Impact of Irrigation Water Scarcity on Rural Household Food Security, Income and Poverty Levels in Pakistan
2017
Rahut, Dil Bahadur | Ali, Akhter | Behera, Bhagirath | Aryal, Jeetendra
Pakistan is currently facing severe shortage of irrigation water. Current study is based on comprehensive cross sectional data set collected from 950 farmers from all the four majorprovinces of Pakistan. The paper analyzes the determinants of water scarcity and its impact oncereal crops yield (wheat, maize and rice), household income, food security and poverty levelsby employing the propensity score matching approach. The empirical analysis indicated thatfarmers with water scarcity problem have lower yield (wheat, maize and rice) and householdincome and are food insecure. Poverty levels were higher in the range of 7-12% for thehousehold facing water scarcity problem. Policy implications of the study is that public andprivate sector in Pakistan needs to invest in irrigation water management to maintain theproductivity of cereal crops which is important for household food security and povertyreduction.
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