Solar water pumps may be ...
Published by Tommy Hart, Netafim
Solar water pumps may be especially useful in small scale or community based irrigation, as large scale irrigation requires large volumes of water that in turn require a large solar PV array. As said, in India the framing is dominated by marginal farm holders.
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In India, groundwater rights remain attach to land rights. Only a small proportion of small and marginal farmers own wells. Further, those who have, may not spare their small land holding for installing solar panels. So it is quite likely that they will not get benefits.
Published by Nitin Bassi, Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy (IRAP) - Senior Researcher