Climate Change and Agricultural Transformation in Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan: A Commune-Scientific Perception

Author: Shafeeqa Batool, Tika Khan, Rehmat Karim, Muhammad Zafar, Sultan Ahmed

ijeab doi crossref DOI: 10.22161/ijeab/1.4.39

Keyword: Agro-pastoral, agricultural produce, agricultural yield, adaptation strategies, livelihood, global warming.

Abstract: Climatic change is no more a theoretical paradigm but a scientific fact now. Its men fed incubation period has over and symptoms are evident not only across highland glaciated areas like Shigar Valley, Baltistan and rest of the world but also downstream areas. Communities living in Shigar Valley are agro-pastoral and depend on snow and glacier meld water for agriculture and other domestic uses. Their principal agriculture produce consists upon wheat, buck wheat and barley. Study revealed that over the last thirty years, inhabitants have gone through a transition towards new adaptation approaches caused by climate change in the valley. With a decline and decrease in glacial mass and agricultural produce local inhabitants seek more employments and off-farm activities rather than spending their time on fields. Temperature has increased and experienced throughout the year has winter has become short and mild followed by warmer prolonged summer experiencing 40°C+ hotness which previous generations has never experienced in their life time. A marking shift of 7-15 days of flowering time is visible. Rainfall has highly increased in its intensity during spring followed by winter. Snowfall has a marking shift from little fall in winter towards heavy fall in spring followed by an increase in monsoon flooding, floral diseases and fuel consumption. Vegetation cover has declined more near village as compared to pastures. Crop sowing, harvesting and snow melt periods have prolonged. Avian, mammalian and herpeto fauna have declined in terms of their species richness and population equally. A change impacting rural livelihood and food insecurity is visible. In a prevailing situation innovative folk wisdom grounded mitigation and adaptation strategies are needed.

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Shafeeqa Batool, Tika Khan, Rehmat Karim, Muhammad Zafar, Sultan Ahmed et al."Climate Change and Agricultural Transformation in Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan: A Commune-Scientific Perception". International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878),vol 1, no. 4, 2016, pp.0902-0906 AI Publications doi:10.22161/ijeab/1.4.39

APA

Shafeeqa Batool, Tika Khan, Rehmat Karim, Muhammad Zafar, Sultan Ahmed, P.(2016).Climate Change and Agricultural Transformation in Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan: A Commune-Scientific Perception. International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).1(4), 0902-0906.10.22161/ijeab/1.4.39

Chicago

Shafeeqa Batool, Tika Khan, Rehmat Karim, Muhammad Zafar, Sultan Ahmed, P.(2016).Climate Change and Agricultural Transformation in Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan: A Commune-Scientific Perception. International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).1(4), pp.0902-0906.

Harvard

Shafeeqa Batool, Tika Khan, Rehmat Karim, Muhammad Zafar, Sultan Ahmed. 2016."Climate Change and Agricultural Transformation in Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan: A Commune-Scientific Perception". International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).1(4):0902-0906.Doi:10.22161/ijeab/1.4.39

IEEE

Shafeeqa Batool, Tika Khan, Rehmat Karim, Muhammad Zafar, Sultan Ahmed."Climate Change and Agricultural Transformation in Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan: A Commune-Scientific Perception", International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology,vol.1,no. 4, pp.0902-0906,2016.

Bibtex

@article { shafeeqabatool2016climate,
title={Climate Change and Agricultural Transformation in Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan: A Commune-Scientific Perception},
author={Shafeeqa Batool, Tika Khan, Rehmat Karim, Muhammad Zafar, Sultan Ahmed , R},
journal={International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology},
volume={1},
year= {2016} ,
}