Proforma-II GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

Project Concept Form for New Initiative

1. Local Cost Foreign -Exp. Upto Jun 11 -Allocation for 2011 -12 Local Foreign Rev Total 57.701 57.701 -TF Beyond 2011-12 125.651

Cap --

180.353

2. Title of the Proposed Project.

TREATMENT OF SOIL SALINITY AND SODICITY PROBLEMS IN ARID/SEMI ARID AND IRRIGATED LAND OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA . Pakistan agriculture needs potential stability enlightened and consistent policies and the generous infusion of economy and technical assistance. Soil salinity and sodicity problems are common in arid and semiarid regions, where rainfall is insufficient to leach salts and excess sodium ions out of the rhizosphere. Nearly 10% of the total land surface is covered with different types of salt-affected soils. At present, there are nearly 954 million hectares of saline soils on the earth's surface. All these salt affected soils are distributed throughout the world. More than 80 million hectares of such soils are in Africa, 50 million hectares in Europe, 357 million hectares in Australasia, nearly 147 million hectares in Central, North and South America. Similarly, a large bulk of about 320 million hectares and land in South and South East Asia is under the grip of salinity. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa having limited economical resource and more than 70% economical dependancy on agriculture is also suffered by salinity and sodicity. It affected about 30% of the area cultivate area of the province. With the construction of new canals
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3. Proponent Information

particularly area brought under Chashma right bank canal had also been affected by the salinity due to water logging and variation in ground water level which become raised with the high flow of water and go down with small supplies in winter. In these conditions gypsum is the only natural resource to apply in these lands to bring it under cultivation and to control the salinity. The location of Pakistan is in arid and semi-arid climatic zones. Generally high evapo-transpiration in semi-arid and arid zones is the basic cause for salt accumulation on the soil surface. The average summer temperature is about 40C and the minimum winter temperature remains between 2C to 5C. The annual rainfall varies between 100 mm to 700 mm throughout the country. The evaporation rate is generally very high and exceeds that of precipitation. Thus, the insufficient rainfall followed by high evaporative demand and shallow ground water depth, enhances the movement of salts towards soil surface. Out of 16,45,213 hectare of cultivate land about 4,93,000 hectares area is affected by acidity/salinity. The effects of these salinity varies from higher level to the low pace. Any how the need of the day is to provide the farming community with gypsum for its application in their fields as well as educate them through lectures, radio talks, pamphlets etc.

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4. Goals & Objectives set to be achieved.

OVERALL OBJECTIVES

Application of Gypsum in saline land to convert the waste in to productive unit.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

 Application of gypsum in 1,00,000 hectares of saline land.  To utilize the available natural resources in its full potential.  To fetch better economical yield from the available resources.  To extend technical expertise to the farming community of the province.  To educate the people of the province through practical training/ demonstration of budding / grafting. 5. Rational for ADP Funding. An amount of Rs. 180.353 million is required to be funded from ADP source. Detail of costs involved are annexed with the paper. 10 Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which are severely under attack of salinity.

6. Geographical Coverage (For whole province or specific district/tehsil)

7. Is Project aligned with CDS? 8. Nearest place where similar facility is available.

Yes. No such facility is provided either in public or private sector. To get the problem rid of it is necessary to take measures so that the productive units may not be go wast.

9. Financial Phasing

Financial Facing of the project is as under:

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Particulars Cost of Gypsum Transportation Charges @ Rs. 300/- p.ton Human Resource Dev. Service Charges @ Rs. 6000/- to DOA, Rs. 6000/- to one Agri. Officer and Rs. 3000/- each to 2 Field Assts. P.month & Rs. 2500/- for 2 Field Workers from each District. Total

Financial Implication (Rs. In Million) 1st Year 2nd Year Total 34.361 39.515 45.452 119.328 51.545 17.180 17.180 17.184 0.400 0.400 0.400 1.200 2.760 2.760 2.760 8.280

54.701

59.855

65.796

180.353

Note: Component wise detail o f expenditure is annexed as Annexure 1, 2 & 3. 10. Benefits (Types & Number) An area of about 69500 hectare of saline land will be treated through gypsum application.

11. Expected out put (Qualitative & Quantative).

Saline agriculture almost always involves some compromise on yields as even a very salt tolerant species is bound to suffer some yield losses under the adverse conditions. It is hence advisable to observe precautions in such ventures. To get rid of this problem, a plan is chalked out and proposed to be financed in the affected districts.

12. Priority (indicate Top, Normal, or Low)

Top

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Annexure A Salinity Affected Area and area to be benefited by the project.

Districts tal ltivated area Estimated Area to be Per Total equired quantity of alinity benefited by ectare ypsum affected the roposal Dose of rea ( % of the ypsum to (Tonnes) affected area) be applied (in tonnes) 23704 22032 15758 33851 26114 21364 74041 3940 22259 35070 278133 5926 5508 3940 8463 6528 5341 18510 985 5565 8768 69533 2.471 14643 13610 9735 20911 16132 13198 45739 2434 13750 21664 171816

Peshawar Charsadda Nowshera Mardan Swabi Kohat DIKhan Tank Bannu Lakki Marwat Total

79014 73441 52528 112835 87046 71213 246802 13134 74196 116900 927109

2.471

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Annexure B Yearly Project Plan

Yearly plan 1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year Total Peshawar 4881 4881 4881 14643 Charsadda 4536 4536 4538 13610 Nowshera 3244 3244 3247 9735 Mardan 6970 6970 6971 20911 Swabi 5377 5377 5378 16132 Kohat 4399 4399 4400 13198 DIKhan 15246 15246 15247 45739 Tank 811 811 812 2434 Bannu 4583 4583 4584 13750 Lakki Marwat 7221 7221 7222 21664 Total 57268 57268 57280 171816 District

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Annexure F 3 Years Cost Summary

Di tri t 1st Unit C t/t n s. shawar Charsadda Nowshera Mardan Swabi Kohat DIKhan Tank Bannu Lakki Marwat Tot l r

inancial equirements of r r . s. . s. . . .722 .130 1. 2.238 .182 .809 3.226 3.710 2.639 3.035 9.148 10.520 0.487 0.560 2.750 3.162 4.333 4.982 . 39.515

y sum r T t l . . 10.170 3. 01 . 2 2. 76 6.761 . 31 14. 23 4.267 11.204 3.491 9.166 12.098 31.766 0.644 1.691 3.637 9.549 5.731 15.046 45.452 .

articulars Cost of y sum Transportation Charges @ s. 300/- p.ton Human esource Dev. Service Charges @ s. 6000/- to DOA, s. 6000/- to one Agri. Officer and s. 3000/- each to 2 ield Assts. .month & s. 2500/- for 2 ield Workers from each District. Tot l

Financial Implication (R . In Million) 1st Year 2nd Year Total 34.361 39.515 45.452 119.328 51.545 17.180 17.180 17.184 0.400 0.400 0.400 1.200 2.760 2.760 2.760 8.280

54.701

59.855

65.796

180.353

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