Scientists say Indian farmers draining Pakistan’s waters

[RazPaK]

We know that

Our output is high even on how our low resources are, meanwhile Indian farmers squander away all the water.


If we had the water we could triple the output as compared to the bhartees.

 

[Contrarian]

Acturally the scientist is standing quite neutral, water sharing is an issue between our nations.

If I were the scientist I would also bring the issue of irrigation pollution when your farmers feed too much chemical fertilizer into the land by your "efficient farming".

That is being addressed nowadays.

That happened because of subsidy distortion - a fault of the Government of India policies.
They were subsidizing Urea extra ordinarily. So farmers instead of adding different fertilizers(N: P:K) in the right ratio began massively adding Urea and did not buy the other two types of fertilizers.

This has led to severe farm land pollution and no doubt Pakistani Punjab areas would be affected as well.

However, take heart that there is a new policy, and the difference would be felt in about 10 years time as these things take time to percolate down to the least educated farmer to change his ways.

 

[Roybot]

Our output is high even on how our low resources are, meanwhile Indian farmers squander away all the water.


If we had the water we could triple the output as compared to the bhartees.

Its not just water, farming in the Indian Punjab is highly mechanized as compared to Pakistani Punjab. The average size of farmland is also bigger in the Indian Punjab.

Pakistani Punjab is primitive compared to the Indian Punjab.

 

[Dushmann]

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[RazPaK]

Its not just water, farming in the Indian Punjab is highly mechanized as compared to Pakistani Punjab. The average size of farmland is also bigger in the Indian Punjab.

Pakistani Punjab is primitive compared to the Indian Punjab.

When you introduce industrialized farming, you compromise quality for quantity.

Our vegetables and fruits are naturally better tasting than Indian goods.

If making money is so important, Indians may as well grow crops in green houses, but we cannot tarnish our reputation.

 

[SRP]

When you introduce industrialized farming, you compromise quality for quantity.

Our vegetables and fruits are naturally better tasting than Indian goods.

If making money is so important, Indians may as well grow crops in green houses, but we cannot tarnish our reputation.

Have you ever tasted Indian veges and fruits? How can you say that?

 

[OrionHunter]

Naturally, we Pakistani farmers are better than India counterparts.

Then why is this Pak professor raising a stink?

Let's check out what the truth is. The reasons why Pakistan is facing a water crisis are:

� Inefficient irrigation.
� Abysmal urban sanitation.
� Catastrophic environmental degradation.
� Lack of water laws to define water rights.
� Lack of a sound policy on large dams.

Pakistan's water projects mainly benefit large and wealthy farmers, even though Pakistan has approximately four million farms smaller than two hectares.

The scarcity of clean drinking water in the cities is exacerbated by a lack of waste water treatment and is a leading cause of deadly epidemics. For eg, at least 30,000 Karachiites (of whom 20,000 are children) perish each year from unsafe water.

So, instead of cribbing and blaming all and sundry except yourselves, here's the solution. In a chapter on public health, Samia Altaf, MD., in her project, A Case Study of the Health and Population Sectors in Pakistan, argues that the problem is the absence of a strong political lobby to advocate good water management practices and that no one holds Islamabad accountable for fixing the problem.

The report offers more recommendations for addressing Pakistan's water crisis:

� Invest in existing infrastructure and in modest, indigenous technology.
� Strike appropriate balances between centralized and decentralized management.
� Devote more attention to water allocation and distribution on local/individual levels.
� Understand the links between agricultural and urban water pressures.
� Embrace the role of the private sector.
� Conserve by favoring water-saving technology; less water-intensive crops; and water-conserving urban building design.
� Take immediate action. Tremendous population growth and rapidly melting glaciers in the Himalayas ensure that the crisis will deepen before it eases.

So, RazPak bhai, get moving and do something instead of bellyaching and blaming India and 'Yindoos' for everything going wrong in Pakistan!

Cheers!

 

[Roybot]

When you introduce industrialized farming, you compromise quality for quantity.

Our vegetables and fruits are naturally better tasting than Indian goods.

If making money is so important, Indians may as well grow crops in green houses, but we cannot tarnish our reputation.

Seriously? The world over is doing mechanized farming. Best quality wheat is produced in America(highly mechanized) not Pakistan.

Making money is important, duh, or are you telling me your farmers are social workers? Better tasting vegetable and fruits are not important ( not that their is any proof of Pakistani ones being better), whats important is feeding the hungry mouths, food availability.

Indian Punjab farms are more productive than Pakistani ones.

 

[Parul]

It’s just the beginning. Next thing Indians will install large Air Turbines to suck the air from the Pakistani sky. And Pakistan govt. will be watching. No electricity, no water, no air.

 

[Roybot]

It’s just the beginning. Next thing Indians will install large Air Turbines to suck the air from the Pakistani sky. And Pakistan govt. will be watching. No electricity, no water, no air.

I saw that in the comments section. Funny

 

[SRP]

It’s just the beginning. Next thing Indians will install large Air Turbines to suck the air from the Pakistani sky. And Pakistan govt. will be watching. No electricity, no water, no air.

 

[RazPaK]

Seriously? The world over is doing mechanized farming. Best quality wheat comes from.

Making money is important, duh, or are you telling me your farmers are social workers? Better tasting vegetable and fruits are not important ( not that their is any proof of Pakistani ones being better), whats important is feeding the hungry mouths, food availability.

Indian Punjab farms are more productive than Pakistani ones.

We have a reputation for organic farming. Our market demographic in the future will be different from that of India.

 

[Roybot]

We have a reputation for organic farming. Our market demographic in the future will be different from that of India.

O really? Cause I have never heard about it, is this reputation in your own head?

 

[RazPaK]

O really? Cause I have never heard about, is this reputation in your own head?

Don't sound like a scorned woman. I neither have the time or will to dig up articles for an ego boost. You can help yourself by using google though.

 

[Abingdonboy]

We have a reputation for organic farming. Our market demographic in the future will be different from that of India.

What reputation? Where? I've never heard of any such reputation. Only a fool would try and spin low productivity and inefficiency as "better quality" and better tasting fruit/veg.



Oh but naturally there is not a single area on this planet where Indians are better than Pakistanis- Pakistanis trounce India in every single field.