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CHAPTER 9
REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONS
THROUGH IMPROVED IRRIGATION
MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY
FROM PAKISTAN
ASAD SARWAR QURESHI
9.1 INTRODUCTION
Groundwater has emerged as an exceptionally important water resource,
and growing demand for its use in agriculture, domestic and industrial
contexts grades it as a resource of strategic importance. In view of the
high evapotranspiration and salinity environment under which irrigated
agriculture in the Indus basin is practised, the availability of surface water
resources is only marginally sufficient for basin-wide, year-round high-
intensity cropping (Bhutta and Smedema, 2007; Qureshi et al., 2009). This
difference between crop water requirements and surface water supplies,
combined with generally unreliable and relatively inefficient water distri-
bution systems, has led to the exploitation of groundwater where condi-
tions allow (World Bank, 2007; Qureshi et al., 2009).
Reprinted with permission from John Wiley & Sons. Qureshi AS. Reducing Carbon Emissions Through
Improved Irrigation Management: A Case Study from Pakistan. Irrigation and Drainage 63 ,1 (2014);
132-138. DOI: 10.1002/ird.1795.
 
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