A place in the sun: farmers’ co-benefits from solar irrigation in Bangladesh

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Oxforden_US
cg.contributor.affiliationNGO Forum for Public Health, Dhaka, Bangladeshen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationCGIARen_US
cg.contributor.donorSwiss Agency for Development and Cooperationen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeTransforming Agrifood Systems in South Asiaen_US
cg.contributor.initiativeLow-Emission Food Systemsen_US
cg.coverage.countryBangladeshen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BDen_US
cg.creator.identifierMarie-Charlotte Buisson: 0000-0002-2111-1864en_US
cg.creator.identifierArchisman Mitra: 0000-0002-3053-894Xen_US
cg.creator.identifierAditi Mukherji: 0000-0002-8061-4349en_US
cg.identifier.dataurlhttps://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0140988324006819-mmc1.zipen_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2024.107973en_US
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH053260en_US
cg.identifier.projectIWMI - D-0270en_US
cg.identifier.projectIWMI - C-0014en_US
cg.identifier.projectIWMI - C-0017en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn0140-9883en_US
cg.journalEnergy Economicsen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigationen_US
cg.subject.impactPlatformClimate Changeen_US
cg.volume140en_US
dc.contributor.authorBuisson, Marie-Charlotteen_US
dc.contributor.authorMitra, Archismanen_US
dc.contributor.authorHounsa, T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHabib, Md. A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMukherji, Aditien_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-25T12:19:50Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-11-25T12:19:50Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/162710en_US
dc.titleA place in the sun: farmers’ co-benefits from solar irrigation in Bangladeshen_US
dcterms.abstractSolar irrigation pumps (SIPs) are gradually replacing diesel pumps in relatively water-intensive agricultural production systems and geographies to reduce carbon emissions from food systems. However, beyond its climate change mitigation potential and fulfillment of Nationally Determined Contributions commitments, the adoption of solar irrigation also has direct co-benefits for farmers. Taking the case of Bangladesh and anchored on primary data collected among solar and diesel pump users, this article analyses the role access to solar irrigation has on household and farm-level outcomes. The propensity score matching and inverse probability matching approaches identify a positive effect of SIP access on food security and profitability from dry-season paddy for adopters. Different transmission channels are explored to explain these co-benefits. Lower costs of irrigation and labor are identified as the strongest pathways. This analysis strengthens the case for investments toward the solarization of agriculture in developing countries where it delivers significant development co-benefits in addition to climate change mitigation benefits. The valuation of the farmers’ co-benefits, along with global climate mitigation impacts, also highlights the potential role of such programs toward climate justice.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.available2024-10-16en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBuisson, Marie-Charlotte; Mitra, Archisman; Hounsa, T.; Habib, Md. A.; Mukherji, A. 2024. A place in the sun: farmers’ co-benefits from solar irrigation in Bangladesh. Energy Economics, 140:107973. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2024.107973]en_US
dcterms.extent107973en_US
dcterms.issued2024-12en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherElsevieren_US
dcterms.subjectsolar powered irrigation systemsen_US
dcterms.subjectpumpsen_US
dcterms.subjectfarmersen_US
dcterms.subjectfood securityen_US
dcterms.subjectclimate change mitigationen_US
dcterms.subjectclimate change adaptationen_US
dcterms.subjectdry seasonen_US
dcterms.subjectriceen_US
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen_US
dcterms.subjectvillagesen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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