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Revision as of 12:40, 9 June 2017
Introduction
The Toolbox on Solar Powered Irrigation Systems (SPIS) is designed to enable advisors, service providers and practitioners in the field of solar irrigation to provide broad hands-on guidance to end-users, policy-makers and financiers. Risks related to system efficiency, financial viability and the unsustainable use of water resources can thus be minimized. The Toolbox comprises informative modules supplemented with user-friendly software tools (calculations sheets, checklists, guidelines). read more
Modules and tools touch upon:
- assessing the water requirements,
- comparing the financial viability,
- determining farm profitability and payback of investment in SPIS,
- sustainably design and maintain a SPIS,
- highlight critical workmanship quality aspects,
- and many more.
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Further Reading, Links and Tools
Links
- C-GAP on "Rural and Agricultural Finance" at: http://www.microfinancegateway.org (08/13/2015)
- "Agricultural Finance Support Facility" (AgriFin)/ World Bank at: https://www.agrifinfacility.org/ (08/13/2015)
- "Agricultural and Rural Finance" Making Finance Work for Africa/MicroSave at: http://www.mfw4a.org (08/13/2015)
Publications/Papers
- "Guarantee Funds: A Response to Agricultural Credit Risk – The Latin American Guarantee Fund FOGAL" by SOS Faim Belgium (2015) at: http://bit.ly/2qWQ1Af (08/13/2015)
- "Innovative Agricultural SME Finance Models" (2012) by IFC/GPFI at: http://bit.ly/2qkfMM7 (08/13/2015)
- "Scaling Up Access to Finance for Agricultural SMEs - Policy Review and Recommendations" (2011) by IFC/GPFI at:
http://bit.ly/2qnjP6u (08/13/2015)
- "Resource Book on Designing and Delivering Agriculture Financing Products-The Phillipines" by: Piyush Kumar Prasoon;
Abhay Pareek, Anant Jayant Natu; Jesila Ledesma; Neeloy Deep Barman (2014) at:http://www.microsave.net (08/13/2015)
- "Managing Risk in Financing Agriculture – Notes - Expert Meeting". Convened and co-sponsored by AFRACA, FAO, the Land Bank of South Africa/World Bank (2009) at: http://bit.ly/2qnQ1GG (08/13/2015)
- “Developing Rural Finance through Public-Private Sector Cooperation” by SOS Faim Belgium in Zoom Microfinance (2013) at: http://bit.ly/2qk3xPL (13/8/2015)
- "Credit Risk Models for Managing Bank‘s Agricultural Loan Portfolio", by Arindam Bandyopadhyay/National Institute of Bank Management, Pune, India (2007) at: https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de (08/13/2015)
- "Credit Risk Models for Agriculture Loan Portfolios" AgriFin/Worldbank (2007) at: https://www.agrifinfacility.org/resource/credit-risk-models-managing-bank’s-agricultural-lo- an-portfolio (08/13/2015)
- "Agricultural Finance – Trends, Issues and Challenges" (2011) GIZ at: http://www.ruralfinance.org/fileadmin/templates/rflc/documents/06giz2011-0460en-agricultural-finance. pdf (08/13/2015)
Tools
There are no SPIS tools developed specifically for this Module, however the following tools are relevant:
- PROMOTE 01-SPIS Rapid Assessment: includes a (financial) market analysis for financing of SPIS components
- DESIGN 06-Farm Analysis Tool: to determine the profitability of the farm enterprise
- DESIGN 07-Simplified Financial Viability Tool: to calculate the financial viability of a SPIS and compare that to other alternative pumping systems (diesel and grid power)