Suitability for farmer-led solar irrigation development in Mali

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dc.creatorInternational Water Management Institute
dc.date2019
dc.date2019-06-18T09:53:49Z
dc.date2019-06-18T09:53:49Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:42:41Z
dc.descriptionApproximately 72% of Mali’s population is engaged in farming and agriculture is a major economic sector (FAO 2017a). Agriculture is predominantly rain-fed and hence vulnerable to variability in rainfall. Crop yields are affected by dry spells and droughts leading to loss of income and food insecurity. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), only 5.3% of the agricultural area was under irrigation in 2011 (FAO 2016). Investments in motorized water pumps to irrigate fields could benefit 4.7 million farmers and generate net revenues up to USD 39 million per year (Agwater Solutions Project 2012). As the price of solar photovoltaic panels is decreasing rapidly, solar water pumps are becoming an affordable, climate-smart solution for small-scale farmers across Mali.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/101594
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/163368
dc.languageen
dc.publisherCGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceInternational Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2019. Suitability for farmer-led solar irrigation development in Mali. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 4p.
dc.subjectsolar powered irrigation systems
dc.subjectfarmer-led irrigation
dc.subjectpumps
dc.subjectgroundwater
dc.subjectsurface water
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectinnovation scaling
dc.titleSuitability for farmer-led solar irrigation development in Mali
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