Agricultural Development and Vector-Borne Diseases (FAO - HABITAT - UNEP - WHO, 1996, 91 p.): Topic F: Water use in agriculture: F.17 Effects of lack of infrastructure and poor irrigation management, Pakistan

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Agricultural Development and Vector-Borne Diseases (FAO - HABITAT - UNEP - WHO, 1996, 91 p.)

Topic F: Water use in agriculture

		List of slides
		F.1 Eighty percent of freshwater use is for agriculture
		F.2 Water lifting for irrigation by human power, West Africa
		F.3 Water lifting for irrigation by human power, India
		F.4 Water lifting for irrigation by human power, China
		F.5 Water lifting for irrigation by human power, China
		F.6 Water lifting for irrigation by animal power, Egypt
		F.7 Water lifting for irrigation by tractor, Tunisia
		F.8 Lined canal and canaletti, Morocco
		F.9 Hood irrigation, Egypt
		F.10 Furrow irrigation with siphons, Tunisia
		F.11 Sprinkler irrigation, India
		F.12 Central pivot irrigation, Zambia
		F.13 Trickle or drip irrigation, bananas, Egypt
		F.14 Trickle or drip irrigation, tomatoes, Egypt
		F.15 Irrigation canal and turn-outs, Pakistan
		F.16 Effects of lack of infrastructure and poor irrigation management, Pakistan
		F.17 Effects of lack of infrastructure and poor irrigation management, Pakistan
		F.18 Waterlogged fields with crops
		F.19 Waterlogged soybeans in the USA
		F.20 Minor canal with aquatic weeds, Rahad, Sudan
		F.21 An irrigation scheme in an arid area, Chad
		F.22 Tank with dense Salvinia growth, Sri Lanka
		F.23 Water storage for drinking water and livestock
		F.24 Shallow well, Mozambique
		F.25 Improved well, Keita, Niger
		F.26 Village hand pump, Nepal
		F.27 Aquaculture, India
		F.28 Aquaculture in rice fields
		F.29 Trimming and cleaning of a fishpond

F.17 Effects of lack of infrastructure and poor irrigation management, Pakistan

Slide F.17 Effects of lack of infrastructure and poor irrigation management, Pakistan

Lack of infrastructure and poor irrigation management create environmental degradation with health risks that need no further comment. Devolution of water management responsibilities, and operation and maintenance of irrigation schemes to farmer groups is expected to improve the situation.

While collaboration between different ministries to address the environmental and health issues pertaining to inadequate irrigation water management is often hard to achieve at the central level, it is at the district level, where all sectors meet, that efforts should be made to obtain maximum benefits from rehabilitation projects. Health workers and agricultural extension workers should be mobilized to educate communities about the health risks of situations such as depicted in these slides.