Abstract
This study aims to examine the impact of decline in Kareze irrigation system on the rural area agriculture sector in Balochistan. For this purpose, both the primary and secondary data is collected. The formar were collected for the following districts, that is, Quetta, Quetta, Pishin, Killa Abdullah, Mustung and Kalat, while the latter were collected from published reports. The results suggest that the kareze irrigation system threatened by both the lowering of water table and mining of groundwater due to indiscriminate installation of tubewells in the command area of karezes. This led to dryness of kareze, decline in land cultivation, and loss in farmers’ income. On the basis of the finding of the study it has been recommended that creating awareness campaign among farmers about the sustainable kareze irrigation system, and ban on installation of new electric tubewells in the command area of kareze. For this purpose, the policymakers may alarm and educate the farmers
Zainuddin Kakar, Asmat Khan2 ,, Syed Munawar Shah, Abdul Khaliq. (2020) IMPACT OF DECLINE IN KAREZE IRRIGATION SYSTEM ON THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR OF RURAL BALOCHISTAN, Balochistan Review, Volume 2, Issue 2.
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