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Did they complete their projects??
Pakistan needs more trees.
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Did they complete their projects??
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That's because the projects did not start and the money went into corrupt politicians
pockets.
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Trees Provide Income and Preserve Land in Pakistan
Project Result / Case Study
In Rahdari village in Punjab's Khushab district, farmers have taken up growing trees as a cash crop on barani, or rain-fed lands, where yields were often uncertain and usually poor.
"It's like a bank account but with a difference," says a beaming Ramzan, 36, referring to the trees he planted 5 years ago on half a hectare of land. "You water the trees and see them grow every day. And when you need the cash, you cut the tree and sell the wood."
"A friend of mine has bought a car by selling wood and now earns money from the car by using it as a taxi," added Ramzan. "Many other families that I know are now able to send their children to school thanks to the additional income provided by the trees."
This was not always the case. Parts of Punjab, Pakistan's most populous province, suffer frequent droughts and low crop yields. Not long ago, the Khushab district was a barren land threatened by the advancing desert where wood was a rare commodity. An ADB project, however, has been literally planting seeds of change in the area. The results are now plain for all to see.
Changing the barani landscape
Loss of productive land to water and wind erosion often threatened the food security of villagers in Punjab. Widespread loss of shrub and vegetation in the sandy pastures also made livestock production challenging.
Against such a dismal backdrop, an ADB project presented a community-based development model, involving the communities and government and non-government organizations as implementers. The goal of the Sustainable Livelihood in Barani Areas Project was to raise the quality of life of the poorest and most vulnerable families in the targeted areas.
"Now every family sets aside a piece of land for planting trees. This practice not only stabilizes the sand dunes, but also gives them cash and food security."
- Ghulam Rasool, regional manager of the National Rural Support Program
"The first time I came here to meet the communities was about 5 years ago. I was astonished to see the barren land except for some bushes and old trees, locally called kagali, here and there. It was like a treeless plateau that came to life once a year when and if it rained," says Ghulam Rasool, regional manager of the National Rural Support Program. Rasool is from the Hunza region in the northern most part of Pakistan, an equally dry but mountainous region where communities religiously plant and protect trees as life-nourishing assets.
Timber from Rahdari village in Punjab’s Khushab district is transported to pulp and matchstick-making factories in other parts of the province.
"But now every family sets aside a piece of land for planting trees. This practice not only stabilizes the sand dunes, but also gives them cash and food security," he says, pointing to the rows of eucalyptus across the rolling sand dunes.
Villagers along the Chenab-Jhelum link canal in Noorpur Thal, Khushab district benefited in particular from planting eucalyptus. Ground water level had risen after the canal was built about a decade ago in the sandy region. Eucalyptus, a fast-growing and water-consuming plant, helped keep the water table down for over 26,000 farmers in waterlogged areas. The farmers planted saplings on more than 2,000 hectares of sandy fields and shelter beds.
"Planting trees on 1 acre saved 5 acres of land (about 2 hectares). Besides, the income these plants are providing are vital for me and my family," says 82-year-old farmer Allah Yar, who is now sick and unable to work in the fields. His son sold some trees for 29 thousand rupees to buy medicine for Yar and other needs of the family.
A lucrative venture
When the project was launched, the 10 barani districts had a population of 3.2 million in its 2,500 villages, spanning 200 local administrative units called the union council. At that time, about 47% of the people were living below the poverty line and around 50% of the children above 5 years old had never been to school.
The community forestry initiative now earns about $1 million a year, mainly through the sale of eucalyptus to local wood traders who sell to them to different users, including the construction, matchstick, and paper-making industries. The wood is also being used to make logs, brushes, and pulps.
The plantations have increased fodder supply for cattle. Many villagers also use the wood as fuel for heating in winter and for cooking purposes. Following the project's success, villagers planted more than 1,000 hectares with their own resources in the Noorpur Thal area alone. Many of these have been leased to the matchstick and pulp industry as captive plantations.
Allah Yar, 82, (right) and his family rest under the shade of a tree. By planting eucalyptus trees on their land, they are earning more money and helping protect their land from waterlogging.
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Under the ADB-funded Sustainable Livelihood in Barani Areas Project, farmers in Punjab province are growing trees, such as eucalyptus, as a cash crop on rain-fed lands. Photo: Mohammad Ismail Khan/ ADB.
In Rahdari village in Punjab's Khushab district, farmers have taken up growing trees as a cash crop on barani, or rain-fed lands, where yields were often uncertain and usually poor.
