Abstract
The study under hand analyzes the effects of climate change on Karez water, agricultural production and income. In this regard, the required information was collected from 100 farmers in Panjgur District of Balochistan in Pakistan and aimed at to acknowledge the small-scale farmers’ production and income. However, the data was collected through household survey questionnaire, group discussions and key informant interviews. Through the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), it analyzed the data by using the descriptive statistics such as frequency distributions and percentages. The findings of this study revealed that there were numerous climatic factors affecting farmers’ productions. In addition, respondents informed that the major reason of less production in farm cultivation is rain scarcity caused (by irregular rain) that eventually the place has been turned into a barren patch of land with sands. Consequently, farmers switched to other sides for more income due to insufficent amount of Karez water to all farms in the vicinity. Indeed, in past, there were estimated more than 200 Karezes running in the district, nevertheless, recently few of them are running due to poor maintenance. The study found 90% farmers explained that lack of unsustainable dams and ponds reduced the underground water table. Besides, 99% farmers informed that dam is beneficial for maintaining ground water table which supports the farmers’ livelihood. On the other hand, new technologies, inventions like allocated tube wells, electric motors, diesel engines and digging bores on individual grounds minimized Karez water level which is more expensive when compare to Karez water that need not fuel and other sources.As per farmers, they are unable to resolve their off-farm again and refunctionalize the traditional Karez water system for cultivation andchange their socio-economic condition. It is, however, a priority for people to restore them as soon as possible
Abid Hussain1, Dr. Mumtaz A. Baloch2. (2018) The Effects of Climate Change on Karez-Water and Agricultural Income: A Study of Small-Scale Farmer of Panjgur District, Balochistan, Balochistan Review, Volume 1, Issue 1.
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