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Water Management in Niger - Sidibe Preuss
Water Management in Niger - Sidibe Preuss
Authors: Supervisor:
Kadidja S IDIB É Pepita M IQUEL -F LORENSA, Ph.D.
Stefan P REUSS
05/04/2020
Contents
1 Introduction 2
2 Country Context 2
2.1 Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.2 Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.3 Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3 Solar Irrigation 4
4 Program Description 6
5 Research Design 9
5.1 Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6 Empirical Analysis 11
6.1 Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6.3 Attrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7 Cost Estimation 13
7.1 Farmers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7.2 Manufacturer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
8 Concluding Remarks 15
Acronyms
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Treatment A Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Calendar Jan (…) May Jun Jul (…) Nov Dec Jan (…) May Jun Jul (…) Nov Dec Jan (…) Apr May Jun Jul (…) Nov Dec
Crop (parcel 1)
Millet Millet Millet
Crop (parcel 2) Groundnut Groundnut Groundnut
Regular return 415 415 415
Cost of lease -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20
Interest repayment -90 -90 -90
Cash flow (groundnut) 0 0 415 415 415 415 325 325 325 325 720 710 700 (…) 510 490 470 (…) 410 805 785 765 (…) 595 575
Treatment B
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Calendar Jan (…) May Jun Jul (…) Nov Dec Jan (…) May Jun Jul (…) Nov Dec Jan (…) Apr May Jun Jul (…) Nov Dec
Millet Millet Millet
Crop Groundnut Groundnut Groundnut
Subsidized return 530 530 530
Cost of lease -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20
Interest repayment -90 -90 -90
Cash flow (groundnut) 0 0 530 530 530 530 430 430 430 430 950 930 910 (…) 740 720 700 (…) 640 1150 1130 1110 (…) 940 920
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