The study area
The focus of the study will be on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The region is
located in North West of western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is bounded on
the western side by Afghanistan. The province is 74,521 kilometer
squares and has a population of 30.5 million people. The region has high
level of variations in terms of elevation. The region experiences arid
and semi-arid conditions often. As a result, many of the locations in
this area are susceptible to drought. Most of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa falls
in the arid and semi-arid region8. While annual
rainfall is as low as 450mm per year in some regions, other regions in
Khyber receives up to 1500mm per year. The rainfall recordings in
various meteorological stations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are summarized
below9