Now a day’s rains, hailstorm destroys Wheat crop on hundreds of acres in arid and irrigated areas of Punjab Pakistan and still have to face rainfall for two more weeks. Wheat crop is almost ready and at harvesting stage and threshing actions. How we can overcome the future disaster risks?
With current technology we don't know how to prevent this type of event in a cost effective way. Weather can deliver disasters. Farmers know this and know there will be good years and bad. One approach to mitigating the risk is to provide enough storage of the wheat to provide a buffer that can be used in the bad times. And to establish insurance schemes to reimburse farmers in bad years. This exists in several countries. However it requires the appropriate organizations to act together to make it work. Those organizations range from farmer groups to governments.
Dear Adnan Arshad ,
The best way is to move towards adaptation options.( for eg: the relevant agencies can introduce flood resistant wheat varieties). another way is we can maintain a gene pool for seeds which can preserved for future, another option could be changing of harvesting dates.
Hope my answer would help you
Regards
Miyuru
Not exactly my expertise, but storms in southern US tend to be in areas frequented with tornados and other storm severity. I am not familiar with your storm types or dynamics. Dispersing planting locations may help save some areas from damage to maintain food supply. If flooding is problem, make sure to have portions of crop on uplands. Areas within floodplain might be categorized based on flood frequency, so avoiding areas that are frequently flooded may help limit damage.
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