WEBINAR: ENERGY USE FOR IRRIGATION IN ETHIOPIA: SHEDDING LIGHT ON DEMAND, LEAST-COST-OPTIONS, AND FARM RETURNS

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Columbia University, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Water and Energy, and Ethiopia’s Ministry of Irrigation & Lowlands.

Ethiopia has ambitious targets to expand the productive use of electricity in agriculture and enjoys favourable conditions through low electricity prices and expanding supply capacities. This webinar showcases and discusses main insights from ongoing research on energy use for irrigation in Ethiopia as part of the Applied Research Programme on Energy and Economic Growth (EEG).

The webinar combines research presentations, policy input, and a guided discussion with live audience participation throughout. The multi-disciplinary research teams from Ethiopia, the US, and Germany will present their work on high-resolution estimations of energy demand for irrigation in Ethiopia and least-cost energy options to cater for that demand, determining how net crop returns differ by the type of energy source used to access water for irrigation, detecting smallholder irrigation and diesel-powered irrigation that combines machine learning techniques with multiscale satellite imagery and on-the-ground survey data.

Moderators: Dr Dawit Mekonnen (IFPRI) and Dr Gunther Bensch (RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research)

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