Targeted finance and the adoption of solar irrigation by smallholder and women farmers

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Tasmania
cg.contributor.affiliationTel Aviv University
cg.contributor.affiliationCGIAR
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Fund
cg.contributor.donorDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia
cg.contributor.programAcceleratorClimate Action
cg.creator.identifierAditi Mukherji: 0000-0002-8061-4349
cg.howPublishedFormally Published
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114569
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.issn1873-6777
cg.journalEnergy Policy
cg.reviewStatusPeer Review
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformation
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.subject.impactPlatformClimate Change
cg.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate action
cg.volume202
dc.contributor.authorBhattarai, Dipendra
dc.contributor.authorFishman, Ram
dc.contributor.authorLamichhane, Nabina
dc.contributor.authorMukherji, Aditi
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-05T11:30:51Z
dc.date.available2025-06-05T11:30:51Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/174993
dc.titleTargeted finance and the adoption of solar irrigation by smallholder and women farmers
dcterms.abstractOff-grid solar energy offers tremendous potential for low-carbon poverty alleviation, but its application remains largely confined to low-power home systems with limited economic significance. Solar irrigation pumps (SIPs), in contrast, can help expand access to irrigation, a central economic development and climate resilience strategy, without increases in emissions. However, like similar technologies, its diffusion remains low unless heavily subsidized, particularly by smallholder farmers, and among them, women. Here, we report findings from a field experiment (RCT) in 93 rural administrative units in Nepal that provides novel evidence on the barriers to adoption and how they can be overcome. Financial models that reduce upfront costs through loans that are normally unavailable to smallholders, double demand for SIPs and are repaid in 90 % of cases. Additional targeted incentives disseminated through social mobilisers effectively engage women farmers, leading them to constitute more than half of eventual SIP adopters.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceCGIAR
dcterms.audienceDonors
dcterms.audienceScientists
dcterms.available2025-03-28
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBhattarai, D., Fishman, R., Lamichhane, N. and Mukherji, A. 2025. Targeted finance and the adoption of solar irrigation by smallholder and women farmers. Energy Policy 202: 114569. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114569
dcterms.issued2025-07-01
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.subjectsmallholder farmers
dcterms.subjectenergy
dcterms.subjectfinance
dcterms.subjectsolar irrigation pumps
dcterms.subjectinformation campaigns
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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