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| Author | : Peter A. Dewees |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 120 |
| Release | : 1984 |
| Genre | : Irrigation |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Peter A. Dewees |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 36 |
| Release | : 1984 |
| Genre | : Irrigation |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Ndogo Ndung’a, S. |
| Publisher | : CTA |
| Total Pages | : 24 |
| Release | : 2016-12-31 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : |
This case study describes the community of a small village called Ingotse in Kakamega county in western Kenya. Like most rural, food-insecure communities in sub-Saharan Africa, Ingotse village relied on rain-fed agriculture for production of staple crops. Farmers in this village raised some funds to sink a borehole. This was done in collaboration with a non-governmental organisation (NGO) known as Water for All which gave the community a solar-powered pump to distribute the water to the homesteads. Water from the borehole was used for irrigation, providing food crops all year round. Women and children no longer had to walk long distances to the river to fetch water; they had extra time in their day for other activities such as doing homework with children.
| Author | : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| Publisher | : Food & Agriculture Org. |
| Total Pages | : 87 |
| Release | : 2018-04-12 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 9251304793 |
The report gives a state-of-the-art overview of policies, regulations and incentives for the sustainable use of solar-powered irrigation technologies (SPIS) around the world. SPIS offer a viable, low-tech energy solution for irrigated agriculture, providing a reliable source of energy in remote areas, contributing to rural electrification, reducing energy costs for irrigation and enabling low emission agriculture. Nevertheless, SPIS have a significant initial investment cost and require innovative financing models to overcome this barrier to adoption, especially for small-scale farmers. Technical knowledge and service infrastructure is needed to ensure that the systems run effectively. Moreover, SPIS – if not adequately managed - bear the risk of fostering unsustainable water use as lower energy costs may lead to over-abstraction of groundwater. This report looks at how different countries work to create an enabling environment for SPIS technologies, while managing the risks that come with it.
| Author | : Gebrezgabher, Solomie |
| Publisher | : International Water Management Institute (IWMI) |
| Total Pages | : 54 |
| Release | : 2021-07-01 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9290909161 |
| Author | : Megh R. Goyal |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 361 |
| Release | : 2016-12-01 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1771883650 |
This new book, the fourth volume in the Innovations and Challenges in Micro Irrigation book series, examines the potential of solar energy and other emerging energy technologies in micro irrigation to create sustainable energy sources. The authors discuss a variety of innovative micro irrigation system designs, with a special focus on solar energy and photovoltaic (PV) energy.
| Author | : Herbert G. Blank |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 348 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Arid regions |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Maxwell Mapako |
| Publisher | : Zed Books Ltd. |
| Total Pages | : 292 |
| Release | : 2013-07-18 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1848137702 |
Energy supply is a key factor in economic and social development, but lack of modern energy in rural areas limits efforts to alleviate poverty and improve living standards. This book identifies the options for providing modern and improved renewables-based energy to low-income rural areas, with special emphasis on the productive uses. In the five countries represented - Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Zambia and Zimbabwe - the contributors focus on the advantages of a decentralized approach to energy delivery, the role of income-generating activities in attracting modern energy services to rural areas, and the barriers as well as opportunities that exist in the promotion of renewable energy technologies. The African Energy Policy Research Network (Afrepren) has built up an enviable reputation as the Continent‘s foremost platform for the development African energy professionals producing policy relevant work. This latest volume in their series of publications is a further contribution to addressing the practical energy needs of Sub-Saharan Africa.
| Author | : International Renewable Energy Agency |
| Publisher | : Food & Agriculture Org. |
| Total Pages | : 92 |
| Release | : 2021-11-03 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 9251352356 |
In 2021, the United Nations Secretary-General will convene the Food Systems Summit to advance dialogue and action towards transforming the way the world produces, consumes and thinks about food guided by the overarching vision of a fairer, more sustainable world. The Secretary-General will also convene the High-Level Dialogue on Energy (HLDE) to promote the implementation of the energy-related goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Given the inextricable linkages between the energy and agriculture sectors, integrating the nexus perspective within the FSS and the HLDE is crucial to formulate a joint vision of actions to advance the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement. In this context, IRENA and FAO have decided to jointly develop a report on the role of renewable energy used in food chain to advance energy and food security as well as climate action towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement. While energy has a key enabling role in food system transformation and innovation in agriculture, its current use is unsustainable because of the high dependence on fossil fuels and frequent access to energy in developing countries. The challenge is to disconnect fossil fuel use from food system transformation without hampering food security. The use of renewable energy in food systems offers vast opportunities to address this challenge and help food systems meet their energy needs while advancing rural development while contributing to rural development and climate action.
| Author | : L. A. Kristoferson |
| Publisher | : Elsevier |
| Total Pages | : 338 |
| Release | : 2013-10-22 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 1483190994 |
Renewable Energy Technologies: Their Applications in Developing Countries presents an overview and assessment of technologies for energy-related projects in the rural sector of developing countries. This book discusses the important, but not dominant, role that new and renewable sources of energy (NARSE) will have in the Third World. Bioenergy fuel sources come from wood fuel, energy crops, agricultural residue and organic wastes, peat, biomass briquettes, biogas, and animal power. The text also describes the problems related to operating biomass engines and to the production of engine fuels such as alcohol fuels, vegetable oil, producer gas made from wood and charcoal. These problems concern land use and site location for growing these fuel crops, government policies or subsidies, as well as competition with prevailing petrol prices. Solar water heaters and photovoltaic cells can be used by households and in bigger institutions; ongoing technological developments mainly focus on cutting down costs and better manufacturing methods. The book also addresses other NARSE such as hydro, wind, and water power generation. This book is suitable for economists, environmentalists, ecologists, and policy makers involved in energy conservation and rural development.
