farmers field day report district musakhel balochistan pakistan

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FARMER FIELD DAY ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT




About the Project:

Balochistan Agriculture Project helps communities and individual farmers to increase

the production, sales, and revenues for crops and livestock. Activities include

introduction of new technologies and practices, improved management approaches,new varieties of crops and livestock, as well as better water management techniques.

To introduce these new approaches, the project helps set up and train community

organizations, mutual marketing organizations, and farmers marketing collectives. To

help communities increase the value of their products, the project trains farmers how

to grade, package, pack, and market their products, helps to find betterpaying

markets, and trains farmers how to work with buyers and suppliers in order to

increase sales revenues and profits. The project also seeks to increase the

participation of women in income earning activities, supports the development of

provincial agricultural policies and legal and regulatory frameworks for marketled

and community driven investments.





Introduction:

Balochistan Agriculture Project organized a Farmer Field Day on Water

Resource Management to community members of different villages of Cham Union

Council Gharwandi. This activity was facilitated by Murtaza Khan Jogizai, Muzaffar

Khan, Zaman Khan and Fazal Din (Agriculture Officer).

Venue:

Cham, UC Gharwandi, District Musakhel.

Date:

7th

May 2014

Duration:

One Day (08 working hours)

Participants:

30 Community members,

Objectives of the workshop:

The overall objective of the training is to adopt and apply WRM principles at the

community level and village level to enhance the sustainability and maximize the

impact in the service delivery programme.

To introduce the water resource management Techniques, planning,developing, distributing and managing the optimum use of water resources.

To increase the knowledge of the participants on integrated use andmanagement of community water resources without deterioration of source

and quality. To build the capacity of the participants on implementing actions to resolve

the problems related to use and management of local water resource through

proper planning.

To check fertile soil erosion through rain water and reduce the runoff of rainwater

Target group

The target group of the training on Water Resource Management: Integrated

Planning and Management at community level are community groups and

individuals directly related to water resource management at community level and atthe village level. But can also be extended to district level as relevant and

appropriate.

Expected Outcomes:

At the end of the day, the participants would have acquired the skills and

competencies to prepare a community water resources management plan and will




have understood the WRM tools and techniques to be used at least at community and

village level, which enable the participants to;

Analyze the problems of water resource management Set objectives of a community water resources management and its plan Develop a community water resources management plan by using seven point

strategy prior implementing integrated WASH activities Identify resources needed for implementing/materializing community

resources management initiatives

Identify roles and responsibilities of community members in WRM At the end of the workshop participants will have an idea about water

management.

Training Facilitator: Muzaffar Khan

Resource Persons: Fazal Din, Agriculture Officer

Event Methodology:

The workshop was designed by using the interactive techniques to encourage

participation and sharing of thoughts. The active involvement of the participants is an

indication of their learning and interest, therefore, the emphasis of all the sessions was

on encouraging the participants to share and present their ideas. Group discussions,

presentations, and brainstorming were the techniques used during the session.




Proceedings of the Event:

Registration of the Participants:

Participants were registered before starting the formal proceedings of the

workshop.

Recitation from Holy QuranThe Seminar started with the recitation of verses from the Holy Quran, by

Mulla Salam Akhund, the participant.

Inauguration of the workshop:

By inaugurating the workshop (Mr. Murtaza Khan Jogizai, District Team Leader

Food and Agriculture Organization, Musakhel) briefed the participants about the

importance of the event. He emphasized to the participants that it is need of the day to

replace the traditional system and methods for water conservation with the innovative

ones to understand them more effectively.

TOPIC 1. ICE BREAKING EXERCISE

Facilitator/Resource Person: Muzaffar Khan

Proceeding:-

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a

fire to be ignited Plutrach-An ice breaking exercise was conducted

with the participants in order to provide an

opportunity to mingle up with each other

and break the bearers of hesitation. This

exercise also provided them to know each

others that ultimately helped them to work

in the group. The participants were paired to

introduce each other. They shared each

others name, Tribes, experience, hobbies

and source of inspiration.

Why Important Water Resource Management:

Positive comments from participants side came and Muzaffar Khan shared his

experiences about water resource management. The aim behind the water resource

management techniques is the activity of planning, developing, distributing and

managing the optimum use of water resources . The training facilitator responds the

queries of the participants.

