SPIS Toolbox - Further Resources

Tools

• AQUASTAT (global)
• CEEW Portal (India)
• CropWat (global)
• Rural Invest (global)
• Solar Irrigation Potential (SIP)

Publications

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH: Manual de Capacitación - Equipo Móvil de Bombeo Solar.
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH: Pompage Solaire - Investigation de l’impact des installations de pompage solaire sur la consommation d’eau et la situation socio-economique d’un agriculteur dans 3 zones pilotes au Maroc.
• Transversalización del enfoque nexo en el contexto del bombeo solar para riego en Chile
• Solar Powered Irrigation Systems (SPIS) - Technology, Economy, Impacts
• The benefits and risks of solar-powered irrigation - a global overview
• Costs and Benefits of Clean Energy Technologies in the Milk, Vegetable and Rice Value Chains

Videos

• Short videos on installing, sizing and maintaining solar irrigation systems.
• Solar Powered Irrigation Systems: Youtube Channel with "Hands-On" videos and screencasts of using the tools
• Screencasts English
• Screencasts Français
• Screencasts Arabic
• Hands-on Videos in English
• Vidéos pratiques Français
• Hands-on Videos in Arabic
• Tutorial Video Series on SPIS:

1. Introduction: Benefits and Challenges
2. Investment Opportunity and Finance
3. Water Requirements
4. Components and Function
5. Farm Suitability and Finding the Right Pum
6. Maintenance and Monitoring Performance
7. Next Steps

• All videos in the Tutorial Video Series on SPIS in English
• All videos in the Tutorial Video Series on SPIS in Swahili
• All videos in the Tutorial Video Series on SPIS in French