Abstract
This paper assesses the impacts of Chashma Right Bank Irrigation Project (CRBIP) on the cropping intensity in D.I.Khan district, Pakistan. To enhance agricultural productivity, the Chashma Right Bank Canal (CRBC) project was launched in 1984, which brought vast Gomal plains under the irrigation network. With the command area of 250,000 hectares, the project spreads over two provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. Besides, drastic changes in the arid environment of D.I.Khan district, the project has brought large scale cultivable waste under cultivation. This study is based on evaluating cropping intensity to measure the land use efficiency of agriculture in the study area. The results show that due to canal irrigation, the cropping intensity has overall increased; while in some areas exceeded the proposed targets of the project. However, outside the CRBC command area, no significant change in the cropping intensity has occurred. The study suggests that cropping intensity could further be enhanced with the extension of canal irrigation to the remaining un-served parts of the district and multiple cropping patterns
Atta-ur-Rahman, Amir Nawaz Khan, Zulfiqar Ali. (2010) Evaluating Impacts of Chashma Right Bank Irrigation Project on the Cropping Intensity of District D.I.Khan, Journal of Managerial Sciences, Volume 6, Issue 1.
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