Feasibility Study of (30,000 Ha) Land Watersheds Management through establishment of Almond and Cultivation of Saffron in Pashtun Zarghun District of Herat Province
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Detail of Assignment
Qualities Survey
Conducted KII’s with local, national, and international level traders of saffron and almond, used OKD application for data collection.
Conducted KII’s with local enterprisers/ buyers and sellers of saffron and almonds, used OKD application for data collection.
Conducted KII’s with almond and saffron farmers.
Conducted KII’s with Local officials who are included leader farmers, CDC members, DDA members and DAIL team, used OKD application for data collection.
Conducted KII’s with saffron and almond investors, used OKD application for data collection.
Conducted KII’s with Saffron processors, used OKD application for data collection.
Conducted Focus Group Discussion (FG) with Agro-traders, processors, Interested Investors, Experts, Farmers and others.
Analyzed and reported each enterprises and sections separately.
Quantities Survey
Conducted Focused Group Discussion (FGD) with Agro-traders, processors, Interested Investors, Experts, Farmers and others related groups, used OKD application for data collection.
Social & Environmental Assessment:
Conducted completed social household survey consider all social life effected factors, like occupations, access to local market, education and health services, economic condition of people and others.
Used OKD applications for data collection.
Conducted completed environmental survey, considered, natural diseases, agriculture condition, flood durations, climate condition and so more, and used OKD application for data collection.
Conducted detail resettlement survey.
Prepare separate social and environmental report.
Topographical Survey:
Conducted Field Topographical survey for all 30,000 Ha land of Pashtun Zarghun District and used D-GPS devices.
Plotting all collected data and prepared site plan, topographical plan, contour map and proposed structure plan.
Hydrological Investigation:
Investigated rainfall and prepared Rainfall Hyetographs and used SWAT, WEAP software’s.
Determined food hydrographs.
Analyzed flood frequency and use historical data.
Determined environmental and irrigation flow and use MAIL & MEW historical data.
Precipitation and Potential Evapotranspiration analyze.
Analyzed of 11 Watersheds and specification of check dams locations.
Crop Demand Analyze & Irrigation Scheduling:
Water demand analyze of saffron and almond for surface, drip and life irrigation systems.
Prepared irrigation scheduling for drip, surface and left irrigation systems.
Design and Cost Estimation of Irrigation, Water Supply, Dam & Hydro-Power Plant
Designed of Earth dam including (spillway, intakes, Gates), main canal with 60 Km length, sub-main canals, branch canals and related structures.
Designed of drip irrigation systems including water pumps, solar panels, filters, main, sub-main and lateral and drippers and other related structures for 10,000 Ha lands.
Designed of 11 Check dams and considered drip irrigation systems.