"It's like a bank account but with a difference," says a beaming Ramzan, 36, referring to the trees he planted 5 years ago on half a hectare of land. "You water the trees and see them grow every day. And when you need the cash, you cut the tree and sell the wood."
"A friend of mine has bought a car by selling wood and now earns money from the car by using it as a taxi," added Ramzan. "Many other families that I know are now able to send their children to school thanks to the additional income provided by the trees."
This was not always the case. Parts of Punjab, Pakistan's most populous province, suffer frequent droughts and low crop yields. Not long ago, the Khushab district was a barren land threatened by the advancing desert where wood was a rare commodity. An ADB project, however, has been literally planting seeds of change in the area. The results are now plain for all to see.
Changing the barani landscape
Loss of productive land to water and wind erosion often threatened the food security of villagers in Punjab. Widespread loss of shrub and vegetation in the sandy pastures also made livestock production challenging.
Against such a dismal backdrop, an ADB project presented a community-based development model, involving the communities and government and non-government organizations as implementers. The goal of the Sustainable Livelihood in Barani Areas Project was to raise the quality of life of the poorest and most vulnerable families in the targeted areas.
"Now every family sets aside a piece of land for planting trees. This practice not only stabilizes the sand dunes, but also gives them cash and food security."
- Ghulam Rasool, regional manager of the National Rural Support Program
"The first time I came here to meet the communities was about 5 years ago. I was astonished to see the barren land except for some bushes and old trees, locally called kagali, here and there. It was like a treeless plateau that came to life once a year when and if it rained," says Ghulam Rasool, regional manager of the National Rural Support Program. Rasool is from the Hunza region in the northern most part of Pakistan, an equally dry but mountainous region where communities religiously plant and protect trees as life-nourishing assets.
Timber from Rahdari village in Punjab’s Khushab district is transported to pulp and matchstick-making factories in other parts of the province.
"But now every family sets aside a piece of land for planting trees. This practice not only stabilizes the sand dunes, but also gives them cash and food security," he says, pointing to the rows of eucalyptus across the rolling sand dunes.
Villagers along the Chenab-Jhelum link canal in Noorpur Thal, Khushab district benefited in particular from planting eucalyptus. Ground water level had risen after the canal was built about a decade ago in the sandy region. Eucalyptus, a fast-growing and water-consuming plant, helped keep the water table down for over 26,000 farmers in waterlogged areas. The farmers planted saplings on more than 2,000 hectares of sandy fields and shelter beds.
"Planting trees on 1 acre saved 5 acres of land (about 2 hectares). Besides, the income these plants are providing are vital for me and my family," says 82-year-old farmer Allah Yar, who is now sick and unable to work in the fields. His son sold some trees for 29 thousand rupees to buy medicine for Yar and other needs of the family.
A lucrative venture
When the project was launched, the 10 barani districts had a population of 3.2 million in its 2,500 villages, spanning 200 local administrative units called the union council. At that time, about 47% of the people were living below the poverty line and around 50% of the children above 5 years old had never been to school.
The community forestry initiative now earns about $1 million a year, mainly through the sale of eucalyptus to local wood traders who sell to them to different users, including the construction, matchstick, and paper-making industries. The wood is also being used to make logs, brushes, and pulps.
The plantations have increased fodder supply for cattle. Many villagers also use the wood as fuel for heating in winter and for cooking purposes. Following the project's success, villagers planted more than 1,000 hectares with their own resources in the Noorpur Thal area alone. Many of these have been leased to the matchstick and pulp industry as captive plantations.
Allah Yar, 82, (right) and his family rest under the shade of a tree. By planting eucalyptus trees on their land, they are earning more money and helping protect their land from waterlogging.
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WALNUTS IS GOLD OF PAKISTAN
By Waseem Ahmed, Dr. Saeed Ahmad, Imtiaz Hussain, Rasheed Ahmed and Dr. Liaqat Ali
Walnut belongs to the family Juglandaceae and genus Juglans. The family consists of about 60 species, 21 of which are placed in the genus Juglans. Walnut tree is medium to large with spreading crown. Nuts are borne singly or in clusters and a green, fleshy husk surrounds it, which splits irregularly at maturity. Walnut growing is extremely sensitive to soil conditions and should only be planted on the most suitable frost free, fertile, well drained and deeply rootable sites. The wood of walnut is considered as one of the most valuable woods in the world for high-grade furniture and joinery. Walnuts consist of mostly omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids, which are essential dietary fatty acids and helps in the prevention of coronary heart disease.
