Indus Basin of Pakistan : Impacts of Climate Risks on Water and Agriculture

This study, Indus basin of Pakistan: the impacts of climate risks on water and agriculture was undertaken at a pivotal time in the region. The weak summer monsoon in 2009 created drought conditions throughout the country. This followed an already tenuous situation for many rural households faced with high fuel and fertilizer costs and the impacts of rising global food prices. Then catastrophic monsoon flooding in 2010 affected over 20 million people, devastating their housing, infrastructure, and crops. Damages from this single flood event were estimated at US dollar 10 billion, half of which were losses in the agriculture sector. Notwithstanding the debate as to whether these observed extremes are evidence of climate change, an investigation is needed regarding the extent to which the country is resilient to these shocks. It is thus timely, if not critical, to focus on climate risks for water, agriculture, and food security in the Indus basin of Pakistan.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Yang, Yi-Chen, Yu, Winston, Savitsky, Andre, Alford, Donald, Brown, Casey, Wescoat, James, Debowicz, Dario, Robinson, Sherman
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013-05
Subjects:	ADEQUATE WATER, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY, AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, AGRICULTURAL LANDS, AGRICULTURAL POLICY, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION, ALLOCATING WATER, ANNUAL PRECIPITATION, ANNUAL RAINFALL, AQUIFERS, ARABLE LAND, ARID COUNTRIES, AVERAGE RAINFALL, BARRAGES, BASIC FOOD REQUIREMENTS, BASIN DEVELOPMENT, BASINS, CANAL CLOSURE, CANAL WATER, CANALS, CARBOHYDRATE, CATCHMENT, CATCHMENT BASINS, CATCHMENTS, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGES, CLIMATE IMPACTS, CLIMATE VARIABILITY, CONSTRUCTION, COVERING, CROP PRODUCTION, CROP PRODUCTIVITY, CROP YIELDS, DAIRY, DAMS, DRAINAGE, DRIP IRRIGATION, DROUGHT, DROUGHT CONDITIONS, EARTH SCIENCES, EFFECTS OF DROUGHT, ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, FLOOD DAMAGE, FLOOD FORECASTING, FLOOD RISK, FLOODING, FLOODS, FOOD ACCESS, FOOD AVAILABILITY, FOOD CONSUMPTION, FOOD CROPS, FOOD INSECURITY, FOOD NEEDS, FOOD POLICY, FOOD POLICY RESEARCH, FOOD PRICES, FOOD PRODUCTION, FOOD SECURITY, FOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCY, FOOD SUPPLIES, FOOD SUPPLY, FOODS, FREEZING, FRESH GROUNDWATER, GLACIERS, GROUNDWATER, GROUNDWATER AQUIFERS, GROUNDWATER DEPLETION, GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION, GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT, GROUNDWATER RESOURCES, GROUNDWATER SUPPLIES, GROUNDWATER TABLE, GROUNDWATER USE, HAZARDS, HIGH LEVELS, HYDRAULICS, HYDRODYNAMICS, HYDROGEOLOGY, HYDROLOGIC REGIME, HYDROLOGIC REGIMES, HYDROLOGY, HYDROPOWER PRODUCTION, ICE, INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE, INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, IRRIGATION, IRRIGATION AGRICULTURE, IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT, IRRIGATION PURPOSES, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, LAND USE, LIVESTOCK, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS, MEAT, MELT WATER, MOUNTAIN REGIONS, NATIONAL WATER POLICY, PADDY, POTATOES, POWER GENERATION, PROTEIN, PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS, PULSES, PUMPING, RAIN, RAINFALL, RESERVOIRS, RICE, RIVER BASIN, RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT, RIVER BASINS, RIVER CHANNEL, RIVER FLOW, RIVER SYSTEM, RIVERS, RUNOFF, RURAL COMMUNITIES, SALINE WATER, SALINE WATER INTRUSION, SANITATION, SEEPAGE, SEWAGE SYSTEMS, SNOW, SNOW MELT, SNOWFALL, SNOWMELT, SOIL EROSION, SOIL MOISTURE, SOURCES OF WATER, SUB-BASIN, SUGAR, SUGAR CANE, SUGARCANE, SUPPLY OF WATER, SURFACE WATER, USE OF WATER, VARIABLE RAINFALL, WATER ALLOCATION, WATER ALLOCATIONS, WATER AVAILABILITY, WATER BANKING, WATER BUDGETS, WATER DEMAND, WATER DEVELOPMENT, WATER DISTRIBUTION, WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, WATER FLOWS, WATER MANAGEMENT, WATER MANAGERS, WATER POLICY, WATER QUALITY, WATER REQUIREMENTS, WATER RESOURCES, WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, WATER SCARCITY, WATER SECTOR, WATER SECURITY, WATER STORAGE, WATER SUPPLY, WATER SYSTEMS, WATER TABLE, WATER TABLES, WATERS, WATERSHED, WATERWORKS, WELLS, WFP, WINTER WHEAT, WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME, WORLD FOOD SUMMIT,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17671767/indus-basin-pakistan-impacts-climate-risks-water-agriculture https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13834
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