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{"metadata":{"id":"00d92a25629af22956de018ca15d02cc","source":"gardian_index","url":"https://cgspace.cgiar.org/rest/bitstreams/e3299ee5-4ebb-44bd-b066-571b8c83dabe/retrieve"},"pageCount":1,"title":"Promotion of Energy Efficient and Water Saving Technologies for Smallholder Irrigation","keywords":[],"chapters":[{"head":"Introduction","index":1,"paragraphs":[{"index":1,"size":2,"text":"Results/Achievements Method/Approaches"},{"index":2,"size":25,"text":"• Implantation of solar pump irrigation in 16 districts in Oromia, SNNPR, Amhara and Tigray • Follow up survey • Impact evaluation using Difference-in-Difference approach."},{"index":3,"size":3,"text":"Plan for 2019"},{"index":4,"size":50,"text":"• The feasibility of solar pump depends on the method of water application, crop type, land size and discount rate. • As compared to furrow and overhead water delivery systems, drip system is more productive and less labor intensive (Table 2). • Investment in solar pump is feasible and worthy."},{"index":5,"size":14,"text":"• Solar powered water pumping is in line with the Ethiopian Government's CRGE strategy."},{"index":6,"size":2,"text":"The www.africa-rising.net"}]},{"head":"Key challenges and lessons","index":2,"paragraphs":[{"index":1,"size":36,"text":"We thank farmers and local partners in Africa RISING and other sites, ATA, WLE and IWMI for their contributions to this research. We also thank USAID for its financial support through the Feed the Future Initiative."}]},{"head":"Acknowledgement","index":3,"paragraphs":[{"index":1,"size":89,"text":"During PHASE I, Africa RISING (AR) project has tested and piloted solar pump based water lifting for smallholder's irrigation. This was linked and tested with different water delivery and application systems to test which application methods lead to most efficient and maximum benefits. Following AR-PHASE I, the Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) has taken an initiative to pilot solar based irrigation. Hence, knowledge created through PHASE II of AR will be used to support ATA's initiative to further out scale solar pump beyond the current plan of 14 pilot districts."},{"index":2,"size":55,"text":"MoU is initiated between IWMI and ATA. AR-IWMI will contribute through research, knowledge sharing, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and capacity building. A stratified sampling technique was employed to select respondents for a base line survey. The study population includes rural hhs in 6 SNNP woredas and 2 woredas each in Oromia, Amhara and Tigray regions. "}]}],"figures":[{"text":" Africa Research In Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) program comprises three research-fordevelopment projects supported by the United States Agency for International Development as part of the U.S. government's Feed the Future initiative. Through action research and development partnerships, Africa RISING will create opportunities for smallholder farm households to move out of hunger and poverty through sustainably intensified farming systems that improve food, nutrition, and income security, particularly for women and children, and conserve or enhance the natural resource base. The three projects are led by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (in West Africa and East and Southern Africa) and the International Livestock Research Institute (in the Ethiopian Highlands). The International Food Policy Research Institute leads an associated project on monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment. "},{"text":"Table 1 . Number of surveyed sample households.• Solar pump irrigation is new and expensive to afford for rural households in Ethiopia. • Access to credit and financing is a problem.• Lack of knowledge is constraining factor.• Lengthy procumbent procedure cause delay to implement/pilot the technology. Region No. of target hhs Diesel Manua Only Total RegionNo. of target hhsDieselManuaOnlyTotal for solar pump Pump l Pump Rainfed sample hhs Parameters for solar pumpPumpl PumpRainfedsample hhsParameters Oromia 28 28 28 28 112 Oromia28282828112 SNNPR 72 72 72 72 288 SNNPR72727272288 Amhara 40 40 40 40 160 Amhara40404040160 Tigray 20 20 20 20 80 Tigray2020202080 Total 160 160 160 160 640 Total160160160160640 "},{"text":"Drip Furrow Demonstration plot (m 2 ) 200 200 Amount of water used m3/demonstration plot 52 105 Amount of water m3/ha 2600 5266 Pumping capacity l/second 0.5 0.5 Pumping capacity l/second0.50.5 Total discharge l/hr. 1800 1800 Total discharge l/hr.18001800 Total discharge m3/day 14 14 Total discharge m3/day1414 Cropping season (days) 80 80 Cropping season (days)8080 Total discharge m3/season 1152 1152 Total discharge m3/season11521152 Potential irrigable land (m2) 4431 2188 Potential irrigable land (m2)44312188 "},{"text":"Table 2 . Comparison of drip and furrow irrigation. "}],"sieverID":"adef88fd-aac0-4f4d-a140-e36f0748c9d4","abstract":""}