Walnuts are used in cakes and toffees. It is specially used in making traditional sweets/desserts, breads, muffins and cookies. They are rich in oil content and are used in cookery, as in garnishing sometimes and could be eaten plain as well. In some countries the walnuts are preserved in vinegar, they are called ‘pickled walnuts’. Walnuts along with olive oil help in reducing the inflammation in the arteries after meals which can cause heart diseases. The Black walnut is of high flavor, but due to its hard shell and poor hulling characteristics it is not grown commercially for nut production.
The commercially produced walnut varieties are nearly all hybrids of the English walnut. Walnuts are one of the several high nutrient density foods. About 100 grams of walnuts contain 15.2 gram protein, 65.2 gram fat, and 6.7 gram dietary fiber. The protein in walnuts provides many essential amino acids. Compared to certain other nuts, such as almonds, peanuts and hazelnuts, walnuts (especially in their raw form) contain the highest total level of antioxidants, including both free antioxidants and antioxidants bound to fiber. These specially charter help for prevention of different disease in body. It’s a big source for removal of reactive oxygen species. Walnut tree provides timber and barks.
Walnut timber and bark are used in making of local furniture and cleaning of teeth. The leaves of black walnut are used for treatment of ringworm, to make a green dye, and as an insecticide. Walnut helps control cholesterol level, strengthens walls of blood vessels and prevents diabetes, supports immune system, helps improve memory and speeds up recovery after serious operation.
Quality black walnut wood demands high market prices for many uses including furniture, cabinets, interior architectural woodwork and flooring. The furniture made from walnut wood is considered as the most costly furniture. In Pakistan, generally walnuts are propagated through seed that come into bearing after 8-10 years and optimum yield is not expected until the plant reaches the age of 12-15 years. In contrast, the grafted plants come into bearing within a period of 3-5 years and reaches optimum production after 6-8 years. However, the main problem in the region is the non-availability of grafted plants, as walnut is very difficult to propagate asexually. Not all scion varieties show similar response to graft take success. But the lack of official support and negligence, deforestation, non-plantation of new trees and attack of stem-borer has endangered this great agricultural asset; fortunately Pakistan is rich in the production of walnut.
A large number of walnut trees are present in the areas of Galliat, Abbotabad, Swat, Dir, Shangla, Buner, and Chitral. If these tree species are properly cared on government level, they are not less than for the gold economy of the country. In my opinion, Pakistan still has a lot of uncultivated land and land unutilized we term as culturable waste. The genetically superior walnut tree can be grown in any soil and climate under a well-drained soil condition. This commercial tree is highly suitable for cultivation in central and northwestern provinces of Pakistan. The tree has several harvests and is the fastest growing tree; it may grow 30 to 40 feet in a single season in some regions of the world. It has huge benefits of bringing rain in the area.
The government needs to provide expert advice, walnut saplings and seeds, pesticides/insecticides to farmers to grow more trees. Walnut depending on its quality and taste is sold at Rs 30,000-35,000/50kg in the market. The brighter the kernel, the better is the price earn by famer. So the local communities should pay attention towards cultivation of this tree in their orchards and left over patches and the government must take steps towards the development and care of these species present in wild lands and forest areas so that with too many benefits and huge importance, they can really appear as gold for our country.
The writers are associated with the Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agricultural Faisalabad, Pakistan.
By Waseem Ahmed, Dr. Saeed Ahmad, Imtiaz Hussain, Rasheed Ahmed and Dr. Liaqat Ali
Walnut belongs to the family Juglandaceae and genus Juglans. The family consists of about 60 species, 21 of which are placed in the genus Juglans. Walnut tree is medium to large with spreading crown. Nuts are borne singly or in clusters and a green, fleshy husk surrounds it, which splits irregularly at maturity. Walnut growing is extremely sensitive to soil conditions and should only be planted on the most suitable frost free, fertile, well drained and deeply rootable sites. The wood of walnut is considered as one of the most valuable woods in the world for high-grade furniture and joinery. Walnuts consist of mostly omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids, which are essential dietary fatty acids and helps in the prevention of coronary heart disease.
Walnuts are used in cakes and toffees. It is specially used in making traditional sweets/desserts, breads, muffins and cookies. They are rich in oil content and are used in cookery, as in garnishing sometimes and could be eaten plain as well. In some countries the walnuts are preserved in vinegar, they are called ‘pickled walnuts’. Walnuts along with olive oil help in reducing the inflammation in the arteries after meals which can cause heart diseases. The Black walnut is of high flavor, but due to its hard shell and poor hulling characteristics it is not grown commercially for nut production.
