmanaged groundwater by millions
solutions are suggested. can also help a great deal to improve of farmers, by towns, and by villages
Mountain
Downloaded From: Research and Development
https://bioone.org/journals/Mountain-Research-and-Development 2572020
on 02 Apr http://dx.doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-11-00019.1
Terms of Use: https://bioone.org/terms-of-use
MountainNotes
and industries. It is clear that this era harvested rainwater to recharge its promote the use of gypsum and other
of ‘‘productive anarchy’’ is now aquifers and recently allocated physical methods, such as acids and
coming to an end, since groundwater significant funds in the Union, or organic matter. For the success of
is now being overtapped in most of central government, budget for saline agriculture in Pakistan,
the areas. Therefore, there is an further promotion of the practice. selection of the most salt-tolerant
urgent need to develop policies and Due to the peculiarities of crop varieties and the use of
approaches for bringing water Pakistan’s groundwater socioecology, improved planting techniques and
withdrawals into balance with a multidimensional approach is fertilizers are important factors to be
recharge. needed. In Balochistan Province, for considered. A large number of
Traditional crops, such as rice example, subsidies for electricity varieties of different crops have been
and sugar cane, have benefited from need to be reviewed. Currently, the developed for Pakistani conditions.
increased irrigation supplies. annual subsidy for agricultural tube The growth of perennial forage
Because rice is a water-intensive wells is Pakistan rupees 8.5 billion grasses has been quite successful in
crop, it is essential to assess whether (US$ 140 million), which encourages Pakistan. Rhodes grass (Chloris
Pakistan should continue to grow excessive groundwater extraction. gayana), tall wheatgrass (Elytrigia
rice for export or instead use this Cropped areas for different crops elongate), and Puccinellia (Puccinellia
water for other crops that represent should be fixed on the basis of the ciliate) are the most popular examples
a comparative advantage for the availability of water resources. In (Qureshi and Akhtar 2002). The
country. Similarly, strategies should desert and rain-fed areas of Pakistan, incorporation of salt-tolerant trees
be developed to replace sugar cane farmers have invested in rainwater and salt bushes into agricultural
with low-water-demanding and high harvesting structures for systems on salt-affected lands has the
market-value crops. Introduction of supplemental irrigation and for potential to increase crop and animal
high-value crops, such as sunflower, recharging aquifers. These initiatives production and to decrease land
pulses, vegetables, and orchards, can should be encouraged by the degradation. Such land
also increase farm incomes government to protect the improvements combined with
substantially. Presently, the country livelihoods of the poor. improved agricultural practices will
is importing edible oils valued at ensure that current unsustainable
more than US$ 1 billion (Qureshi et Maintaining the resource base: trends in agriculture are reversed.
al 2010). manage salinity in the fields and basin The biological approach
In the rice-growing areas of Pakistan lacks a good network of emphasizes use of highly saline water
Pakistan, more than 70% of drainage systems, which is essential and lands on a sustained basis
irrigation water is supplied through for evacuating salts from the system. through profitable and integrated
tube wells (Qureshi et al 2006). Therefore, there is a need to invest in use of the genetic resources
Therefore, restricting rice rehabilitating the existing drainage embedded in plants, animals, fish,
production to domestic need could systems and in constructing a new and insects, as well as improved
reduce the pressure on groundwater. drainage system for salinity agricultural practices. This approach
Adoption of innovative irrigation management in the Indus Basin. In attempts to promote bioreclamation
practices, that is, alternate wet and the longer term, a sustainable techniques such as salt-tolerant
dry irrigation for rice, can help save solution is to carry the excess salts plants, bushes, trees, and fodder
groundwater. Similarly, direct seeded out of the irrigated areas to the sea. grasses. Plants, particularly trees, are
rice requires 23% less water The whole concept of interprovincial commonly referred to as biological
