Solarization of electric tube-wells for agriculture in Balochistan: Economic and environmental viability

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dc.creatorRana, Abdul Wajid
dc.creatorDavies, Stephen
dc.creatorMoeen, Muhammad Saad
dc.creatorShikoh, Sania Haider
dc.creatorRizwan, Noormah
dc.date2020-09-01
dc.date2024-05-22T12:18:11Z
dc.date2024-05-22T12:18:11Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:55:33Z
dc.descriptionBalochistan’s agriculture and related economic development during the last four decades has been driven by an enhancement in canal command areas and widespread use of tubewells. While it enabled yield increases and the growth of high value horticulture, it led to excessive mining of ground water. It is not only threatening sustainable agriculture and livelihoods but also creating severe environmental repercussions. It is generally believed that this unchecked groundwater extraction has been a result of policy regime, such as promoting installation of tubewells through various incentive schemes and tubewells subsidy which allows farmers to pay only 5-10% of the actual cost, and as a result the Federal and provincial governments have been paying PKR 23 billion per year.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143933
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/89587
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134349
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceRana, Abdul Wajid; Davies, Stephen; Moeen, Muhammad Saad; Shikoh, Sania Haider; and Rizwan, Noormah. 2020. Solarization of electric tube-wells for agriculture in Balochistan: Economic and environmental viability. PACE Working Paper September 2020. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134030.
dc.subjectcosts
dc.subjecteconomic viability
dc.subjectpolicies
dc.subjectgroundwater
dc.subjectcrops
dc.subjectstakeholders
dc.subjectwater
dc.subjectcapacity development
dc.subjectwater availability
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectenvironment
dc.subjectirrigation
dc.subjectenergy
dc.titleSolarization of electric tube-wells for agriculture in Balochistan: Economic and environmental viability
dc.typeWorking Paper

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