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1 Qureshi, Asad Sarwar; Akhtar, Mujeeb. 2004. The groundwater management in Pakistan: issues and the way forward. Paper presented at the National Symposium on World Water Day, held at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, 8 April 2004. pp.14-26.
Groundwater management ; Aquifers ; Tube wells ; Diesel oil ; Electricity ; Groundwater extraction ; Groundwater irrigation ; Economic aspects ; Water market ; Pricing / Pakistan / Indus Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.6.3 G730 QUR Record No: H035351)
2 Qureshi, Asad Sarwar; Akhtar, Mujeeb. 2004. Analysis of drought-coping strategies in Baluchistan and Sindh provinces of Pakistan. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) vi, 33p. (IWMI Working Paper 086 / Drought Series: Paper 4) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.257]
Drought ; Analysis ; Households ; villages ; Livestock ; Crop production ; Irrigation systems ; Non-governmental organizations / Pakistan / Baluchistan Province / Sindh Province
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 338.14 G730 SAR Record No: H035619)
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3 Qureshi, Asad Sarwar; Akhtar, Mujeeb; Shah, Tushaar. 2004. Role of changing energy pricing policies on groundwater development in Pakistan. Journal of Applied Irrigation Science, 39(2):329-342.
Energy ; Price policy ; Groundwater development ; Groundwater irrigation ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Tube wells / Pakistan
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H035751)
4 Qureshi, Asad Sarwar; Akhtar, Mujeeb. 2004. Energy-Irrigation nexus: impact of energy pricing on groundwater management in Pakistan. Paper presented at the Third South Asia Water Forum, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 13-15 July 2004. 13p.
Groundwater management ; Groundwater irrigation ; Water market ; Pumping ; Tube wells ; Energy ; Price policy / Pakistan / Punjab
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H036133)
5 Akhtar, Mujeeb; Munir, Muhammad; Nazir, Aamir; Asghar, Muhammad Nadeem. 2004. Socio-Economic assessment of skimming wells in the selected commands of the Lower Indus Basin. In Asghar, Muhammad Nadeem; Zhu, Zhongping; Sohag, Mumtaz Ahmed; Lashari, Bhakshal, Assessment of hydro-geological potential of skimming wells in the Lower Indus Basin of Pakistan. Lahore, Pakistan: IWMI. pp.30-47.
Groundwater ; Tube wells ; Surveys ; Farmers ; Land ownership ; Salinity ; Irrigated farming ; Canals ; Water quality ; Pumps ; Operating costs ; Maintenance costs / Pakistan
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.6.3 G730 ASG Record No: H036169)
6 Qureshi, Asad Sarwar; Akhtar, Mujeeb. 2004. A survey of drought impacts and coping measures in Helmand and Kandahar provinces of Afghanistan. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 21p.
Drought ; Surveys ; Villages ; Households ; Crops ; Livestock ; Non-governmental organizations / Afghanistan / Helmand / Kandahar
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 338.14 G580 QUR Record No: H036236)
7 Qureshi, Asad Sarwar; Akhtar, Mujeeb; Sarwar, A. 2003. Effect of electricity pricing policies on groundwater management in Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Water Resources, 7(2):1-9.
Groundwater management ; Groundwater irrigation ; Groundwater extraction ; Tube wells ; Pumping ; Energy ; Price policy ; Costs / Pakistan / Punjab
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.6.3 G730 QUR Record No: H038786)
8 Qureshi, Asad Sarwar; Akhtar, Mujeeb. 2003. Impact of utilization factor on the estimation of groundwater pumpage. Pakistan Journal of Water Resources, 17(1):17-27.
Groundwater irrigation ; Groundwater extraction ; Tube wells ; Private ownership ; Pumping ; Energy ; Price policy / Pakistan / Punjab
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.6.3 G730 QUR Record No: H038787)
9 Qureshi, Asad Sarwar; Akhtar, Mujeeb. 2004. Targeting food security: reducing poverty through irrigated agriculture. In Jehangir, Waqar A.; Hussain, Intizar (Eds.). Poverty reduction through improved agricultural water management. Proceedings of the Workshop on Pro-poor Intervention Strategies in Irrigated Agriculture in Asia, Islamabad, Pakistan, 23-24 April 2003. Lahore, Pakistan: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.227-239.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G730 JEH Record No: H043772)
Rapidly increasing trends of poverty, particularly in South Asia, have emerged as a major threat to the economic development of this region. Currently, over 500 million South Asians live in absolute poverty, while over 300 million are chronically malnourished. In Pakistan, vulnerable population of 45 million makes 25 percent of those living in poverty due to economic downturn. Although food production in the region has gained momentum during the past decade (per capita dietary energy supply in South Asia has increased), the incidence of poverty and absolute number of undernourished people in South Asia has gone up. This means that crisis of food insecurity in the region is mostly related to low access rather than low availability. The major reasons for this low access are poor targeting policies of the government and inefficient public distribution system. Therefore, to ensure food security, the government should improve accessibility and distribution of food to poor, particularly those in far-flung areas. Three quarters of the world’s total irrigated area is in developing countries where smallholder agriculture still predominates. No wonder, then, that increased agricultural production is considered a key to poverty reduction in many developing countries. Irrigated agriculture is regarded to be vehicle for the provision of basic needs and reduction in vulnerability to food insecurity. Irrigation development can bring a range of potential benefits at regional and national level. Therefore, by advances in irrigation management, better understanding of the environment in which poor people live, right choices of irrigation technologies, better defining production functions and creating profitable markets can make a significant contribution to crop production and poverty reduction. This paper discusses illusions in different poverty estimates and introduces a framework to increase regional food security. The paper is also aimed at finding the ways to reduce poverty through improving irrigated agriculture.
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