FARMER FIELD DAY ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

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.

















FARMER FIELD DAY ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
FARMER FIELD DAY ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

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 J ogizai, Muzaffar
Khan, Zaman Khan and Fazal Din (Agriculture Officer).
Venue:
Cham, UC Gharwandi, District Musakhel.
Date:
7
th
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 and
management 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 rain
water

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 at
the 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
FARMER FIELD DAY ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
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.






FARMER FIELD DAY ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Proceedings of the Event:
Registration of the Participants:
Participants were registered before starting the formal proceedings of the
workshop.
Recitation from Holy Quran
The 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 J ogizai, 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:
FARMER FIELD DAY ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Identification and formulation of objectives of community water resource
management Initiatives and plan
Analysis of objectives of the initiatives (Clarity, possibility, relationship, and on the
basis 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 through
participatory 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 this
full 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.

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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 to
flood 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.






















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List of Official/ Resource Person
S. No. Name Designation
1 Mr. Murtaza J ogizai District team Leader
2 Mr. Muzaffar Khan CDMF, FAO
3 Mr. Zaman Khan CDMF, FAO
4 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 J uma Malak qalam
4 Saeed Ahmad Muhammad anwar
5 J amil 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 J an Malak Qalam
17 Ghulam Muhammad Bahar Khan
18 Safar Khan Sado Khan
19 Gulzar Rozadin
20 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 J alat Khan Ashraf
30 Rahmat Khan Char Muhammad