Sustainable financial solutions for the adoption of solar powered irrigation pumps in Nepal’s terai
Solar powered irrigation pumps (SPIPs) are a proven technology, and can potentially be a game changer in Nepal’s irrigation sector by providing clean irrigation to millions of farmers. However, the relatively high capital cost of SPIPs is the main impediment that prevents large scale adoption of S...
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CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems
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| author | Mukherji, Aditi Chowdhury, Devjit Roy Fishman, Ram Lamichhane, Nabina Khadgi, Vijay Bajracharya, Sugat |
| author_browse | Bajracharya, Sugat Chowdhury, Devjit Roy Fishman, Ram Khadgi, Vijay Lamichhane, Nabina Mukherji, Aditi |
| author_facet | Mukherji, Aditi Chowdhury, Devjit Roy Fishman, Ram Lamichhane, Nabina Khadgi, Vijay Bajracharya, Sugat |
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| description | Solar powered irrigation pumps (SPIPs) are a proven technology, and can potentially be a game changer in
Nepal’s irrigation sector by providing clean irrigation to millions of farmers. However, the relatively high capital
cost of SPIPs is the main impediment that prevents large scale adoption of SPIPs. Given this, can we design
appropriate financial solutions that will help in the large scale adoption of this clean and efficient technology?
We ran a randomized experiment in order to estimate demand for SPIPs under three financial models – ‘grant’;
‘grant-loan’ and ‘grant-pay as you go’ in Saptari district of Nepal. We provided an additional 10% discount to
women applicants, provided they owned the land on which SPIPs were to be installed. These models were
based on policies of Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC), and similar schemes available in India
and Bangladesh. Village Development Committees (VDCs) were randomly divided into three groups and
one financial option was provided to each group of VDCs. This randomized control trial (RCT) helped
estimate absolute demand for each of the models. We ran 45-days promotional campaigns to solicit demand
from farmers. The main findings from our experiment were: |
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| spelling | CGSpace799692023-09-23T17:44:55Z Sustainable financial solutions for the adoption of solar powered irrigation pumps in Nepal’s terai Mukherji, Aditi Chowdhury, Devjit Roy Fishman, Ram Lamichhane, Nabina Khadgi, Vijay Bajracharya, Sugat Solar powered irrigation pumps (SPIPs) are a proven technology, and can potentially be a game changer in Nepal’s irrigation sector by providing clean irrigation to millions of farmers. However, the relatively high capital cost of SPIPs is the main impediment that prevents large scale adoption of SPIPs. Given this, can we design appropriate financial solutions that will help in the large scale adoption of this clean and efficient technology? We ran a randomized experiment in order to estimate demand for SPIPs under three financial models – ‘grant’; ‘grant-loan’ and ‘grant-pay as you go’ in Saptari district of Nepal. We provided an additional 10% discount to women applicants, provided they owned the land on which SPIPs were to be installed. These models were based on policies of Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC), and similar schemes available in India and Bangladesh. Village Development Committees (VDCs) were randomly divided into three groups and one financial option was provided to each group of VDCs. This randomized control trial (RCT) helped estimate absolute demand for each of the models. We ran 45-days promotional campaigns to solicit demand from farmers. The main findings from our experiment were: 2017 2017-02-22T09:46:44Z 2017-02-22T09:46:44Z Other https://hdl.handle.net/10568/79969 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems Mukherji, A.; Chowdhury, D.; Fishman, R.; Lamichhane, N.; Khadgi, V.;Bajracharya, S. 2017.Sustainable financial solutions for the adoption of solar powered irrigation pumps in Nepal’s terai.Colombo, Sri Lanka:CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE).8p. |
| spellingShingle | Mukherji, Aditi Chowdhury, Devjit Roy Fishman, Ram Lamichhane, Nabina Khadgi, Vijay Bajracharya, Sugat Sustainable financial solutions for the adoption of solar powered irrigation pumps in Nepal’s terai |
| title | Sustainable financial solutions for the adoption of solar powered irrigation pumps in Nepal’s terai |
| title_full | Sustainable financial solutions for the adoption of solar powered irrigation pumps in Nepal’s terai |
| title_fullStr | Sustainable financial solutions for the adoption of solar powered irrigation pumps in Nepal’s terai |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainable financial solutions for the adoption of solar powered irrigation pumps in Nepal’s terai |
| title_short | Sustainable financial solutions for the adoption of solar powered irrigation pumps in Nepal’s terai |
| title_sort | sustainable financial solutions for the adoption of solar powered irrigation pumps in nepal s terai |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/79969 |
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