The IWMI-led Solar Irrigation for Agricultural Resilience (SoLAR) project funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) organized a series of six webinars between 1-5 February 2021. SoLAR project aims to generate knowledge to sustainably manage water-energy and climate interlinkages through the promotion of solar irrigation pumps (SIPs). The goal of the project is to contribute to climate-resilient, gender-equitable, and socially inclusive agrarian livelihoods in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan by supporting government efforts to promote solar irrigation.
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Solar Irrigation
Webinar 1
Role of solar irrigation pumps (SIPs) in clean energy transition in South Asia
- The Summary Report for Webinar 1 can be found here.
Presentations:
- Understanding electricity in the context of solar irrigation.
- Emissions from irrigation pumps in South Asia: The Case of Black Carbon.
- Indian DISCOMs and the lure of solar-based irrigation.
India
Solarization of Indian Agriculture: Challenges and Prospects
- The Summary Report for Webinar 2 can be found here.
Presentations:
- Solarization of Indian Agriculture: Challenges and Prospects.
- Solarizing India’s irrigation: Can PM-KUSUM live up to its promise?
- PM KUSUM Scheme
Bangladesh
Solar irrigation in Bangladesh: Current situation and future prospects
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The Summary Report of Webinar 3 can be found here.
Presentations:
- Roadmap to Scale-up Solar Irrigation in Bangladesh.
- Solar Irrigation in Bangladesh: Current Situation and Future Prospect.
- Early results from IWMI-IDCOL impact assessment.
Nepal
Appropriate Institutional Modalities for Grid-Connected Solar Irrigation Pumps in Nepal
- The Summary Report of Webinar 4 can be found here.
Presentations:
- Increasing SIP Utilisation for Market Viability.
- Institutional Modalities for Grid-Connected Solar Irrigation Pumps (SIPs): A Review.
Pakistan
The potential of Solar irrigation for Pakistan: a critical inquiry
- The Summary Report of Webinar 5 can be found here.
Presentations:
South Asia
Will solar irrigation deepen the groundwater crisis in South Asia?
- The Summary Report of Webinar 6 can be found here.
Presentations:
- How do we solve India’s groundwater problem? Mapping Problem Typologies and Solutions.
- Groundwater uses among electric and diesel farmers, and implications for SIPs in Bangladesh.
- Climate Change, groundwater depletion and agricultural production in India.
- Metering groundwater wells: Some experience from China and transferability to solar wells.
