Field Activities in Gujrat District
(Pakistan)
IGP Site 1
Dr. M. Mohsin Iqbal
Global Change Impact Studies Centre (GCISC)
GECAFS IGP CPW&F and APN Launch Workshops
Kathmandu-Nepal, June 27-30, 2006
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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
Natha Qureshi
Besa
Kotwal
Dabu Barsala
Mesi
Amra Kalan
Makiana
Chaudhowal
Agriculture in Gujrat (Area 000 ha)
Cultivated Area
171.06 (91.2%)
Total Farm
Area 187.63
Net Sown
162.19 (94.8%)
Current Fallow
8.87 (5.2%)
Waterlogged
1.78 (10.8%)
Uncultivated Area
16.57 (8.8%)
Forest
0.75 (4.5%)
Others
8.82 (53.2%)
Unculturable
5.23 (31.5%)
Sources of Water
• Canal
• Groundwater (Tube well driven)
• Rainfall
Cultivated Area Classified by Mode of
Irrigation (000 ha)
Total Cultivated area
Irrigated
Canal
Canal & Tubewell
Tubewell
Others
Rainfed
171.06
87.51 (51.6%)
12.19 (13.9%)
15.66 (17.8%)
59.73 (68.3%)
1.25 (1.4%)
83.55 (48. 4%)
Interaction of Water and Production
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Cropping pattern
Level of productivity
Cropping Intensity
Land use intensity
Soil fertility
Project Activities - (Aug 2005 to date)
• Site selection
• Literature Survey
September 2005
December 2005
(>22 institutions in Gujrat, Lahore,
Faisalabad, Rawalpindi & Islamabad)
• GECAFS grant meeting
December 2005
(Kathmandu)
• Initial report
• Field Survey
February 2006
April-May 2006
Field Studies
(On Vulnerability Assessment)
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.
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
Methodology for Data Collection
• Field Surveys
– Questionnaire/interview sessions with local communities
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Agro-economic Survey
Poverty and vulnerability survey
Health Survey
Food system characterization survey
• Focused Group Discussions, with
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Producers
Landless Rural Households
Wholesalers
Retailers
Processors
Government Department
District Administration
• Data digitization & analysis
Villages surveyed
• Tehsil Gujrat
– Chak Chaudhowal
– Makiana
– Mesi
• Tehsil Kharian
– Amra Kalan
– Kotwal
– Dabu barsala
• Tehsil Serai Alamgir
– Baisa
– Natha Qureshi
Sample farms selected from Gujrat on the basis of source of
irrigation *
Area
Type
Source
Farm category
No. of Resp.
Irrigated
High water allowance
Perennial
Canal
Small
Medium
Large
9
Irrigated
High water allowance
Perennial
Canal+
Tubewell
Small
Medium
Large
9
Irrigated
Low water Allowance
Perennial
Canal
Small
Medium
Large
9
Irrigated
Low water Allowance
Perennial
Canal+
Tubewell
Small
Medium
Large
9
Irrigated
Seasonal
Canal
Small
Medium
Large
9
Irrigated
Seasonal
Canal+
Tubewell
Small
Medium
Large
9
Non
Irrigated
Rainfed
Tubewell
Small
Medium
Large
9
Non
Irrigated
Rainfed
Rain
Small
Medium
Large
9
Urban Consumers*
Income Group
No. of
Respondents
Slum Area
7
Low income Area
7
Middle Income Area
7
High Income Area
7
Very High Income Area
7
Rural Consumers
Category
No. of
Respondents
Landless Laborers
5
Shopkeepers
5
Small Farmers
Medium Farmers
Large Farmers
Employed persons
5
5
5
5
Outcomes
Will be discussed in
Mapping of the food matrix
&
Vulnerability analysis presentations
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