Índia: Solar irrigation must be made cheaper: Matia
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Mar 14, 2013, 2:48:43 PM3/14/13
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Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury recently said the cost of solar
irrigation must be reduced substantially before any expansion in the
country.
The cost of solar panels to be used in the farm sector must be reduced if the government wants to support its expansion in the agriculture sector, she said at the inaugural session of an international workshop in the city.
The two-day workshop, titled ‘Rural Mechanisation Policy and Technology: Lessons from Bangladesh and Other Asian Countries’, was organised by Agriculture, Water Resources and Rural Institutions Division of the Planning Commission in association with Brac at the Brac Centre.
Member (Agriculture) of Planning Commission MA Sattar Mandal presented the keynote paper at the opening session.
Matia Chowdhury called upon the manufacturers to put efforts in research and development activities to make the solar panels cheap and simple in order that the government is able to subsidise the expansion to small farmers.
Spending Tk 17 lakh for solar irrigation can support only 200 acres of lands which is not cost effective, she said, adding that the government is not interested to subsidise such costly venture.
The Agriculture Minister said that as marginal farmers are the “driving force” of agriculture, machines must be fine tuned from their perspective.
“Mechanisation is a must, but it must fit the demand of the farmers,” she added.
In his keynote paper, MA Sattar Mandal said the country is experiencing a steady mechanisation over the last two decades. “Since 1991, mechanical irrigation coverage of the country increased by 3.4 per cent annually, while the use of shallow tube wells increased by 16 per cent.
He mentioned that liberalisation of the water market, particularly through permitting private operation of shallow tube wells, has made possible the mechanisation of irrigation.
Mandal also noted that the spread of the use of two-wheel (single-axle) power tillers has already led to the reduction of the use of animal and human labour in the farming.
He said the real wage rate of farm labourers has been increasing by 8.4 per cent annually since 1991. Real wage rate is defined by calculating how many kilograms of coarse rice can be purchased with the average daily income.
Moderated by Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman, the session was also addressed by Brac executive director Mahbub Hossain and CIMMYT consultant Scot Justice
Fonte:http://www.energybangla.com/2013/03/09/2559.html#.UUIMT3eNBv4
The cost of solar panels to be used in the farm sector must be reduced if the government wants to support its expansion in the agriculture sector, she said at the inaugural session of an international workshop in the city.
The two-day workshop, titled ‘Rural Mechanisation Policy and Technology: Lessons from Bangladesh and Other Asian Countries’, was organised by Agriculture, Water Resources and Rural Institutions Division of the Planning Commission in association with Brac at the Brac Centre.
Member (Agriculture) of Planning Commission MA Sattar Mandal presented the keynote paper at the opening session.
Matia Chowdhury called upon the manufacturers to put efforts in research and development activities to make the solar panels cheap and simple in order that the government is able to subsidise the expansion to small farmers.
Spending Tk 17 lakh for solar irrigation can support only 200 acres of lands which is not cost effective, she said, adding that the government is not interested to subsidise such costly venture.
The Agriculture Minister said that as marginal farmers are the “driving force” of agriculture, machines must be fine tuned from their perspective.
“Mechanisation is a must, but it must fit the demand of the farmers,” she added.
In his keynote paper, MA Sattar Mandal said the country is experiencing a steady mechanisation over the last two decades. “Since 1991, mechanical irrigation coverage of the country increased by 3.4 per cent annually, while the use of shallow tube wells increased by 16 per cent.
He mentioned that liberalisation of the water market, particularly through permitting private operation of shallow tube wells, has made possible the mechanisation of irrigation.
Mandal also noted that the spread of the use of two-wheel (single-axle) power tillers has already led to the reduction of the use of animal and human labour in the farming.
He said the real wage rate of farm labourers has been increasing by 8.4 per cent annually since 1991. Real wage rate is defined by calculating how many kilograms of coarse rice can be purchased with the average daily income.
Moderated by Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman, the session was also addressed by Brac executive director Mahbub Hossain and CIMMYT consultant Scot Justice
Fonte:http://www.energybangla.com/2013/03/09/2559.html#.UUIMT3eNBv4
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