BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.2//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0-14@solar.iwmi.org DTSTART:20230222T183000Z DTEND:20230222T183000Z DTSTAMP:20260727T114026Z URL:https://solar.iwmi.org/events/2nd-regional-forum-2021/ SUMMARY:2nd Regional Forum 2021 DESCRIPTION:Date(s) and Time(s): 23 February 2021\n\nLocation: Virtual\n\n  \;\n2nd Regional Forum 2021\nIn the wake of Covid-19 restrictions\, t he 2nd regional forum was held virtually from 23-24 February 2021\, wherei n two-year plans were discussed for four South Asian countries\, viz\, Ban gladesh\, India\, Nepal and Pakistan. On the first day\, i.e.\, 23 Februar y 2021\, researchers from Bangladesh provided an overview of the progress made in Year one. The primary aim of the project is to replace diesel irri gation in off-grid areas. The Indian context followed this\, wherein the r esearchers gave an overview of the current status of four activities\, viz .\, the impact of large-scale adoption of SIPs on groundwater resources\, impact assessment of the Suryashakti Kisan Yojana (SKY) scheme\, training of SKY farmers and a National Forum held in the first week of February 202 1. In the second half of the session\, researchers from Nepal spoke about the project planning and achievements for year one that was divided under four headings\, viz\, impact evaluation (IE) of SIP\, qualitative gender a nd social inclusion (GESI) study\, demonstration pilot-MG connected SIP an d capacity development of local technicians on SIP and knowledge forums. L astly\, for Pakistan\, the researchers updated on the behavioural study al ong with the findings from a telephonic survey of 127 farmers across five districts of the Punjab province.\n\nOn 24 February 2021\, the five innova tion fund grantees from batch one\, viz.\, KHM Limited\, Switch On\, Karma Power\, Gham Power and PARC\, presented their findings on individual proj ects based in the four countries. Following are the projects undertaken by the grantees:\n\n Integrated Farming and Women Empowerment (IFWE) throug h SIP: KHM Limited\, Bangladesh\n Mini Solar Pump for Women Farmers: Swit ch On\, West Bengal\, India\n Mobile URJA: Karma Power\, India\n Yield i mprovement in a box: Gham Power\n Livelihood Improvement of Dug well depe ndent vulnerable communities through energy and water-efficient Responsive Drip Irrigation (RDI) systems: PARC\, Pakistan.\n\n \;\n\nThe Session Summary Report can be found here.\n\nSoLAR Year 1 Updates &\; Results\ n\n SoLAR- Bangladesh Year 1 Updates and Results.\n SoLAR-Pakistan Year 1 Updates and Results.\n SoLAR-Nepal Year 1 Updates and Results.\n\nPrese ntations by Innovation Fund Grantees\n\n Gham Power.\n KARMA.\n KHM Lim ited.\n Swtich-ON.\n PARC.\n\n \;\n\n[su_youtube_advanced url="https ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7h5OpXZ7Kc&\;list=PLJRFp76D094uOgw0z30LHUyM M21DegsrC&\;index=7" width="180" height="100" responsive="yes" controls ="yes" autohide="alt" autoplay="no" mute="no" loop="no" rel="yes" fs="yes" modestbranding="no" theme="dark" playsinline="no"]\n\n[su_youtube_advance d url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K1qQhRqFUM&\;list=PLJRFp76D094u Ogw0z30LHUyMM21DegsrC&\;index=7" width="180" height="100" responsive="y es" controls="yes" autohide="alt" autoplay="no" mute="no" loop="no" rel="y es" fs="yes" modestbranding="no" theme="dark" playsinline="no"]\n\n[su_you tube_advanced url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVRNp_iqHGA&\;list=P LJRFp76D094uOgw0z30LHUyMM21DegsrC&\;index=7" width="180" height="100" r esponsive="yes" controls="yes" autohide="alt" autoplay="no" mute="no" loop ="no" rel="yes" fs="yes" modestbranding="no" theme="dark" playsinline="no" ] END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR