As solar panels become more a ordable, solar photovoltaic (PV) pumps have been identi ed as a high potential water lifting technology to meet the growing irrigation demand in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, little is known aboutthegeo-spatial potentialofsolarbasedPVpumpingforirrigationtakingin...
Schmitter, Petra
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Kibret, K.S.
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Lefore, Nicole
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Barron, Jennie
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[Suitability mapping framework for solar photovoltaic pumps for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Suitability mapping framework for solar photovoltaic pumps for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa
The increasing demand for solar-powered irrigation systems in agriculture has spurred a race for projects as it potentially offers a cost-effective and sustainable energy solution to off-grid farmers while helping food production and sustaining livelihoods. As a result, countries such as Morocco ...
Closas, Alvar
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Rap., E.
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[Solar-based groundwater pumping for irrigation: Sustainability, policies, and limitations]
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Solar-based groundwater pumping for irrigation: Sustainability, policies, and limitations
South Asia's groundwater economy stands at the threshold of a revolution in adoption of solar irrigation pumps (SIPs). This has potential to unlock the region's perverse energy-groundwater nexus. In much of South Asia, the price of energy used in irrigation, the only surrogate for water price, fa...
Shah, Tushaar
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Rajan, Abhishek
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Rai, Gyan Prakash
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Verma, Shilp
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Durga, Neha
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[Solar pumps and South Asia's energy-groundwater nexus: exploring implications and reimagining its future]
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Solar pumps and South Asia's energy-groundwater nexus: exploring implications and reimagining its future
Durga, Neha
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Verma, Shilp
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Gupta, N.
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Kiran, R.
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Pathak, A.
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[Can solar pumps energize Bihar's agriculture?]
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Can solar pumps energize Bihar's agriculture?
There is an ongoing debate on what constitutes sustainable intensification of agriculture (SIA). In this paper, we propose that a paradigm for sustainable intensification can be defined and translated into an operational framework for agricultural development. We argue that this paradigm must now...
Rockström, Johan
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Williams, J.
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Daily, G.
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Noble, A.D.
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Matthews, Nathaniel
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Gordon, L.
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Wetterstrand, H.
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DeClerck, Fabrice A.J.
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Shah, M.
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Steduto, P.
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Fraiture, Charlotte de
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Hatibu, N.
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Unver, O.
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Bird, Jeremy
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Sibanda, Lindiwe Majele
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Smith, J.
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[Sustainable intensification of agriculture for human prosperity and global sustainability]
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Sustainable intensification of agriculture for human prosperity and global sustainability
The Union Budget 2018 announced the Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan, a scheme to replace diesel pumps and grid-connected electric tube wells for irrigation with solar irrigation pumps, including a buy-back arrangement for farmers’ surplus solar energy at a remunerative price. KUSUM ca...
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 succ...
Shah, Tushaar
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Durga, N.
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Rai, G.P.
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Verma, S.
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Rathod, R.
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[Promoting solar power as a remunerative crop]
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Promoting solar power as a remunerative crop