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1 Skogerboe, G. V.; Saeed-ur-Rehman; Aslam, M.; Reichert, A. P. 1999. Analysis of water and salinity management alternatives for increasing agricultural production in the Fordwah Eastern Sadiqia (South) Irrigation and Drainage Project. Lahore, Pakistan: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). Pakistan National Program. vi, 58p. (IWMI Pakistan Report R-090) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.534]
Irrigation programs ; Salinity control ; Decision support tools ; Farmers' associations ; Canal linings ; Wells ; Subsurface drainage ; Watercourses ; Fertilizers ; Cost benefit analysis ; Soil reclamation ; Crop yield ; Waterlogging ; Groundwater ; Operating costs ; Maintenance costs ; Cost benefit analysis ; Farmer participation / Pakistan / Fordwah Eastern Sadiqia (South)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.5 G730 SKO Record No: H025553)
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2 Hassan, M. S.; Raoof, A.; Shahid, M. A.; Skogerboe, G. V.; Saeed-ur-Rehman; Aslam, M. 1999. Monitoring and evaluation of agro-economic benefits and project impact for Fordwah Eastern Sadiqia (South) Irrigation and Drainage Project. Lahore, Pakistan: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). Pakistan National Program; Lahore, Pakistan: WAPDA. Watercourse Monitoring and Evaluation Directorate. xii, 78p. (IWMI Pakistan Report R-084 / WMED Report 77) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.535]
Economic analysis ; Irrigation programs ; Irrigation canals ; Waterlogging ; Salinity ; Soil degradation ; Project design ; Monitoring ; Evaluation ; Benefits ; Indicators ; Hydraulics ; Subsurface drainage ; Water allocation ; Water delivery ; Water distribution ; Watercourses ; Cotton ; Water table ; Cropping systems ; Crop yield ; Farm income / Pakistan / Fordwah Eastern Sadiqia (South) / Bahadarwah Minor / Hakra / Bhukan
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.8 G730 HAS Record No: H025554)
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3 Jehangir, W. A.; Saeed ur Rehman. 2000. The impact of conjunctive water use on farm income in the Rechna Doab, Punjab, Pakistan. In GWP; Pakistan Water Partnership, Proceedings of Regional Groundwater Management Seminar, October 9-11, 2000, Islamabad. pp.57-65.
Conjunctive use ; Groundwater ; Surface water ; Irrigation canals ; Farm income ; Wheat ; Crop production ; Crop yield ; Models ; Tube well irrigation ; Water quality ; Irrigation water ; Policy / Pakistan / Punjab / Rechna Doab
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.6.3 G730 GWP, IIMI 631.7.1 G730 JEH Record No: H026917)
4 Shah, Tushaar; Hussain, Intizar; Saeed ur Rehman. 2000. Irrigation management in Pakistan and India: comparing notes on institutions and policies. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) v, 15p. (IWMI Working Paper 004) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.138]
Irrigation management ; Productivity ; Privatization ; Groundwater irrigation ; Irrigated farming ; Equity ; Water distribution ; Groundwater management ; Economic aspects ; Tube wells ; Price policy ; Electricity supplies ; Pumps / Pakistan / India
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G730 SHA Record No: H027088)
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These notes present the impressions gathered by a team of Indian and Pakistani economists on contemporary issues in irrigation management in these two countries. The authors suggest that the two countries can learn important lessons by comparing notes on several issues: [a] what would work best in ensuring equitable access to irrigation - physical rehabilitation being tried out in Pakistan Punjab with the help of the army under the military rule offers interesting possibilities in terms of scale and impact as does the Andhra Pradesh model of irrigation reform, [b] the experience in both countries so far defies the uncritically accepted premise that under farmer-management, irrigation systems will be more equitable, [c] why farmers in Pakistan Punjab have to use 16-20 horsepower (hp) diesel engines to pump groundwater from 25-40 feet while north Indian farmers have been doing the same with 5 hp engines—if it is because of compulsion of habit, appropriate policies can save Pakistan substantial diesel fuel per year, [d] India needs to ask why diesel engines in Lahore cost only 40-50 percent of the retail price they command in Lucknow or Ludhiana—we suggest allowing free imports of Chinese pumps will do away with the need for pump subsidies that keep diesel engines over-priced in India, [e] both Pakistan and India need to pay serious attention to promoting simple pump modifications that can increase fuel efficiency of their pumps by 40-70 percent, [f] India and Pakistan need to compare notes on their rich experience of electricity pricing policies to achieve viability of electricity supply to farmers and to achieve important goals of groundwater management and policy.
5 Bandaragoda, D. J.; Saeed ur Rehman. 1994. Institutional perspectives of land reclamation operations in Punjab: a case study of the Lower Chenab Canal (East) Circle Area. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). xv, 60p. (IIMI Working Paper 028) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.134]
Land reclamation ; Soil salinity ; Irrigated sites ; Irrigation canals ; Irrigation water ; Institutions ; Legal aspects ; Irrigation scheduling ; Water availability ; Irrigated farming ; Case studies / Pakistan / Punjab
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.8 G730 BAN Record No: H014383)
The Directorate of Land Reclamation (DLR), which was set up in 1945, is a special unit of Punjab's Irrigation and Power Department for undertaking research and field operations to combat the problem of salinity. Approaching the end of five decades of existence, the directorate is yet to demonstrate its effectiveness in its assigned task; its inability to fully cope with the conditions of a fast changing irrigation environment makes this rather an illusive goal. In the selection of lands for reclamation, the Directorate is heavily dependent on the visual salinity survey (Thur Girdawari) carried out every year by the Irrigation Department's field staff. This visual survey appears to be a quick and cost-effective method of assessing surface salinity, but its exclusive use as the criterion for selection of affected land is a questionable approach. According to original departmental procedure, reclamation activities were confined to only two of the five classes of soil identified by the visual salinity survey, but the current practice of including all the types of salt-affected soils in reclamation operations has made the selection process more subjective. Surprisingly, the DLR is not using its existing laboratory facilities optimally to better identify the salt-affected lands. Soil testing in visually identified lands could also help define the reclamation operations more scientifically in addition to improving the selection methods being used. While formal procedure requires the Directorate to communicate to farmers the details of planned reclamation schemes, farmer awareness of the reclamation program seems to be poor and only a few farmers in the study area readily acknowledge agency assistance in obtaining relevant information. In practice, the proposals for reclamation schemes are often initiated by some influential farmers. It is a requirement that the amount of water made available for reclamation be over and above the design supply of a given distributary, and special reclamation outlets can be given from a distributary only on the basis that its tail will not suffer. However, the study shows no evidence to show that extra water was made available during the operation of reclamation outlets; further, tail-end shortages were observed in all the distributaries under the study. In a context where the tendency is to give scant consideration to irrigation rules and procedures, it is unlikely that the Directorate of Land Reclamation in its present form and status will succeed in implementing an extensive program of reclamation operations. For the Directorate to be effective in its legitimate functions and to make it an operationally viable and socially acceptable organizational unit, adequate policy and institutional support seem to be necessary.
6 Bandaragoda, D. J.; Saeed ur Rehman. 1995. Warabandi in Pakistan's canal irrigation systems: widening gap between theory and practice. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). xx, 89p. (IIMI Country Paper Pakistan 7)
Irrigation scheduling ; Irrigation systems ; Irrigation canals ; Privatization ; Water rights ; Social aspects ; Economic aspects ; Watercourses ; Water supply ; Equity ; Water distribution ; Water user associations / Pakistan / Punjab
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.1 G730 BAN Record No: H017571)
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