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Mutual Sustainability of Tubewell Farming and Aquifers - Perspectives from Balochistan, Pakistan (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014) Loot Price: R3,384
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Mutual Sustainability of Tubewell Farming and Aquifers - Perspectives from Balochistan, Pakistan (Paperback, Softcover reprint...

Mutual Sustainability of Tubewell Farming and Aquifers - Perspectives from Balochistan, Pakistan (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)

Ahmad Saeed Khattak

Series: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research

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This book develops and presents a conceptual model for sustainable-groundwater irrigated agriculture. The model is based on the general principles of the economic theories of cost-benefit relations and behavioral models of resource use. The study has evaluated the advances in tubewell farming and the aquifer potential in arid Balochistan over a period of three decades. It has analyzed the booms and busts of the farming over time taking into consideration the local aquifer limitations and the socio-political considerations and policy framework. Three data sets - farmers, expert officials and satellite images - have been used to aid validation. By observing the most vital parameters, the study has concluded that the local aquifer has been falling at a rate directly proportional to the growth rate of irrigated farming, suggesting the current development process is unsustainable. For instance, the research finds that tubewell bores have reached down to depths where the term "aquifer mining" applies; as a result, irrigation costs have become too high to allow farming to be economically viable. In addition, desertification is steadily encroaching and the cropping pattern being changed from high-value horticulture to subsistence cropping. The study has also set parameters for assessing the willingness of farmers to accept modern, sustainable strategies and interventions.

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Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin: Switzerland
Series: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research
Release date: September 2016
First published: 2014
Authors: Ahmad Saeed Khattak
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 168
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
ISBN-13: 978-3-319-37804-6
Categories: Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources
Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability
Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Agricultural engineering & machinery > Irrigation
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LSN: 3-319-37804-X
Barcode: 9783319378046

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