In the district, a relatively large proportion of the net sown area is unirrigated, indicating high irrigation demand. In the district, horticulture crops occupy a relatively high proportion of gross cropped area, raising the economic viability of solar pumps here. Overall, water availability for irrigation in the district (based on ground water development and long-term trends of water level decline) is within the safe limit, enhancing long-term sustainability of solar pumps. The district has a relatively high penetration of banks in rural and semi-rural areas, facilitating higher access to institutional credit for farmers. The district has a relatively high proportion of small and marginal farmers. The district appears in the group of districts, which show (very) low vulnerability towards climate change, as per an index constructed by CRIDA.
Deployment Approaches
Approaches | Feasibility |
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Individually owned off-grid solar pumps | Limited Suitability |
Solarisation of feeders | Not Suitable |
Solar based water as a service | Suitable |
Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps | Limited Suitability |
Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps | Not suitable |
Individually owned off-grid solar pumps
Limited Suitability
The district has ground water available within the safe limit. But, a comparatively low concentration of diesel pump users, low crop revenue per holding, and a relatively low disbursement of institutional credit make it very difficult to promote the private ownership of solar pumps here.
Parameter | Value | Percentile |
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Number of cultivators reporting use of diesel pumps | 229 | 15 |
Water Availability Index | 1 | 100 |
Crop revenue per holding (INR) | 20,554 | 11 |
Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore) | 0 | 0 |
Solarisation of feeders
Not Suitable
The district has a relatively high extent of feeder segregation. But, a rather low cost of power supply for the respective DISCOM and a comparatively low penetration of electric pumps make solarisation of the feeders an economically difficult and inefficient way to enhance solar for irrigation in the district.
Parameter | Value | Percentile |
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Actual cost of power supply (INR/kWh) | 7.46 | 97 |
Extent of feeder segregation | ||
Proportion of cultivators reporting use of electric pumps | 0% | 0 |
Solar based water as a service
Suitable
Availability of groundwater within the safe limit, a relatively high proportion of unirrigated area, and a rather high concentration of small and marginal farmers in the district make the water-as-a-service model a potential way to promote solar-based irrigation. The model could help in improving irrigation equity, without requiring a farmer to bear an upfront cost to purchase a pump.
Parameter | Value | Percentile |
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Water Availability Index | 1 | 100 |
Proportion of small and marginal cultivators | 93% | 71 |
Unirrigated net sown area as a share of total net sown area | 99% | 96 |
Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps
Limited Suitability
The district has groundwater availability within safe limit and a relatively high proportion of horticulture crops under gross cropped area. But, a rather low concentration of marginal farmers, and a comparatively low disbursement of institutional credit to them make it difficult to promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps here.
Parameter | Value | Percentile |
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Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area | 76% | 99 |
Water Availability Index | 1 | 100 |
Proportion of marginal cultivators | 60% | 45 |
Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore) | 0 | 0 |
Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps
Not suitable
The district has a relatively high extent of feeder segregation and has ground water available within the safe limits. But, a relatively low power subsidy for agricultural consumers and a comparatively low penetration of electric pumps make solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps an economically difficult and inefficient way to enhance solar for irrigation in the district.
Parameter | Value | Percentile |
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Water Availability Index | 1 | 100 |
Actual cost of power supply (INR/kWh) | 7.46 | 97 |
Extent of feeder segregation |
Leveraging Solar Pumps to Promote Policy Objectives
If you are deploying solar pumps in this district then you can further these policy objectives.
Har Khet ko Pani
A relatively high proportion of the net sown area in the district is unirrigated, indicating high irrigation demand. Solar pumps can help improve access to underground irrigation as part of Har Khet ko Pani.
Parameter | Value | Percentile |
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Unirrigated net sown area as a share of total net sown area | 99% | 96 |
Doubling Farmers’ Income – Crop Intensity
A relatively high proportion of the district’s net sown area is unirrigated. Lack of access to irrigation is one of the major barriers to growing crops beyond two conventional seasons, rabi and kharif. Ensuring irrigation access through solar power will help improve cropping intensity and move towards the aim of doubling farmers’ income by 2022.
Parameter | Value | Percentile |
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Unirrigated net sown area as a share of total net sown area | 99% | 96 |
National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP)
The relatively low share of oilseeds and oil palm crops under gross sown area in the district makes it a suitable candidate for promoting NMOOP. Solar pumps could meet irrigation needs for these crops and help farmers diversify their yields beyond cereals.
Parameter | Value | Percentile |
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Area under oilseeds as a share of total cropped area | 26 |
Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanisation – Farm Power Availability
There is a comparatively low level of farm mechanisation in the district and a relatively low proportion of electric pump users, indicating an opportunity to increase the exisiting level of mechanisation through solar based irrigation. Solar powered irrigation could be deployed under the Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanisation to improve farm power availability.
Parameter | Value | Percentile |
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Level of farm mechanisation (tractors, harvesters, threshers per ha) | 0 | 0 |
Proportion of cultivators reporting use of electric pumps | 0% | 0 |
Per Drop More Crop
In the district, crops suitable for drip and sprinkler irrigation occupy a relatively high proportion of gross cropped area, making it easy to adopt such high precision irrigation methods. Solar pumps, along with other efficient and precise water application devices, could be deployed under Per Drop More Crop to promote efficient irrigation.
Parameter | Value | Percentile |
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Area under crops suitable for drip and sprinkler irrigation as a share of total cropped area | 80% | 97 |