The commercially produced walnut varieties are nearly all hybrids of the English walnut. Walnuts are one of the several high nutrient density foods. About 100 grams of walnuts contain 15.2 gram protein, 65.2 gram fat, and 6.7 gram dietary fiber. The protein in walnuts provides many essential amino acids. Compared to certain other nuts, such as almonds, peanuts and hazelnuts, walnuts (especially in their raw form) contain the highest total level of antioxidants, including both free antioxidants and antioxidants bound to fiber. These specially charter help for prevention of different disease in body. It’s a big source for removal of reactive oxygen species. Walnut tree provides timber and barks.
Walnut timber and bark are used in making of local furniture and cleaning of teeth. The leaves of black walnut are used for treatment of ringworm, to make a green dye, and as an insecticide. Walnut helps control cholesterol level, strengthens walls of blood vessels and prevents diabetes, supports immune system, helps improve memory and speeds up recovery after serious operation.
Quality black walnut wood demands high market prices for many uses including furniture, cabinets, interior architectural woodwork and flooring. The furniture made from walnut wood is considered as the most costly furniture. In Pakistan, generally walnuts are propagated through seed that come into bearing after 8-10 years and optimum yield is not expected until the plant reaches the age of 12-15 years. In contrast, the grafted plants come into bearing within a period of 3-5 years and reaches optimum production after 6-8 years. However, the main problem in the region is the non-availability of grafted plants, as walnut is very difficult to propagate asexually. Not all scion varieties show similar response to graft take success. But the lack of official support and negligence, deforestation, non-plantation of new trees and attack of stem-borer has endangered this great agricultural asset; fortunately Pakistan is rich in the production of walnut.
A large number of walnut trees are present in the areas of Galliat, Abbotabad, Swat, Dir, Shangla, Buner, and Chitral. If these tree species are properly cared on government level, they are not less than for the gold economy of the country. In my opinion, Pakistan still has a lot of uncultivated land and land unutilized we term as culturable waste. The genetically superior walnut tree can be grown in any soil and climate under a well-drained soil condition. This commercial tree is highly suitable for cultivation in central and northwestern provinces of Pakistan. The tree has several harvests and is the fastest growing tree; it may grow 30 to 40 feet in a single season in some regions of the world. It has huge benefits of bringing rain in the area.
The government needs to provide expert advice, walnut saplings and seeds, pesticides/insecticides to farmers to grow more trees. Walnut depending on its quality and taste is sold at Rs 30,000-35,000/50kg in the market. The brighter the kernel, the better is the price earn by famer. So the local communities should pay attention towards cultivation of this tree in their orchards and left over patches and the government must take steps towards the development and care of these species present in wild lands and forest areas so that with too many benefits and huge importance, they can really appear as gold for our country.
The writers are associated with the Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agricultural Faisalabad, Pakistan.
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Pakistani Coastal line 700 km stretch needs Coconut plantation
They require little water and fantastic source for food for poor
Also the cooking oil can be used locally
Dwarf Coconut trees yeild tones of eatable goods
Natural Coconut trees also add to beauti of the natural coast line
Also Date Tree Plantation in Baluchistan Area can 100% succeed due to low requirement of water for these trees
In Middle east water recovered from recycling is used for plants , as they have huge waste cleanup plants , and clean water is generated which most gets used to irrigate the trees planted across the highways or streets by tankers
In Pakistan we don't have culture of recycling water from Waste for Plant the water is 99.9% chemically clean water
Views from Desert Saudia
Just a little planning an some smart distribution of water
Images from largest date market in Saudia tremendous yeild great source food
They require little water and fantastic source for food for poor
- Coconut oil can be used for cooking
- Coconut meat (white stuff) can be added in food for nutrition
- Water is best source of water
Also the cooking oil can be used locally
Dwarf Coconut trees yeild tones of eatable goods
Natural Coconut trees also add to beauti of the natural coast line
Also Date Tree Plantation in Baluchistan Area can 100% succeed due to low requirement of water for these trees
In Middle east water recovered from recycling is used for plants , as they have huge waste cleanup plants , and clean water is generated which most gets used to irrigate the trees planted across the highways or streets by tankers
In Pakistan we don't have culture of recycling water from Waste for Plant the water is 99.9% chemically clean water
Views from Desert Saudia
Just a little planning an some smart distribution of water
Images from largest date market in Saudia tremendous yeild great source food
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