Barani areas require resources to harvest rainwater for improving agriculture, alleviate poverty
(WorldNews Pakistan)

MULTAN, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th Jan, 2021 ) :Directorate of Soil Conservation, Field Wing of Punjab Agriculture Department developed more than 3000 water harvesting bodies having live storage capacity of 0.1-million-acre feet in Barani areas of the province, however there was still much potential to conserve rainwater for enhanced agricultural production and alleviating poverty. This was disclosed by DG Field Agriculture Ghulam Siddique while talking to APP.He remarked that country was facing the issue of water crisis mainly due to climate change and mismanagement of available water resources. According to a report of an international body,Pakistan is the 14th most water...