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The Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Productivity Improvement Project (PIPIP) has been designed to maximize productivity of available water by adopting a complete On Farm Water Management (OFWM) technological package for minimizing water losses at various levels of tertiary conveyance network and improving its application efficiency at the farm level. The PIPIP foresees an integrated development approach, envisages upgrading/developing unimproved and partially improved watercourses/irrigation schemes, promotion of high efficiency water conserving technologies like sprinkler/drip irrigation systems, LASER land leveling, capacity building of all stakeholders, and undertaking action research for acquisition, indigenization and pilot testing of improved water management interventions to suit the local conditions. The project has been sponsored by Government of the Punjab and World Bank through Agriculture Department and is to be implemented in six (06) years (2011-12 to 2016-17) throughout Punjab. |
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