compared with transplanted rice main drain for evacuation of salt pumps and play an important role in
under Pakistani conditions (Qureshi from the basin needs the urgent the overall hydrological cycle in a
et al 2006). attention of the government, and its given area. Studies done in Pakistan
Aquifer management is considered construction should be undertaken (Qureshi and Barrett-Lennard 1998;
the most-effective way of establishing as soon as possible. In Pakistan, too Hussain et al 1990) have shown that
a balance between discharge and much emphasis has been given to highly saline waters could be used to
recharge components. This practice is engineering solutions, with very little grow salt-tolerant fodder grasses to
widely used in industrialized countries on the management front. Although improve the quality and quantity of
such as Germany, Switzerland, the engineering solutions help increase livestock. Management practices with
United States, the Netherlands, and cropping intensities and yields, they these waters include use of chemical
Sweden. The share of artificial fail to halt the emergence of similar amendments, organic matter, and
recharge to total groundwater use in environmental problems in adjacent mineral fertilizers, and the judicious
these countries is between 15 and 25% areas. selection of salt-tolerant forages and
(Li 2001). In recent years, India has For reclamation of salt-affected grasses. Trees and plants act as
also taken serious steps to use soils, the government should biological drainage agents, helping to
lower water table depths, a very Farmers tend to decrease the salinity Ahmad MD, Turral H, Masih I, Giordano M,
Masood Z. 2007. Water Saving Technologies:
simple as well as energy-saving of irrigation water in an attempt to Myths and Realities Revealed in Pakistan’s Rice-
method. This is basically a ‘‘pro-poor’’ avoid soil salinization. In most of the Wheat Systems. IWMI Research Report 108.
approach that enhances the income canal command areas, concurrent Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water
Management Institute (IWMI).
of poor farmers who otherwise might use of surface water and groundwater Archer DR, Forsythe N, Fowler HJ, Shah SM. 2010.
leave their lands barren. is practiced equally in the head and Sustainability of water resources management in
In Pakistan, plants that can be tail ends of the canal system. One of the Indus basin under changing climatic and socio-
economic conditions. Hydrology and Earth System
used for biodrainage include poplar, the key disadvantages of this Sciences Discussions 7:1883–1912.
eucalyptus, tamarix, maskit, and unmanaged concurrent use is that Bhutta MN. 1999. Vision on Water for Food and
Agriculture: Pakistan Perspective. Paper presented
acacia. Similarly, nonwoody plants, upstream areas are subjected to at the Regional South Asia Meeting on Water for
such as bushes, sedges, grasses, and rising water tables and waterlogging, Food and Rural Development, New Delhi, India, 1–3
herbs, can develop deep-rooted whereas tail-end users are June, 1999. New Delhi, India. Available from the
author of this article.
systems that contact groundwater aggravating their salinity problems Bhutta MN, Smedema LK. 2007. One hundred
(Choudhary and Bhutta 2000). Any due to the bad quality of the years of waterlogging and salinity control in the
significant effect of such plantation groundwater. Indus valley, Pakistan: A historic review. Irrigation
and Drainage 56:581–590.
on the water table would be expected In Pakistan, the canal water Briscoe J, Qamar U. 2005. Pakistan’s Water
only when the plants occupy a large delivered to the head-end farmers is Economy: Running Dry. Oxford, United Kingdom:
enough portion of the catchments so The World Bank, Oxford University Press.
generally 32 and 11% more than to Choudhary MR, Bhutta MN. 2000. Problems
that their total water use approaches the farmers of tail-end and middle- impeding the sustainability of drainage systems in
the total recharge for the catchments. end, respectively (Haider et al 1999). Pakistan. Proceedings and Recommendations of
In Pakistan, the capacity of the National Seminar on Drainage in Pakistan, 16–
Therefore, upstream farmers should 18 August, 2000. Jamshoro, Pakistan: Institute of
productive tree plantations to be encouraged to make better use of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Mehran
extract shallow groundwater is seen the groundwater supply (because it is University of Engineering and Technology, pp 1–14.
