ADVISING WITH THE TOOLBOX ON

LOCAL CONDITIONS & CULTIVATION

TYPE OF IRRIGATION & WATER RESOURCES

ECONOMIC VIABILITY

DECIDING ON SOLAR POWERED IRRIGATION SYSTEMS

RIGHT TO USE (customary right, license, etc.)

Changes in GROUNDWATER LEVEL

IRRIGATE – Soil Tool

IRRIGATION WATER REQUIREMENTS

CROP WATER REQUIREMENTS

SAFEGUARD WATER – Water Requirement Tool

GROWING STAGE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION CROPPING PATTERNSSLOPE SOIL TYPE EFFECTIVE RAINFALL

SAFEGUARD WATER – Module

IRRIGATE – Module

SAFEGUARD WATER – Water Resource Management Checklist

SOLAR IRRADIATION

IRRIGATION SCHEDULING

GROUNDWATER LEVEL

PUMPING SYSTEM SIZE

PUMPING SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

(pumping head, pipeline pressure, storage tank, etc.)

IRRIGATE – Soil Tool

GET INFORMED – Module

DESIGN – Pump Sizing Tool

SPIS INVESTMENT COST & RECURRENT COSTS

INVEST – Module

INVEST – Payback Tool

EXPECTED REVENUES

MARKET ACCESS MARKET PRICES

INVEST – Farm Analysis Tool

DESIGN – SPIS Suitability Checklist

WATER SOURCE

WATER QUALITY

GROUNDWATERSURFACE WATER,

including canal water

AVAILABILITY & AFFORDABILITY of irrigation services

IRRIGATION SYSTEM CONFIGURATION (conjunctive use, filtration, fertigation, biological treatment, desalinization)

IRRIGATION SYSTEM TYPES(sprinkler, drip, surface, basin, furrow, border)

EXPECTED YIELDS

DISCOUNT RATE

MARKET INTEREST RATE

COST OF AGRICULTURAL

WATER

IS THE WATER SUPPLY SECURE & SUSTAINABLE?

YES NO

IS THE SPIS VIABLE?

YES

GET STARTED! (contact supplier, finance provider, etc.)

Once started check SET UP and MAINTAIN Module and Tools

NO

DESIGN – Module

TIP:Use the

DESIGN – Site

Data Collection Tool

to document

and guide your

decision!

LEGEND TOOLBOX:

TOOLMODULE

This Poster is part of the Toolbox on Solar Powered Irrigation Systems (SPIS). Information and Tools on Solar Water Pumping and Irrigation • Published by: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) as a founding partner of the global initiative Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development (PAEGC) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) • Concept: Robert Schultz, Kilian Blumenthal, Kerstin Lohr (GIZ Project Sustainable Energy for Food – Powering Agriculture), Lucie Pluschke (FAO) • Contact: Powering.Agriculture@giz.de • Design: EYES-OPEN, Berlin • About PAEGC: https://poweringag.org and https://energypedia.info/wiki/Portal:Powering_Agriculture • SPIS Toolbox online and download: https://energypedia.info/wiki/Toolbox_on_SPIS • © GIZ & FAO 2018