By Saleem Shaikh and Sughra Tunio Young farmer Baskiya was overcome with grief when she saw most of her near-harvest maize crop badly blighted by unwanted rainfall and gusty winds. She had sown maize on half an acre in June in Danyore, a scenic mountain village to the north of River Gilgit, few kms from Gilgit town in remote northern Pakistan. The River Gilgit, in Upper Indus Basin area, is main tributary of the Indus River. While her crop was few days away from harvest, sudden rains and stormy winds late night of 13 September dampened her hopes for robust harvest from her crop. “On September 12, it was a perfect sunny day and weather was absolutely clear. There were no chances for any rain. So much so, I had given last round of...
October 6, 2013 at 7:45 pm | News Desk