Engelman R, Leroy L. 1993. Sustaining Water:
as a valuable tool for controlling fresh), whereas tail-end users should Population and Future for Renewable Water
rising water tables and salinity. be provided with more surface water Supplies. Population and Environment Program.
Washington, DC: Population Action International.
supplies to decrease their Government of Pakistan. 2003. Agricultural
Accelerate reform process: strengthen dependence on saline groundwater Statistics of Pakistan 2003. Islamabad, Pakistan:
institutions for change and avoid soil salinization and loss of Economics Division, Ministry of Food, Agriculture
Agriculture in Pakistan is changing and Livestock, Government of Pakistan.
production. For this purpose, the Government of Pakistan. 2008. Agricultural
rapidly, with the emergence of canal department needs to regulate statistics of Pakistan 2008. Islamabad, Pakistan:
progressive and commercial farmers, the canal flows to match the Economics Division, Ministry of Food, Agriculture
and the replacement of conventional and Livestock, Government of Pakistan.
requirements of the tail-end farmers. Haider G. 2000. Proceedings of the International
crops with high-value crops. It is It might not be easy to convince Conference on Regional Groundwater Management,
obvious that the need for water is farmers to adopt these practices; 9–11 October, Islamabad, Pakistan. Islamabad,
Pakistan: Pakistan Water Partnership.
changing substantially as a result of however, continuous logical Haider G, Prathapar SA, Afzal M, Qureshi AS.
agricultural diversification, motivation might help. Farmers also 1999. Water for Environment in Pakistan. Paper
urbanization, industrialization, need to be educated about proper presented in the Global Water Partnership
Workshop, 11 April 1999, Islamabad, Pakistan.
recognition of environmental needs, mixing ratios of surface water and Islamabad, Pakistan. Available from the author of
climate change, and the evolution of groundwater resources to foster crop the this article.
the natural resource base. Therefore, Hussain T, Timmer V, Akram H, Yaqub A, Aslam M,
production and halt soil degradation. Gilani G, Abbas MA. 1990. Brackish water
a new water economy needs to be Moreover, farmers should use management strategies for crop production.
more flexible, a key to which will be precious groundwater to grow high- Proceedings of the Indo-Pak Workshop on Soil
the reallocation of water from those Salinity and Water Management. Vol. 2. Islamabad,
value cash crops rather than Pakistan: Pakistan Agricultural Research Council.
who need it less to those who need it traditional crops to increase their IUCN [World Conservation Union–IUCN]. 2011.
more. For this to happen, Pakistan income base. Inter-provincial Water Allocation Issues: Beyond
needs to invest in institutions that Water Treaty. Draft report. Islamabad, Pakistan:
IUCN.
enable it to take on the future IWMI [International Water Management
challenges of water management. The REFERENCES Institute]. 2000. Water Issues for
2025. A Research Perspective. Colombo, Sri
capacity of institutions should be ADB [Asian Development Bank]. 2002. Water Lanka: IWMI.
developed to undertake legislative Resources Strategy Study. Draft Report Vol. 1. Li Y. 2001. Groundwater Recharge. Unpublished
and organizational changes to solve Islamabad, Pakistan: ADB. paper. Nanjing, China: Nanjing Institute of
Afzal M. 1992. Economics of drainage and Hydrology and Water Resources, China. Available
entitlement, pricing, and regulatory reclamation measures: A case study from Pakistan. from the author of this article.
issues. Proceedings of 5th International Drainage NESPAK [National Engineering Services of
In Pakistan, for example, Workshop, Lahore, Pakistan. Vol. 3. Lahore, Pakistan]/MMI [Mott McDonalds International].
