It has a relatively small proportion of its net sown area unirrigated, indicating poor irrigation demand. There is a comparatively high level of farm mechanization in the district, implying a positive outlook towards progressive technologies amongst the 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 | Limited Suitability |
Solar based water as a service | Not Suitable |
Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps | Limited Suitability |
Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps | Limited suitability |
Individually owned off-grid solar pumps
Limited Suitability
The district has a relatively high disbursement of institutional credit and a comparatively high concentration of diesel pump users. However, ground water availability is below the safe limit, and crop revenue per holding is low, making 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 | 30,282 | 63 |
Water Availability Index | 0.55 | 41 |
Crop revenue per holding (INR) | 56,721 | 38 |
Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore) | 130.3 | 72 |
Solarisation of feeders
Limited Suitability
The district has a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation, and its DISCOM incurs a high cost for supplying power. But, a relatively low penetration of electric pumps means that solarisation of the feeders would not help in increasing the deployment of solar for irrigation.
Parameter | Value | Percentile |
---|---|---|
Actual cost of power supply (INR/kWh) | 6.54 | 80 |
Extent of feeder segregation | 2% | 21 |
Proportion of cultivators reporting use of electric pumps | 0% | 0 |
Solar based water as a service
Not Suitable
The concentration of small and marginal farmers is rather high in the district, but groundwater availability is below the safe limit. In addition, a relatively low proportion of unirrigated area makes it very difficult to promote solar-based irrigation through the water-as-a-service model here, unless it undercuts the price of water from existing sources, and improves water utilisation through promotion of micro-irrigation.
Parameter | Value | Percentile |
---|---|---|
Water Availability Index | 0.55 | 41 |
Proportion of small and marginal cultivators | 93% | 71 |
Unirrigated net sown area as a share of total net sown area | 17% | 19 |
Promote 1 HP and sub-HP pumps
Limited Suitability
The district has a relatively high proportion of gross cropped area under horticulture crops, a high concentration of marginal farmers and a comparatively high disbursement of institutional credit to marginal farmers, but groundwater availability is below the safe limit. Water conservation and efficient irrigation practices (such as drip irrigation) should be promoted to improve the viability of small capacity pumps.
Parameter | Value | Percentile |
---|---|---|
Area under horticulture crops as a share of gross cropped area | 9% | 60 |
Water Availability Index | 0.55 | 41 |
Proportion of marginal cultivators | 81% | 78 |
Medium and long term institutional credit disbursed in a year (in INR Crore) | 130.3 | 72 |
Solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps
Limited suitability
The district has a comparatively high extent of feeder segregation and power supply to its agriculture consumerss is heavily subsidised. But, a relatively low penetration of electric pumps and groundwater availability below the safe limits means that solarisation of individual grid-connected pumps would not help in increasing the deployment of solar for irrigation.
Parameter | Value | Percentile |
---|---|---|
Water Availability Index | 0.55 | 41 |
Actual cost of power supply (INR/kWh) | 6.54 | 80 |
Extent of feeder segregation | 2% | 21 |
Leveraging Solar Pumps to Promote Policy Objectives
If you are deploying solar pumps in this district then you can further these policy objectives.
Doubling Farmers’ Income – Capital Investment
Given the high concentration of small and marginal farmers, and their relatively better access to institutional credit, the district is suitable for doubling farmers’ income through capital investment. Solar pumps could be one of the farm technologies to invest in for farmers, especially 1 HP or sub-HP pumps for marginal farmers.
Parameter | Value | Percentile |
---|---|---|
Proportion of small and marginal cultivators | 93% | 71 |
Medium and long-term institutional credit disbursed in a year to small and marginal cultivators (in INR Crore) | 130.3 | 72 |