Every year farmers in the province of Pakistan receive a subsidy worth PKR 27 billion on the consumption of electricity for tube-wells. Federal and provincial government bear the cost of this subsidy with a 40:60 share, respectively, whereas farmers pay a minimal flat rate. The result has been a dramatic rise in the use of >> Read more Source: Pakistan Strategy Support Program
Dietary Change and Irrigation Water Use in Pakistan
An often-overlooked dimension in analyses of nutrition, climate change and agriculture is the link between effects of a shift to a nutritious diet on the demand for water, which was explored in a recent publication using the IFPRI CGE-W model (Chapter 6 in young et. al. (2019). Accessed at Pakistan: Getting More from Water The >> Read more Source: Pakistan Strategy Support Program
