The Water Management Wing of Agriculture Department has the following main functions and objectives
Functions
- Organization and registration of water users associations (WUAs)
- Renovation, rehabilitation, and improvement of watercourses
- Strengthening of precision land leveling services in the private sector
- Promotion of high efficiency pressurized (drip and sprinkler) irrigation systems
- Provision of solar sytem with High Efficiency Irrigation Systems
- Provision of subsidy on installation of Tunnes with High Efficiency Irrigation Systems
- Development of small scale irrigation schemes in non-canal commanded areas
- Construction of water storage ponds / tanks
- Provision of on-farm surface drainage facilities
- Identification, acquisition, pilot testing/ evaluation, indigenization, and promotion/up-scaling of the latest irrigation water management interventions/ technologies through adaptive research
- Capacity building of stakeholders (technical staff, trainers / extension workers and farmers) in improved water management interventions
- Coordination with international, regional, national and provincial organizations as well as Research, Extension and Field wings of Punjab Agriculture Department for irrigation water management technology transfer
Objectives
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Irrigation Efficiency
Increase efficiency of tertiary (community watercourses) and quaternary (farm channels) level irrigation conveyance network
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Water Productivity
Enhance water productivity by producing more crop per drop
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OFWM Service Delivery
Create sustainable mechanisms for irrigation service delivery in the private sector
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Farmers/ Community Mobilization
Mobilize farmers and farming communities to share investment costs for development, improvement, and management of farm level irrigation infrastructure