EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL FOR LOW ENERGY EMITTERS TO FACILITATE SOLAR-POWERED DRIP IRRIGATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
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Author(s)
Van de Zande, G
Amrose, S
Winter, AG
Date Issued
June 2020
Journal
Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Citation
Van de Zande, G, Amrose, S and Winter, AG. 2020. "EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL FOR LOW ENERGY EMITTERS TO FACILITATE SOLAR-POWERED DRIP IRRIGATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA." Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference, 1.
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Abstract
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Introducing irrigation to smallholder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) can increase food security, improve nutrition, and reduce poverty. To explore the possibility of using drip irrigation on smallholder farms in SSA, we introduce a feasibility study that views the design space from both a user-centered lens, explaining how drip might be successful in the future, and from an engineering lens. With a first-order model, we compare estimated capital costs of drip and sprinkler systems for various farm profiles and show that drip has the potential to be a viable technology for many farms in SSA.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Global Engineering and Research Laboratory
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https://doi.org/10.1017/DSD.2020.329
