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1 Talpur, G. M.; Lashari, B. K.; Bhatti, M. A. 1997. Impact of drainage on waterlogging situation in the Bareji Distributary Command. In Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro; WAPDA (South Zone), Water Wing, Hyderabad, Proceedings. Symposium on Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD) Project and its impacts, November 29, 1997. pp.107-112.
Irrigation management ; Drainage ; Waterlogging ; Water table ; Farmer participation ; Operations ; Maintenance / Pakistan
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.8 G730 MEH Record No: H02364)
2 Lashari, B. K.; Khayal, M. N.; Sial, N. H.; Ansari, A. M.; Ursani, A. J.; Soomro, G. S.; Laghari, M. G.; Bhatti, M. A.; Shafique, M. S.; Skogerboe, G. V. 1997. Monitoring and evaluation of irrigation and drainage facilities for pilot distributaries in Sindh Province, Pakistan. Volume 4 - Heran Distributary, Sanghar District. Lahore, Pakistan: International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). Pakistan National Program. iii, 62p. (IWMI Pakistan Report R-039.4 / IIMI Pakistan Report R-039.4) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.477]
Irrigation management ; Monitoring ; Evaluation ; Irrigation canals ; Distributary canals ; Drainage ; Irrigation practices ; Water delivery ; Watercourses ; Maintenance ; Water table ; Groundwater ; Water quality / Pakistan / Sindh Province / Sanghar District / Heran Distributary
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.8 G730 LAS Record No: H022618)
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3 Mangrio, M. A.; Lashari, B. K.; Siddiqui, R. 2000. Recharge behaviour to groundwater in the command area of Heran Distributary, Sanghar Sindh. In GWP; Pakistan Water Partnership. Proceedings of Regional Groundwater Management Seminar, October 9-11, 2000, Islamabad. pp.279-288.
Groundwater ; Recharge ; Water quality ; Salinity ; Irrigation water ; Irrigation canals ; Distributary canals ; Water table ; Data collection ; Computer software / Pakistan / Sindh / Sanghar / Heran Distributary
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.6.3 G730 GWP, IIMI 631.7.1 G730 MAN Record No: H026937)
4 Ujjan, G. M.; Talpur, M. A.; Lashari, B. K.. 2000. Operation and maintenance cost of drainage system: The case study of Bareji Distributary, Mirpurkhas, Sindh, Pakistan. In Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA); Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET); International Waterlogging and Salinity Research Institute (IWASRI); International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). Proceedings, National Seminar on Drainage in Pakistan, Jamshoro, Pakistan, 16-18 August 2000. [Vol. 1] Lahore, Pakistan: Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA); Sindh, Pakistan: Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET); Lahore, Pakistan: International Waterlogging and Salinity Research Institute (IWASRI); Lahore, Pakistan: International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). pp.101-104.
Drainage ; Operations ; Maintenance costs ; Distributary canals ; Water table ; Measurement ; Water loss ; User charges / Pakistan / Sindh / Mirpurkhas / Bereji Distributary
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.62 G730 IIM Record No: H027120)
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5 Lashari, B. K.; Memon, Y. 2000. The role of farmer organizations in operation and maintenance of irrigation and drainage systems. In Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA); Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET); International Waterlogging and Salinity Research Institute (IWASRI); International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). Proceedings, National Seminar on Drainage in Pakistan, Jamshoro, Pakistan, 16-18 August 2000. [Vol. 1] Lahore, Pakistan: Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA); Sindh, Pakistan: Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET); Lahore, Pakistan: International Waterlogging and Salinity Research Institute (IWASRI); Lahore, Pakistan: International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). pp.105-108.
Farmers' associations ; Operations ; Maintenance ; Irrigation systems ; Drainage ; Distributary canals ; Social participation ; Water users / Pakistan / Nara Canal / Rohri Canal
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.62 G730 IIM Record No: H027121)
6 Ul Hassan, Mehmood; Shah, Tushaar; Ur Rehman, S.; Khattak, M. Z.; Tanwir, F.; Saboor, A.; Lashari, B. K.. 2008. Diesel price hike and the energy squeeze on Pakistan’s smallholder irrigators. Journal of Applied Irrigation Science, 43(1): 19-40.
Groundwater irrigation ; Energy ; Diesel oil ; Costs ; Pumps ; Operating costs ; Wells ; Villages ; Water conservation ; Economic aspects ; Policy / Pakistan / Indus Basin / Punjab Province / Sindh Province / North-West Frontier Province
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.4 G730 ULH Record No: H041394)
The smallholder irrigators of Pakistan have been under squeeze due to rising energy costs, as they depend heavily on pump and tractor owners for irrigation water and agricultural operations. The recent trends of perpetual increase in the energy prices in general, and diesel prices in particular, have resulted into soaring operational costs of agricultural machinery, causing the pumps and tractor rentals to rise because of monopoly of pump owners in the informal village markets. This paper aims at bringing forth the impacts of successive diesel price increase on irrigation economy of smallholders, and their coping strategies to absorb the energy shocks and sustain their livelihoods. Based on a synthesis of qualitative assessment from 9 village level case studies carried out in NWFP, Punjab and Sindh provinces of Pakistan, where diesel and electric pumps are essential for sustaining irrigated agriculture, the paper confirms that the recent hike in diesel prices have proven to be the proverbial last straw on camel’s back for the livelihoods of small farmers and tenants. While some landless tenants had quitted agriculture as a profession due in part to soaring diesel prices, the major coping strategies of the survivors were [a] switching the power source; [b] high input – high profit strategy; c) water conservation strategy; and d) agriculture exodus strategy. The paper also suggests areas for policy intervention and further research.
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