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Agriculture is crucial for Pakistan’s economy and irrigation is the lifeblood of agriculture sector. The irrigation system of Pakistan is the largest integrated network in the world. The state managed surface irrigation in Punjab province had not been performing well and was deteriorating day by day due to financial, managerial and sociopolitical factors. Keeping in view the above mentioned problems, the government of Pakistan agreed upon institutional reforms in water sector of the Punjab. Consequently, in 1997, Pakistan’s provincial assemblies passed bills to implement institutional reforms in the country’s irrigation sector. In the province of Punjab, institutional reforms have been introduced in the Lower Chenab Canal (LCC) East irrigation system as a pilot project through PIDA Act of 1997. The objective of the study was to assess the impact of reforms in irrigation sector on wheat productivity in the province of Punjab. A comprehensive survey of the study area was carried out and data from 360 farmers and 30 farmer organizations (FOs) were collected through a well structured questionnaire. The results of the study showed that on an overall basis, wheat yield increased by 10 percent from 32.4 maunds in pre-reform period to 35.5 maunds in post- reform period.

Muhammad Arif Raza, Muhammad Ashfaq, Sarfraz Hassan, Intizar Hussain. (2008) Implication of irrigation reforms on wheat productivity: A case study of Punjab, Pakistan, , Volume-45, Issue-3.
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