Legacy Project
Knowledge Exchange for Solar Water Pumping
Funder: Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
Project Timeline: July 9, 2018 - November 8, 2019
Country: Nepal
Program Areas: Clean Energy & Circular Economy, Agriculture, Resilience and Water and Climate Change
Contact: Badri Nath Baral, BnBaral@winrock.org
This project works with Nepal Agricultural Cooperative Central Federation, Ltd. to develop the capacity and enhance the knowledge of five rural municipalities, eight Small Farmers Agriculture Cooperatives, Ltd. and farmers on solar irrigation through knowledge exchange and live demonstrations. By developing a network of cooperatives, rural municipalities and SWP suppliers, the project aims to accelerate the commercial market for solar irrigation. A future scale-up phase aims to spread this knowledge throughout the cooperatives in Nepal, which serve 1.25 million smallholder farmers.