{"id":277,"date":"2026-04-11T17:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T17:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldprefers.com\/?p=277"},"modified":"2026-04-11T17:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T17:35:13","slug":"islamic-development-bank-feasibility-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldprefers.com\/?p=277","title":{"rendered":"Islamic\u202fDevelopment\u202fBank Feasibility Study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sustainable Development of MiniDam Command Areas, Pothohar (Feb\u202f2018\u202f\u2013\u202fAug\u202f2019)<br>Covering 1,341 minidams and 26,500\u202fha across Jhelum, Chakwal, Rawalpindi, Attock and the Islamabad Capital Territory, this IsDBfinanced study set out a roadmap to modernise Pakistan\u2019s largest hilltorrent microstorage network.<br>AAS Contribution<br>Focus What We Delivered<br>Agroecological analysis \u2022 Benchmarked crop, livestock, and waterproductivity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mapped biomass potential, grazing capacity, runoff and sediment loads<br>Dam performance &amp; upgrade planning \u2022 Assessed structural life and sediment threats<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Issued design\/retrofit guidelines and operating rules for safe flood passage, runoff storage and conjunctive use with rainfall<br>Sustainability package \u2022 \u201cLiving with hillslope water\u201d practices: rainwater harvesting, costeffective spillways, solarpowered precision irrigation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Olive and grape orchards for unproductive slopes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Watersaving technologies to raise productivity<br>Stakeholder engagement \u2022 Strategy that unified 10+ public, private\u202f&amp; NGO partners<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Multidistrict consultations and capacitybuilding workshops for farmers and line departments<br>Outcome<br>A practical, climatesmart blueprint that protects watersheds, extends dam life, and unlocks higher, more resilient incomes for smallholders across the Pothohar Plateau.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>World\u202fBank\u202f|\u202fIndus Basin Groundwater Analysis<br>June\u202f2018\u202f\u2013\u202fJuly\u202f2019<br>AAS\u2019s experts, in an equal partnership with Ecoseal\u202fAustralia, delivered the first basinwide appraisal of groundwater across Khyber\u202fPakhtunkhwa, Punjab, and Sindh.<br>\u2981 Mapped the aquifers and their economic value\u2014revealing where depletion threatens food and water security.<br>\u2981 Identified critical data and governance gaps that hinder sustainable management.<br>\u2981 Cocrafted an investment and reform roadmap for federal and provincial agencies to stabilize and recharge the resource.<br>The findings\u2014published by the World\u202fBank as a flagship knowledge product\u2014now shape Pakistan\u2019s groundwater policy and investment agenda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sustainable Development of MiniDam Command Areas, Pothohar (Feb\u202f2018\u202f\u2013\u202fAug\u202f2019)Covering 1,341 minidams and 26,500\u202fha across Jhelum, Chakwal, Rawalpindi, Attock and the Islamabad Capital Territory, this IsDBfinanced study set out a roadmap to modernise Pakistan\u2019s largest hilltorrent microstorage network.AAS ContributionFocus What We DeliveredAgroecological analysis \u2022 Benchmarked crop, livestock, and waterproductivity World\u202fBank\u202f|\u202fIndus Basin Groundwater AnalysisJune\u202f2018\u202f\u2013\u202fJuly\u202f2019AAS\u2019s experts, in an equal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldprefers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldprefers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldprefers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldprefers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldprefers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=277"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/worldprefers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279,"href":"https:\/\/worldprefers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions\/279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldprefers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldprefers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldprefers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldprefers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}