Pakistan: International Commission on Irrigation 1993. Feasibility Study National Drainage Program
groundwater is usually used in and Drainage, International Waterlogging and I. Islamabad, Pakistan: NESPAK and Mott
conjunction with surface water. Salinity Research Institute, pp 6.185–6.194. MacDonald, Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Mountain
Downloaded From: Research and Development
https://bioone.org/journals/Mountain-Research-and-Development 2592020
on 02 Apr http://dx.doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-11-00019.1
Terms of Use: https://bioone.org/terms-of-use
MountainNotes
PWP [Pakistan Water Partnership]. 2001. Qureshi RH, Akhtar J. 2002. Drought and saline Drainage System Performance in Indus Palins and
Supplement to the Framework for Action (FFA) for agriculture. Proceedings of the South Asian Future Strategies, 28–29 January, 1995,
Achieving the Pakistan Water Vision 2025. Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Tandojam, Pakistan. Vol. 2. Tandojam, Pakistan:
Islamabad, Pakistan: Pakistan Water Partnership Workshop on Drought and Water Management Mehran University of Engineering, pp 1–45.
(PWP). Strategies, 16–18 September, 2002, Lahore, USAID [United States Agency for International
Qureshi AS, Akhtar M, Shah T. 2004. Role of Pakistan. Lahore, Pakistan: Council of Research in Development]. 2009. Pakistan’s Food and
changing energy pricing policies on groundwater Water Resources. Agriculture Systems. Washington, DC: USAID. Also
development in Pakistan. Journal of Applied Qureshi RH, Barrett-Lennard EG. 1998. Saline available at: http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/
Irrigation Science 39(2):329–342. Agriculture for Irrigated Land in PNADO507.pdf; accessed on 9 June 2011.
Qureshi AS, Masih I, Turral H. 2006. Comparing Pakistan: A Handbook. Canberra, Australia: WAPDA [Water and Power Development
water productivities of transplanted and direct Australian Center for International Agricultural Authority]. 2007. Waterlogging, Salinity and
seeded rice for Pakistani Punjab. Journal of Applied Research. Drainage Situation. Lahore, Pakistan: WAPDA.
Irrigation Science 41(1):47–60. Rasul G, Dahe Q, Choudhry QZ. 2008. Global WWF [World Wide Fund for Nature]–Pakistan.
Qureshi AS, McCornick PG, Qadir M, Aslam M. warming and melting glaciers along southern 2007. Pakistan’s Waters at Risk: Water and Health
2007. Managing salinity and water-logging in the slopes of HKH ranges. Pakistan Journal of Related Issues in Pakistan and Key
Indus Basin of Pakistan. Agricultural Water Meteorology 5(9):63–76. Recommendations. Lahore, Pakistan: WWF
Management 95:1–10. Rees GH, Collins DN. 2005. Regional differences in Pakistan. Also available at: http://www.wwfpak.
Qureshi AS, McCornick PG, Sarwar A, Sharma BR. response of flow in glacier-fed-Himalayan rivers to org/pdf/water-report.pdf; accessed on 9 June
2010. Challenges and prospects for sustainable climate warming. Hydrological Processes 20(10): 2011.
groundwater management in the Indus Basin, 2157–2169. World Bank. 2007. Punjab Groundwater Policy.
Pakistan. Water Resources Management 24(8): Shah T, Debroy A, Qureshi AS, Wang J. 2003. Mission report. Washington, DC: The World Bank.
1551–1569. Sustaining Asia’s groundwater boom: An overview Zuberi FA. 1997. Integrated Surface and
Qureshi AS, Shah T, Akhtar M. 2003. The of issues and evidences. Natural Resource Forum Groundwater Management Programme for Pakistan-
Groundwater Economy of Pakistan. IWMI Working 27:130–141. Groundwater Resources. Interim Report. Lahore,
Paper No. 64. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Tarar N. 1995. Drainage system in Indus plains. An Pakistan: International Waterlogging and Salinity
Water Management Institute (IWMI). overview. Proceedings of the National Workshop on Research (IWASRI).