Water use and deprivation potential for sugarcane cultivation in Pakistan

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Author list: Nageen Farooq;Nageen Farooq;Shabbir H. Gheewala;Shabbir H. Gheewala

Publication year: 2019

Journal: Journal of Sustainable Energy and Environment (1906-4918)

Volume number: 10

Issue number: 2

Start page: 33

End page: 39

ISSN: 1906-4918

URL: http://jseejournal.com/journal.php?id=42

Abstract

Due to population growth and economic development, the demand for the agricultural production is increasing rapidly leading to an accelerating pressure on the existing water resources. Sugarcane is an important cash crop of Pakistan; it is a water intensive crop and grown in the watershed of the Indus river. In this study, the impact of water use in terms of water deprivation has been estimated by using water stress index of the Indus watershed. The results revealed that a large amount of water ranging between 14,625 to 27,529 m3

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Pakistan, water derivation