Abstract
Water requirement is rising day by day, however, the possibilities of improvement of water assets or preserving their sustainable use are failing in Pakistan. Climate Change affects water accessibility during critical times. Irregular droughts, as well as floods caused by climate change, pose a serious threat to many developing countries including Pakistan which are not capable to develop such infrastructure needed to combat the adverse impacts of floods and droughts. The recent availability of water per capita is about 1066 M3 which puts the country in the category of “high water stress.” Most of the impending water crisis must be overcome through serious political decisions and sustainable water usage. Suitable on-farm water management is required to rise water proficiency for crops and to confirm effective and sustainable crop production. The government should promote agricultural water management practices, strengthen the Department of Autonomous Water Management system as well as encourage the use of computer technologies, such as plant growth models, to combat the effects of problems caused by irrigation in the short and long term.
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Abbreviations
- ADB:
-
Asian Development Bank
- CEWRE:
-
Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Engineering
- DSSAT:
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Decision Support System for Agro-technology Transfer
- ESCAP:
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United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
- FAO:
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- GOP:
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Government of Pakistan
- IPCC:
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- IUCN:
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
- IWMI:
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International Water Management Institute
- MAF:
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Million acre feet
- Mha:
-
Million hectare
- PSMD:
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Potential soil moisture deficit
- UNDP:
-
United Nations Development Programme
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Mubeen, M. et al. (2022). Climate Change-Induced Irrigation Water Problems and Resolution Strategies: A Case Study. In: Jatoi, W.N., Mubeen, M., Ahmad, A., Cheema, M.A., Lin, Z., Hashmi, M.Z. (eds) Building Climate Resilience in Agriculture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79408-8_12
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