Promoting solar power as a remunerative crop

Anand, the Gujarat town that gave India its dairy cooperative movement, has now spawned in Dhundi village the world’s fi rst solar cooperative that produces Solar Power as a Remunerative Crop. When compared to other models promoting solar irrigation in the country, the SPaRC model, which has success...

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Autores principales: Shah, Tushaar, Durga, N., Rai, Gyan Prakash, Verma, S., Rathod, R.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91313
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author Shah, Tushaar
Durga, N.
Rai, Gyan Prakash
Verma, S.
Rathod, R.
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Rai, Gyan Prakash
Rathod, R.
Shah, Tushaar
Verma, S.
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Rathod, R.
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description Anand, the Gujarat town that gave India its dairy cooperative movement, has now spawned in Dhundi village the world’s fi rst solar cooperative that produces Solar Power as a Remunerative Crop. When compared to other models promoting solar irrigation in the country, the SPaRC model, which has successfully completed one year in Dhundi, offers multiple benefi ts across-the-board: it will control groundwater overexploitation, reduce the subsidy burden on DISCOMs, curtail carbon footprint of agriculture, and help double farmer incomes.
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spelling CGSpace913132023-09-23T17:51:47Z Promoting solar power as a remunerative crop Shah, Tushaar Durga, N. Rai, Gyan Prakash Verma, S. Rathod, R. solar energy crop production groundwater depletion subsidies farmers income pumps economic aspects Anand, the Gujarat town that gave India its dairy cooperative movement, has now spawned in Dhundi village the world’s fi rst solar cooperative that produces Solar Power as a Remunerative Crop. When compared to other models promoting solar irrigation in the country, the SPaRC model, which has successfully completed one year in Dhundi, offers multiple benefi ts across-the-board: it will control groundwater overexploitation, reduce the subsidy burden on DISCOMs, curtail carbon footprint of agriculture, and help double farmer incomes. 2017 2018-03-07T10:16:34Z 2018-03-07T10:16:34Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91313 en Limited Access Shah, Tushaar; Durga, N.; Rai, G. P.; Verma, S.; Rathod, R. 2017. Promoting solar power as a remunerative crop. Economic and Political Weekly. 52(45):14-19.. .
spellingShingle solar energy
crop production
groundwater depletion
subsidies
farmers
income
pumps
economic aspects
Shah, Tushaar
Durga, N.
Rai, Gyan Prakash
Verma, S.
Rathod, R.
Promoting solar power as a remunerative crop
title Promoting solar power as a remunerative crop
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title_short Promoting solar power as a remunerative crop
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topic solar energy
crop production
groundwater depletion
subsidies
farmers
income
pumps
economic aspects
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91313
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