SPATE irrigation is a system for management and use of rainwater and hill torrents that is unique to semi-arid environments. Under this system, earthen diversion weirs are constructed across the hill ...

Spate irrigation is the largest source of irrigation after conventional irrigation based on Indus basin but is neglected from the mainstream development. Farmers can irrigate 1.7 million hectares ...

Spate irrigation is an ancient practice by which floodwater is diverted from its river bed and channeled to basins where it is used to irrigate crops and feed drinking-water ponds, serve forest and ...

Vice Chancellor Mehran University of Engineering & Technology (MUET) Professor Dr Mohammad Aslam Uqaili said that one must come out from one's comfort zones of life to become successful scientist and ...

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has recently approved the grant proposal of UNESCO-IHE, Meta Meta and ICRAF for spate irrigation for rural economic growth. The 2015-2017 ...

Like many other parts of the country, Dera Ismail Khan has been badly affected by the recent floods. The devastation is worse than that caused by floods in 2010. The main reason of heavy floods was ...