The majority of farm ponds are usually constructed for fish farming, fire protection, livestock watering, domestic purposes, or simply landscape beautification. However, their usefulness as irrigation and watershed management tools has not been sufficiently exploited. As water supplies might be uncertain in the existing water distribution system ...

A dug well is an ancient water source intervention used by humans for thousands of years. It is useful for the area where underground water is not available for the installation of tube wells. Persian wheels, operated by draught animals, were very popular in the distant past and equally successful in rain-fed areas e.g., the Pothohar area. These wells usually ...

Nature has blessed Pakistan with an abundance of renewable energy resources, which have not been harnessed appropriately. Replacing or supplementing the conventional fuels for operating water lifting pumps and operating high-efficiency irrigation systems with solar energy seems a workable option as ...

This component comprises of improvement/construction of conveyance infrastructure including lining/improvement of watercourses in the command of small/mini dams and other water sources. It supports the improvement of water conveyance efficiency and ensured the supply of water from various water sources for irrigating crops ...

It is a way of creating graded fields for planting that are more detailed and reliable than visual judgment. This component will strengthen LASER land leveling services in the project area through the provision of LASER levelers to the farmers/service providers at subsidized rates. LASER land leveling is the most effective and popular technology amongst ...

The agricultural sector is indispensable to the country’s economic growth, food security, employment generation, and poverty alleviation particularly, at the rural level. contributes 19.2 percent to the GDP and employs around 38.5 percent of the labor force. More than 6570 percent of the population depends on agriculture ...