Solarization of electric tube-wells for agriculture in Balochistan: Economic and environmental viability
Balochistan’s agriculture and related economic development during the last four decades has been driven by an enhancement in canal command areas and widespread use of tubewells. While it enabled yield increases and the growth of high value horticulture, it led to excessive mining of ground water. It...
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| author | Rana, Abdul Wajid Davies, Stephen Moeen, Muhammad Saad Shikoh, Sania Haider Rizwan, Noormah |
| author_browse | Davies, Stephen Moeen, Muhammad Saad Rana, Abdul Wajid Rizwan, Noormah Shikoh, Sania Haider |
| author_facet | Rana, Abdul Wajid Davies, Stephen Moeen, Muhammad Saad Shikoh, Sania Haider Rizwan, Noormah |
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| description | Balochistan’s agriculture and related economic development during the last four decades has been driven by an enhancement in canal command areas and widespread use of tubewells. While it enabled yield increases and the growth of high value horticulture, it led to excessive mining of ground water. It is not only threatening sustainable agriculture and livelihoods but also creating severe environmental repercussions. It is generally believed that this unchecked groundwater extraction has been a result of policy regime, such as promoting installation of tubewells through various incentive schemes and tubewells subsidy which allows farmers to pay only 5-10% of the actual cost, and as a result the Federal and provincial governments have been paying PKR 23 billion per year. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1439332025-11-06T05:03:09Z Solarization of electric tube-wells for agriculture in Balochistan: Economic and environmental viability Rana, Abdul Wajid Davies, Stephen Moeen, Muhammad Saad Shikoh, Sania Haider Rizwan, Noormah costs economic viability policies groundwater crops stakeholders water capacity development water availability agriculture environment irrigation energy Balochistan’s agriculture and related economic development during the last four decades has been driven by an enhancement in canal command areas and widespread use of tubewells. While it enabled yield increases and the growth of high value horticulture, it led to excessive mining of ground water. It is not only threatening sustainable agriculture and livelihoods but also creating severe environmental repercussions. It is generally believed that this unchecked groundwater extraction has been a result of policy regime, such as promoting installation of tubewells through various incentive schemes and tubewells subsidy which allows farmers to pay only 5-10% of the actual cost, and as a result the Federal and provincial governments have been paying PKR 23 billion per year. 2020-09-01 2024-05-22T12:18:11Z 2024-05-22T12:18:11Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143933 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134349 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Rana, Abdul Wajid; Davies, Stephen; Moeen, Muhammad Saad; Shikoh, Sania Haider; and Rizwan, Noormah. 2020. Solarization of electric tube-wells for agriculture in Balochistan: Economic and environmental viability. PACE Working Paper September 2020. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134030. |
| spellingShingle | costs economic viability policies groundwater crops stakeholders water capacity development water availability agriculture environment irrigation energy Rana, Abdul Wajid Davies, Stephen Moeen, Muhammad Saad Shikoh, Sania Haider Rizwan, Noormah Solarization of electric tube-wells for agriculture in Balochistan: Economic and environmental viability |
| title | Solarization of electric tube-wells for agriculture in Balochistan: Economic and environmental viability |
| title_full | Solarization of electric tube-wells for agriculture in Balochistan: Economic and environmental viability |
| title_fullStr | Solarization of electric tube-wells for agriculture in Balochistan: Economic and environmental viability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Solarization of electric tube-wells for agriculture in Balochistan: Economic and environmental viability |
| title_short | Solarization of electric tube-wells for agriculture in Balochistan: Economic and environmental viability |
| title_sort | solarization of electric tube wells for agriculture in balochistan economic and environmental viability |
| topic | costs economic viability policies groundwater crops stakeholders water capacity development water availability agriculture environment irrigation energy |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143933 |
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