TOPIC 2. WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES, NEED AND

IMPORTANCE

Facilitator/Resource Person: Mr. Fazal Din, Agriculture Officer

Proceeding:-

Mr. Fazal Din highlighted the different water resource management techniques and

objectives:




Identification and formulation of objectives of community water resourcemanagement Initiatives and plan

Analysis of objectives of the initiatives (Clarity, possibility, relationship, and on thebasis of whether overall objectives of WRM at community/village level and plan

could be measured or not)

Farmers of different crops and orchards were briefed and practically involved throughparticipatory techniques, by introducing the aim of the activity, importance of water

and water resource management particularly in regards with agriculture and food

security and to aware the farmers concerning current condition of water worldwide

including our country. This Day offers a unique opportunity for farmers and policy

makers to learn and see irrigation

practices and cropping systems on

a farm scale that maintain or

increase crop production while

conserving water.

The resource person delivered

comprehensive and full of

knowledge session about the

importance of water, how to

conserve water for agriculture

purposes and to increase crop

production in quality means.

Water is vital for human survival, health and dignity and a fundamental resource for

human development. The world's freshwater resources are under increasing pressure.

Fresh water is a finite and vulnerable resource, essential to sustain life, development

and the environment. Water development and management should be based on a

participatory approach, involving users, planners and policymakers at all levels.

Water has an economic value in all its competing uses and should be recognised as an

economic and social good.

Treating water as an economic and social good means trying to promote higher value

uses of water, especially when there is water scarcity. This could mean favoring

industrial uses over agriculture or promoting higher value crops under irrigation. Or

decision of importing high water use crops from countries with higher rainfall rather

than trying to grow them at home where water is scarce. Water has multiple uses and

priority of use should be made, with focus on domestic use of water. However, it is

crucial in this discussion to be clear that a full economic analysis must take into

account the social costs and benefits of different water uses and not just, for example,

the value of production (crop or any other goods) per unit of water used. These social

costs (health, quality of life and support to income generation) should be accounted

for in a proper economic analysis and recently, to emphasize the importance of thisfull accounting, it has become more common to talk of managing water as an

economic and social good. On this understanding it is commonly recognized that the

highest value use of water is always going to be domestic water supply, and there are

high costs for the economy (e.g. expenses in health care) when supplies fail. Another

important point is that treating water as an economic good, or recognizing the value of

its use, does not necessarily mean that this value should be passed on to all water

users as a direct tariff.




He asked that farmers have best experiences in farming but sometimes they provide

much water to their crops and orchards which affect their farms and causes

exploitation of water and production of crop. Furthermore he envisaged that to

conserve water farmers should own different irrigation system such as drip irrigation

system which conserves 50% of water and increases crop production as compare toflood irrigation system. Moreover he also explained bubbler and other irrigation

system and briefed the participants regarding theirs benefits.

Farmers participated keenly in the activity and asked different questions regarding

water management and water conservation which were answered in detail by the

water management officer, they also showed interest to know how to increase crop

production and improve its quality. At the end farmers greeted FAO and suggested to

arrange such a meaningful activities in future.




List of Official/ Resource Person

S. No. Name Designation

1 Mr. Murtaza Jogizai District team Leader

2 Mr. Muzaffar Khan CDMF, FAO

3 Mr. Zaman Khan CDMF, FAO4 Mr. Fazal Din RP/Agriculture Department

5 Mr. Ziaullah Driver, FAO

Community Members

S. No. Member Name Father's Name

1 Abdul Salam Ghulam Muhammad

2 Abdul Ghaffar Salih Muhammad

3 Malak Juma Malak qalam

4 Saeed Ahmad Muhammad anwar

5 Jamil Khan Saffar khan

6 Muslihdin Rozadin

7 Saeed gul Abdul Ghafoor

8 Fazal Raz Muhammad

9 Adam khan Sado khan

10 Baran Niaz muhammad

11 Rahim gul khan gul

12 Akhtar muhammad Ghulam muhammad

13 Essa khan Ashraf

14 Ramzan Mahiran

15 saffar Muhammad Shin

16 Abdullah Jan Malak Qalam

17 Ghulam Muhammad Bahar Khan

18 Safar Khan Sado Khan

19 Gulzar Rozadin20 Faizullah Ghulam Muhammad

21 Muhammad Yasin Shin

22 Qadar Khan Ashraf

23 Rozadin Raz Muhammad

24 Rozi Khan Sado Khan

25 Niaz Muhammad Bahar Khan

26 Muhammad Qabool Abdul karim

27 Rahim Abdul Ghafor

28 Nasar Niaz muhammad

29 Jalat Khan Ashraf

30 Rahmat Khan Char Muhammad

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