KARACHI
Three experts from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) are conducting water-resource workshops in Islamabad this week to support the Pakistan Water Dialogue Project. Eighty-five senior officials and technical experts from the federal and provincial ministries, universities, and NGOs are attending the events, which were organised by USDA and the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the first workshop, U.S. Embassy’s Agriculture Counselor David Williams said the Pakistan Water Dialogue Project helps farmers to more efficiently capture, store, and use water for agriculture.
For six years now, USDA, with support from the United States Agency for International Development, has worked to improve watershed rehabilitation and irrigation by promoting practices and technologies that assist in water and soil conservation.
