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Harnessing the sun for an evergreen revolution: a study of solar-powered irrigation in Bihar, India

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  • Avinash Kishore
  • PK Joshi
  • Divya Pandey

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In 2012, the government of Bihar revived 34 non-functioning public tubewells using solar panels. The performance of 16 of these wells over 12 months was tracked and analyzed using data from tubewell operators and 240 farmers. Access to affordable irrigation from solar pumps led to a 9–10% increase in productivity of rice and wheat. Furthermore, in a severe drought, farmers could grow paddy in the entire area irrigated by solar pumps, when nearly 40% of other land was left fallow. Solar pumps can help increase crop productivity, reduce the cost of irrigation, and make agriculture more resilient to climate change.

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  • Avinash Kishore & PK Joshi & Divya Pandey, 2017. "Harnessing the sun for an evergreen revolution: a study of solar-powered irrigation in Bihar, India," Water International, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(3), pages 291-307, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rwinxx:v:42:y:2017:i:3:p:291-307
    DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2017.1312085
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    1. Khan, M.T. & Joshi, P.K. & Khurana, R. & Kishore, A., 2018. "Evolving Watershed Clusters into Drought-Proof, Climate-Resilient Areas: An Impact Evaluation Study in Maharashtra, India," 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia 277385, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    2. Somnath Bandyopadhyay & Aviram Sharma & Satiprasad Sahoo & Kishore Dhavala & Prabhakar Sharma, 2021. "Potential for Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) in South Bihar, India," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(6), pages 1-10, March.
    3. Foster, Timothy & Adhikari, Roshan & Adhikari, Subash & Justice, Scott & Tiwari, Baburam & Urfels, Anton & Krupnik, Timothy J., 2021. "Improving pumpset selection to support intensification of groundwater irrigation in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 256(C).

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