Drought conditions jeopardise agriculture

Drought conditions jeopardise agriculture

"Where there is water, there is life." The deepest implications of this adage could best be understood by the hapless farmers in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, who in the absence of other sources of income, rely predominantly on rainfall to determine the earnings of their cultivation season. Like other parts of the country, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) has faced an alarming lack of rainfall during the past few months. According to the Meteorological Department…