Institutional modalities for decarbonizing irrigation in Bangladesh

Diesel-based groundwater irrigation has been crucial in expanding dry season boro paddy cultivation in Bangladesh. Boro paddy was, in turn, instrumental in ensuring the country’s food security. But high dependence on imported diesel is a financial burden for the government. Transitioning to clea...

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Autores principales: Mitra, Archisman, Yashodha, Yashodha, Hossain, Mofazzal, Siddiqui, Md. Belal, Mukherji, Aditi
Formato: Brief
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Publicado: International Water Management Institute 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125986
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author Mitra, Archisman
Yashodha, Yashodha
Hossain, Mofazzal
Siddiqui, Md. Belal
Mukherji, Aditi
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Siddiqui, Md. Belal
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description Diesel-based groundwater irrigation has been crucial in expanding dry season boro paddy cultivation in Bangladesh. Boro paddy was, in turn, instrumental in ensuring the country’s food security. But high dependence on imported diesel is a financial burden for the government. Transitioning to clean and renewable energy sources, like solar, can alleviate the government’s fiscal burden and help decarbonize the agricultural sector. Bangladesh has promoted multiple models for the diffusion of solar irrigation pumps (SIPs), ranging from the conventional subsidy-driven models of SIP ownership to the fee-for-service model that leverages private sector investments for expanding the outreach of irrigation services. The fee-for-service model promoted in Bangladesh by the Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) is unique in the South-Asian context for bringing public-private partnership in SIP expansion. This model also offers useful lessons for the provision of affordable irrigation to smallholder farmers in the region.
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spelling CGSpace1259862025-11-07T08:25:00Z Institutional modalities for decarbonizing irrigation in Bangladesh Mitra, Archisman Yashodha, Yashodha Hossain, Mofazzal Siddiqui, Md. Belal Mukherji, Aditi groundwater irrigation dry season cultivation rice food security agricultural sector Diesel-based groundwater irrigation has been crucial in expanding dry season boro paddy cultivation in Bangladesh. Boro paddy was, in turn, instrumental in ensuring the country’s food security. But high dependence on imported diesel is a financial burden for the government. Transitioning to clean and renewable energy sources, like solar, can alleviate the government’s fiscal burden and help decarbonize the agricultural sector. Bangladesh has promoted multiple models for the diffusion of solar irrigation pumps (SIPs), ranging from the conventional subsidy-driven models of SIP ownership to the fee-for-service model that leverages private sector investments for expanding the outreach of irrigation services. The fee-for-service model promoted in Bangladesh by the Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) is unique in the South-Asian context for bringing public-private partnership in SIP expansion. This model also offers useful lessons for the provision of affordable irrigation to smallholder farmers in the region. 2022-12-01 2022-12-14T11:58:31Z 2022-12-14T11:58:31Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125986 en Open Access application/pdf International Water Management Institute Mitra, Archisman; Yashodha, Yashodha; Hossain, Mofazzal; Siddiqui, Md. Belal; Mukherji, Aditi. 2022. Institutional modalities for decarbonizing irrigation in Bangladesh. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 4p. (Solar Irrigation for Agricultural Resilience [SoLAR] Issue Brief Series 1)
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irrigation
dry season
cultivation
rice
food security
agricultural sector
Mitra, Archisman
Yashodha, Yashodha
Hossain, Mofazzal
Siddiqui, Md. Belal
Mukherji, Aditi
Institutional modalities for decarbonizing irrigation in Bangladesh
title Institutional modalities for decarbonizing irrigation in Bangladesh
title_full Institutional modalities for decarbonizing irrigation in Bangladesh
title_fullStr Institutional modalities for decarbonizing irrigation in Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Institutional modalities for decarbonizing irrigation in Bangladesh
title_short Institutional modalities for decarbonizing irrigation in Bangladesh
title_sort institutional modalities for decarbonizing irrigation in bangladesh
topic groundwater
irrigation
dry season
cultivation
rice
food security
agricultural sector
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125986
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