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1 Kishore, A.; Joshi, P. K.; Pandey, D. 2017. Harnessing the sun for an evergreen revolution: a study of solar-powered irrigation in Bihar, India. Water International, 42(3):291-307. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2017.1312085]
Solar energy ; Pumps ; Groundwater irrigation ; Tube wells ; Public sector ; Renewable energy ; Energy generation ; Photovoltaic systems ; Irrigated farming ; Seasonal cropping ; Rice ; Transplanting ; Wheat ; Crop yield ; Irrigated land ; Drought ; Water user associations ; Farmers ; Irrigation rates ; Costs ; Performance evaluation / India / Bihar / Nalanda
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048091)
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In 2012, the government of Bihar revived 34 non-functioning public tubewells using solar panels. The performance of 16 of these wells over 12 months was tracked and analyzed using data from tubewell operators and 240 farmers. Access to affordable irrigation from solar pumps led to a 9–10% increase in productivity of rice and wheat. Furthermore, in a severe drought, farmers could grow paddy in the entire area irrigated by solar pumps, when nearly 40% of other land was left fallow. Solar pumps can help increase crop productivity, reduce the cost of irrigation, and make agriculture more resilient to climate change.
2 Shirsath, P. B.; Saini, S.; Durga, Neha; Senoner, D.; Ghose, N.; Verma, Shilp; Sikka, Alok. (Eds.) 2020. Compendium on solar powered irrigation systems in India. Wageningen, Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). 68p.
Solar energy ; Irrigation systems ; Electricity supplies ; Technology ; Climate-smart agriculture ; Sustainability ; Power plants ; Portable equipment ; Pumps ; Groundwater ; Tube wells ; Water use ; Business models ; Financing ; Subsidies ; Fish culture ; Decentralization ; Government ; Policies ; Community involvement ; Investment ; Women's participation ; Farmers ; Villages ; Case studies / India / Bihar / West Bengal / Maharashtra / Karnataka / Madhya Pradesh / Gujrat / Jharkhand / Samastipur / Vaishali / Kutch / Khunti / Betul / Nalanda / Chapra / Surya Raitha Scheme / Dhundi Saur Urja Utpadak Sahakari Mandali (DSUUSM)
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050021)
https://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/109736/CCAFS%20-%20Compendium%20Solar_Final.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050021.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050021.pdf
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3 Durga, Neha; Verma, Shilp. 2020. Nalanda community tube-wells: electrification of solar pumps - reversing the benefits? In Shirsath, P. B.; Saini, S.; Durga, Neha; Senoner, D.; Ghose, N.; Verma, Shilp; Sikka, Alok. (Eds.). Compendium on solar powered irrigation systems in India. Wageningen, Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). pp.44-46.
Tube wells ; Communal ownership ; Irrigation systems ; Solar energy ; Electrification ; Pumps / India / Bihar / Nalanda
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050052)
https://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/109736/CCAFS%20-%20Compendium%20Solar_Final.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050052.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050052.pdf
(0.42 MB) (12.7 MB)
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