Asian Advisory Services (Private) Limited

Across six Asian nations—India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam—the Asian Development Bank commissioned a landmark study to quantify cropwater productivity using remote sensing and advanced modelling.
AAS served as UNESCOIHE’s incountry partner for Pakistan, leading all field operations in the Lower Bari Doab Canal command (Punjab). Our team:
⦁ Collected and validated highresolution satellite and groundtruth data for major crops.
⦁ Applied cropgrowth and evapotranspiration models to benchmark “more crop per drop” performance.
⦁ Delivered actionable insights that now inform national waterproductivity policy and onfarm advisory tools.
⦁ Developed stepbystep protocols and handson training modules—now adopted across the region—for future assessments and capacity building.
The result: a practical decisionsupport framework helping governments optimize water allocation, boost yields, and strengthen food security.

Islamic Development Bank Feasibility Study
Sustainable Development of MiniDam Command Areas, Pothohar (Feb 2018 – Aug 2019)
Covering 1,341 minidams and 26,500 ha across Jhelum, Chakwal, Rawalpindi, Attock and the Islamabad Capital Territory, this IsDBfinanced study set out a roadmap to modernise Pakistan’s largest hilltorrent microstorage network.
AAS Contribution
Focus What We Delivered
Agroecological analysis • Benchmarked crop, livestock, and waterproductivity

• Mapped biomass potential, grazing capacity, runoff and sediment loads
  Dam performance & upgrade planning • Assessed structural life and sediment threats
• Issued design/retrofit guidelines and operating rules for safe flood passage, runoff storage and conjunctive use with rainfall
  Sustainability package • “Living with hillslope water” practices: rainwater harvesting, costeffective spillways, solarpowered precision irrigation
• Olive and grape orchards for unproductive slopes
• Watersaving technologies to raise productivity
  Stakeholder engagement • Strategy that unified 10+ public, private & NGO partners
• Multidistrict consultations and capacitybuilding workshops for farmers and line departments
  Outcome
  A practical, climatesmart blueprint that protects watersheds, extends dam life, and unlocks higher, more resilient incomes for smallholders across the Pothohar Plateau.