Field Activities in Gujrat District Pakistan IGP Site 1

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Field Activities in Gujrat District
(Pakistan)IGP Site 1

• Dr. M. Mohsin Iqbal
• Global Change Impact Studies Centre (GCISC)
• GECAFS IGP CPWF and APN Launch Workshops
• Kathmandu-Nepal, June 27-30, 2006

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China
Afghanistan
India
Iran
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Gujrat District in a glance

• Area 3192 sq.km
• Latitude 32.190 N to 33.300 N
• Longitude 73.31 0 E to 74.280 E
• Altitude 219 m

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Natha Qureshi
Besa
Kotwal
Dabu Barsala
Mesi
Amra Kalan
Makiana
Chaudhowal
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Agriculture in Gujrat (Area 000 ha)
Net Sown 162.19 (94.8)
Cultivated Area 171.06 (91.2)
Current Fallow 8.87 (5.2)
Waterlogged 1.78 (10.8)
Forest 0.75 (4.5)
Uncultivated Area 16.57 (8.8)
Others 8.82 (53.2)
Unculturable 5.23 (31.5)
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Sources of Water

• Canal
• Groundwater (Tube well driven)
• Rainfall

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Cultivated Area Classified by Mode of Irrigation
(000 ha)

• Total Cultivated area 171.06
• Irrigated 87.51 (51.6)
• Canal 12.19 (13.9)
• Canal Tubewell 15.66 (17.8)
• Tubewell 59.73 (68.3)
• Others 1.25 (1.4)
• Rainfed 83.55 (48. 4)

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Interaction of Water and Production

• Cropping pattern
• Level of productivity
• Cropping Intensity
• Land use intensity
• Soil fertility

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Project Activities - (Aug 2005 to date)

• Site selection September 2005
• Literature Survey December 2005
• (gt22 institutions in Gujrat, Lahore,
• Faisalabad, Rawalpindi Islamabad)
• GECAFS grant meeting December 2005
• (Kathmandu)
• Initial report February 2006
• Field Survey April-May 2006

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• Field Studies
• (On Vulnerability Assessment)

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Purpose of Field Survey

• To fill the data gaps remained during literature
  review
• To collect primary, secondary data at household
  and district level.
• To validate the existing printed data on the food
  systems of Gujrat
• To enhance the understanding of food system by
  meetings with different officials of the Gujrat
  district.

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Methods for Vulnerability Assessment

• Macro-level quantitative vulnerability assessment
• Vulnerability of production to temp. stress
• Vulnerability of production to water stress
• Vulnerability to trade liberalization?
• SWOT analysis of existing food system

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Methodology for Data Collection

• Field Surveys
• Questionnaire/interview sessions with local
  communities
• Agro-economic Survey
• Poverty and vulnerability survey
• Health Survey
• Food system characterization survey
• Focused Group Discussions, with
• Producers
• Landless Rural Households
• Wholesalers
• Retailers
• Processors
• Government Department
• District Administration
• Data digitization analysis

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Villages surveyed

• Tehsil Gujrat
• Chak Chaudhowal
• Makiana
• Mesi
• Tehsil Kharian
• Amra Kalan
• Kotwal
• Dabu barsala
• Tehsil Serai Alamgir
• Baisa
• Natha Qureshi

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Sample farms selected from Gujrat on the basis of
source of irrigation
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Urban Consumers
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Rural Consumers
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Outcomes

• Will be discussed in
• Mapping of the food matrix
• Vulnerability analysis presentations

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• Thanks