Factors influencing farmers' adoption of energy-based water pumps and impacts on crop productivity and household income in Pakistan

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue , 2016, Pages 48-57

  Ali, Akhter ^a   Bahadur Rahut, Dil ^b   Behera, Bhagirath ^c  

^a International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) Pakistan Office CSI Building NARC   (Pakistan)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Alternative energy; Irrigation; Multivariate probit model; Pakistan; Poverty; Propensity score matching; Water pumps

Indexed keywords

CROPS; ELECTRIC LOAD SHEDDING; ENERGY POLICY; PRODUCTIVITY; PUMPS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CROP PRODUCTIVITY; ENERGY-BASED; MULTIVARIATE PROBIT; MULTIVARIATE PROBIT MODEL; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; PROBIT MODELS; PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING; WATER PUMP;

IRRIGATION;

EID: 84944909772     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.09.073     Document Type: Review

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