Runoff farming in reducing rural poverty in Cholistan desert

Ahmad, Farooq

doi:10.1590/s1982-45132008000100012

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“…It extends about 480 km in length and 32 to 192 km in width. Cholistan Desert presents a multifarious prototype of alluvial and aeolian depositions [20-22]. …”

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A comparative ethno-botanical study of Cholistan (an arid area) and Pothwar (a semi-arid area) of Pakistan for traditional medicines

Malik

Ahmad

Sadiq

et al. 2015

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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BackgroundThe present study is intended to compare and document the therapeutic flora, their remedial use, and the traditional knowledge used frequently by the residents of the Cholistan desert and Pothwar (Potohar) Plateau of Punjab, Pakistan. The old endemic remedies of these areas are diminishing due to lack of qualitative and quantitative research.MethodsThe data was generated by unstructured-interviews, informal meetings, open-ended conversations and group discussions with local people and traditional health healers of the study area. Reported literature was also utilized.ResultsThe study recorded a list of various medicinal plants used as traditional medicines by local people. Total 86 numbers of plant species belonging to 38 families and 67 plant species belonging to 29 families have been reported in the Pothwar and Cholistan respectively. Only 10.5% of similar plant species were present in the studied areas.ConclusionThe investigation revealed that the local people of study areas inherit a rich traditional knowledge but there is great danger of losing this wealth of knowledge in the near future. Documentation of the knowledge exclusively from desert area of Cholistan, Pakistan is unique information in its nature. The study presents the undocumented knowledge worth recognition that will not only help in conservation of medicinal plant species but will highlight the pharmacological capacity for improved human healthcare regarding many common ailments.

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“…It extends about 480 km in length and 32 to 192 km in width. Cholistan Desert presents a multifarious prototype of alluvial and aeolian depositions [20-22]. …”

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confidence: 99%

A comparative ethno-botanical study of Cholistan (an arid area) and Pothwar (a semi-arid area) of Pakistan for traditional medicines

Malik

Ahmad

Sadiq

et al. 2015

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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“…Cholistan Desert is an extension of the Great Indian Desert and covering an area of 26,330 km 2 , lies within the southeast quadrant of Punjab province, placed between 27° 42' and 29° 45' North latitude and 69° 52' and 73° 05' East longitude (Ahmad, 2005;2008). The objectives of this research paper include:…”

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Spectral vegetation indices performance evaluated for Cholistan Desert

Ahmad¹

2012

J. Geogr. Reg. Plann.

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To enhance the vegetation signal in remotely sensed data and provide an approximate measure of live green vegetation, a number of spectral vegetation indices have been developed to estimate biophysical parameters of vegetation. The sensitivity of the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) to the soil background and atmospheric effects has generated an increasing interest in the development of new indices. The modified soil-adjusted vegetation index (MSAVI) and its later revision, MSAVI2, are soil-adjusted vegetation indices that seek to address some of the limitations of NDVI when applied to areas with a high degree of exposed soil surface because the reflectance of light in the red and nearinfrared (NIR) spectra can influence vegetation index values. The soil-adjusted vegetation index (SAVI) was developed as a modification of the NDVI to correct for the influence of soil brightness when vegetative cover is low. The problem with the SAVI is that it required specifying the soil-brightness correction factor L through trial-and-error based on the amount of vegetation. This article focuses on testing and comparing the sensitivity of vegetation indices to soil background effects. Five vegetation indices; NDVI, transformed normalized difference vegetation index (TNDVI), enhanced vegetation index (EVI), SAVI and MSAVI2 were quantitatively evaluated using Landsat ETM+ dataset over the Cholistan Desert to find the best vegetation index for use in sparsely vegetated semi-arid and arid tracts of Pakistan.

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“…The subsistence agriculture livelihoods of framing, livestock rearing, and other related livelihoods are directly dependent on the water sources e.g. Toba which are solely dependent on the rainfall distribution (Ahmad, 2008(Ahmad, , 2010. These natural resources are exposed too many natural threats and modern challenges and thus their livelihoods.…”

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Regional Discrepancies: Transformation of the Subsistence Livelihoods in the Cholistan Desert Region

Malik

Ali

Rahman

2019

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The Cholistan dessert is hot and dry region with two distinguished regions of Lesser and Greater Cholistan. The Lesser Cholistan is rapidly developed due to development in agriculture, infrastructure, mechanization, transfer of technology and land allotment policy. The Greater Cholistan region is least developed due to subsistence agriculture system, frequent natural hazards and epidemics outburst in the recent times. The study explores the basic causes of this discrepancies in the development of these two desert regions. The impacts of population growth, natural hazards, epidemics, modern technology, mechanization and land allotment policy are associated with transformation of subsistence livelihoods. It was found that the inhabitants of Lesser Cholistan has better adoptability capacity than Greater Cholistan due to prevailing opportunities in the policy and access to modern technology as well as least affected by natural hazards and epidemics in this desert region.

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Runoff farming in reducing rural poverty in Cholistan desert

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Cited by 10 publications

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A comparative ethno-botanical study of Cholistan (an arid area) and Pothwar (a semi-arid area) of Pakistan for traditional medicines

A comparative ethno-botanical study of Cholistan (an arid area) and Pothwar (a semi-arid area) of Pakistan for traditional medicines

Spectral vegetation indices performance evaluated for Cholistan Desert

Regional Discrepancies: Transformation of the Subsistence Livelihoods in the Cholistan Desert Region

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