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Climate change and extreme events: Impacts on Pakistan’s agriculture

Due to its arid to semi-arid climate, water is the single most constraining factor to Pakistani agriculture. Water resources are heavily appropriated for productive uses, and agriculture is the main user of water resources. Over eighty percent of crop value comes from irrigated agriculture. Demand f...

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Main Authors: Zhu, Tingju, Xie, Hua, Waqas, Ahmad, Ringler, Claudia, Iqbal, M. Mohsin, Goheer, M. Arif, Sulser, Timothy B.
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
Subjects:
water supply
water policies
water availability
drought
climate change adaptation
climate change
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151209
Summary:Due to its arid to semi-arid climate, water is the single most constraining factor to Pakistani agriculture. Water resources are heavily appropriated for productive uses, and agriculture is the main user of water resources. Over eighty percent of crop value comes from irrigated agriculture. Demand for water is increasing from population growth and industrial and agricultural development. Moreover, water resources are threatened by drought and long-term climate change through its effect on temperature, precipitation, and glacier runoff.

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