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Sustainable financial solutions for the adoption of solar powered irrigation pumps in Nepal’s terai

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Title Sustainable financial solutions for the adoption of solar powered irrigation pumps in Nepal’s terai
 
Creator Mukherji, Aditi
Chowdhury, Devjit Roy
Fishman, Ram
Lamichhane, Nabina
Khadgi, Vijay
Bajracharya, Sugat
 
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:
 
Date 2017
2017-02-22T09:46:44Z
2017-02-22T09:46:44Z
 
Type Other
 
Identifier 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.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/79969
 
Language en
 
Rights Open Access
 
Format 8p.
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Publisher CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems