Back N. Khayal
IRC, 111-C Nizamani Mohalla, KTM Road, Behind Rly Staition Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan
Abstract
Agriculture is the backbone of Pakistan economy, contributing 26 percent
of the gross domestic product, employs 52 percent of labour force. provides
raw material for agriculture and related industries and the major source
of foreign exchange earning. About 75 % population live in rural areas
and depend on agriculture. Sindh province in southern Pakistan has the
problem of land degradation due to waterlogging and salinity and excess
use of chemical fertilizer and pesticide. A recent report of Pakistan Agriculture
Research Council (PARC) indicates that as many as 10,000 farmers using
pesticides were poisoned annually by the indiscriminate use in Cotton growing
rural area of Sindh. Due to excess use of chemical fertilizer and pesticide
our agriculture is more expensive and non profitable. In Sindh EM technology
has been used since 1997. Oxfam GB project undertook the introduction of
EM technology and provided some financial assistance to promote it in the
province. Oxfam trained more then 20,000 farmers and this figure has been
increased daily and more farmers use this technology and save their money
and land. In Sindh farmers use this technology through EM fermenter, EM
Bokashi, EMFPE and EM extended.