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

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Oxforden
cg.contributor.affiliationNGO Forum for Public Health, Dhaka, Bangladeshen
cg.contributor.affiliationCGIARen
cg.contributor.donorSwiss Agency for Development and Cooperationen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeTransforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia
cg.contributor.initiativeLow-Emission Food Systems
cg.coverage.countryBangladesh
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BD
cg.creator.identifierMarie-Charlotte Buisson: 0000-0002-2111-1864en
cg.creator.identifierArchisman Mitra: 0000-0002-3053-894Xen
cg.creator.identifierAditi Mukherji: 0000-0002-8061-4349en
cg.identifier.dataurlhttps://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0140988324006819-mmc1.zipen
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2024.107973en
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH053260en
cg.identifier.projectIWMI - D-0270en
cg.identifier.projectIWMI - C-0014en
cg.identifier.projectIWMI - C-0017en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0140-9883en
cg.journalEnergy Economicsen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.subject.impactPlatformClimate Change
cg.volume140en
dc.contributor.authorBuisson, Marie-Charlotteen
dc.contributor.authorMitra, Archismanen
dc.contributor.authorHounsa, T.en
dc.contributor.authorHabib, Md. A.en
dc.contributor.authorMukherji, Aditien
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-25T12:19:50Zen
dc.date.available2024-11-25T12:19:50Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/162710
dc.titleA place in the sun: farmers’ co-benefits from solar irrigation in Bangladeshen
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
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2024-10-16en
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
dcterms.extent107973en
dcterms.issued2024-12en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-4.0
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.subjectsolar powered irrigation systemsen
dcterms.subjectpumpsen
dcterms.subjectfarmersen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectclimate change mitigationen
dcterms.subjectclimate change adaptationen
dcterms.subjectdry seasonen
dcterms.subjectriceen
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen
dcterms.subjectvillagesen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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