Farmer Producer Organizations as Solar Entrepreneurs: The Case for Solar Pumps as Business Investments
This brief presents an action research pilot in Kuyani village of Jharkhand, India, implemented jointly by Collectives for Integrated Livelihood Initiatives (CInI) and a local Farmer Producer Organization (FPO), with support from the IWMI-Tata Water Policy Program and the Solar Energy for Rural Live...
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International Water Management Institute
2025
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| author | Verma, Shilp Murmu, S. Kuriachen, Philip Kumar, D. Bhattacharjee, Suchiradipta Usadadia, Nikunj Mahto, Bhawani Shankhar |
| author_browse | Bhattacharjee, Suchiradipta Kumar, D. Kuriachen, Philip Mahto, Bhawani Shankhar Murmu, S. Usadadia, Nikunj Verma, Shilp |
| author_facet | Verma, Shilp Murmu, S. Kuriachen, Philip Kumar, D. Bhattacharjee, Suchiradipta Usadadia, Nikunj Mahto, Bhawani Shankhar |
| author_sort | Verma, Shilp |
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| description | This brief presents an action research pilot in Kuyani village of Jharkhand, India, implemented jointly by Collectives for Integrated Livelihood Initiatives (CInI) and a local Farmer Producer Organization (FPO), with support from the IWMI-Tata Water Policy Program and the Solar Energy for Rural Livelihoods (SE4RL) project. The objective is to reduce entry barriers and enable small and marginal farmers to benefit from solar-powered irrigation. This innovative business model tests the theory that deploying solar pumps and offering solar irrigation as a service to member farmers would make a good business investment for FPOs. By enabling member farmers to shift from expensive diesel-based irrigation, the model improves agricultural productivity – positively affecting the FPO’s core business activity – and enables improved access and livelihoods for small and marginal farmers. The pilot offers useful field evidence and insights for India’s growing number of FPOs to consider investing in solar irrigation systems. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1750132025-12-02T10:59:51Z Farmer Producer Organizations as Solar Entrepreneurs: The Case for Solar Pumps as Business Investments Verma, Shilp Murmu, S. Kuriachen, Philip Kumar, D. Bhattacharjee, Suchiradipta Usadadia, Nikunj Mahto, Bhawani Shankhar farmers organizations entrepreneurs solar powered irrigation systems investment Water Markets subsidies Irrigation rural development equity This brief presents an action research pilot in Kuyani village of Jharkhand, India, implemented jointly by Collectives for Integrated Livelihood Initiatives (CInI) and a local Farmer Producer Organization (FPO), with support from the IWMI-Tata Water Policy Program and the Solar Energy for Rural Livelihoods (SE4RL) project. The objective is to reduce entry barriers and enable small and marginal farmers to benefit from solar-powered irrigation. This innovative business model tests the theory that deploying solar pumps and offering solar irrigation as a service to member farmers would make a good business investment for FPOs. By enabling member farmers to shift from expensive diesel-based irrigation, the model improves agricultural productivity – positively affecting the FPO’s core business activity – and enables improved access and livelihoods for small and marginal farmers. The pilot offers useful field evidence and insights for India’s growing number of FPOs to consider investing in solar irrigation systems. 2025-06-06 2025-06-06T09:45:28Z 2025-06-06T09:45:28Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175013 en Open Access application/pdf International Water Management Institute Verma, Shilp; Murmu, S.; Kuriachen, Philip; Kumar, D.; Bhattacharjee, Suchiradipta; Usadadia, Nikunj; Mahto, Bhawani Shankhar. 2025. Farmer Producer Organizations as Solar Entrepreneurs: The Case for Solar Pumps as Business Investments. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). IWMI-Tata Water Policy Program. 4p. |
| spellingShingle | farmers organizations entrepreneurs solar powered irrigation systems investment Water Markets subsidies Irrigation rural development equity Verma, Shilp Murmu, S. Kuriachen, Philip Kumar, D. Bhattacharjee, Suchiradipta Usadadia, Nikunj Mahto, Bhawani Shankhar Farmer Producer Organizations as Solar Entrepreneurs: The Case for Solar Pumps as Business Investments |
| title | Farmer Producer Organizations as Solar Entrepreneurs: The Case for Solar Pumps as Business Investments |
| title_full | Farmer Producer Organizations as Solar Entrepreneurs: The Case for Solar Pumps as Business Investments |
| title_fullStr | Farmer Producer Organizations as Solar Entrepreneurs: The Case for Solar Pumps as Business Investments |
| title_full_unstemmed | Farmer Producer Organizations as Solar Entrepreneurs: The Case for Solar Pumps as Business Investments |
| title_short | Farmer Producer Organizations as Solar Entrepreneurs: The Case for Solar Pumps as Business Investments |
| title_sort | farmer producer organizations as solar entrepreneurs the case for solar pumps as business investments |
| topic | farmers organizations entrepreneurs solar powered irrigation systems investment Water Markets subsidies Irrigation rural development equity |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175013 |
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