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An Assessment of Community-Led Lift Irrigation Systems in Jharkhand, India

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dc.contributor.authorKishore, Avinash
dc.contributor.authorGupta, Manavi
dc.contributor.authorDizon, Felipe
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Priti
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-15T18:33:19Z
dc.date.available2023-05-15T18:33:19Z
dc.date.issued2023-05-15
dc.description.abstractThe Jharkhand State Livelihoods Promotion Society is rolling-out solar powered community lift irrigation systems to provide access to irrigation to 23,580 farming families in 13 districts of the state. This paper assesses these irrigation systems using data collected from 297 farmers in the command area of 50 randomly selected irrigation systems. The study also interviewed 457 nonbeneficiaries. Farmers in the command area of the irrigation systems irrigate more land, have higher cropping intensity, are more likely to grow high-value crops, and had higher gross value of output in the Rabi (winter) season. The beneficiaries also spend less money on irrigation, especially compared with nonbeneficiaries who use their own or who rent diesel pumps to irrigate their fields. Although the solar powered community lift irrigation systems offer multiple benefits, they remain severely underutilized. The median hours of operation of the 50 sampled irrigation systems was less than 100 hours per year, and the average operating time was 192 hours per year. Solar irrigation systems cannot be economically viable with low levels of capacity utilization, indicating that incentives are needed for system managers to increase utilization, gross irrigated area, and irrigation surplus.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099451405092339075/IDU0be619ce802229044310b97c088a139ef33c1
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10439
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/39809
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Papers; 10439
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectSOLAR POWERED IRRIGATION SYSTEM
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectIRRIGATION UTILIZATION
dc.titleAn Assessment of Community-Led Lift Irrigation Systems in Jharkhand, Indiaen
dc.typeWorking Paper
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crossref.titleAn Assessment of Community-Led Lift Irrigation Systems in Jharkhand, India
okr.date.disclosure2023-05-09
okr.date.lastmodified2023-05-09T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099451405092339075/IDU0be619ce802229044310b97c088a139ef33c1
okr.guid099452203092332479
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okr.identifier.docmidIDU-be619ce8-2229-4431-b97c-88a139ef33c1
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10439
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10439
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34059317
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34059317
okr.identifier.reportWPS10349
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099451405092339075/pdf/IDU0be619ce802229044310b97c088a139ef33c1.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.sectorPublic Administration - Industry, Trade and Services,Other Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry,Agricultural markets, commercialization and agri-business,Public Administration - Agriculture, Fishing & Forestry
okr.themeIndigenous peoples,Rural services and infrastructure,Rural non-farm income generation,Rural markets
okr.themeSocial dev/gender/inclusion,Rural development
okr.topicAgriculture::Agricultural Irrigation and Drainage
okr.topicEnergy::Solar Energy
okr.topicAgriculture::Agricultural Research
okr.topicAgriculture::Agricultural Sector Economics
okr.topicAgriculture::Climate Change and Agriculture
okr.unitAgriculture and Food PG SAR2 (SSAA2)
okr.unitAgriculture and Food GE (SAGGL)
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