Solar PV electricity for agricultural development

This proposal is part of the actions developed by GGGI to support the government in the development of ecovillage in Burkina Faso. This PIN will focus on the development of a pre-feasibility study on Solar PV electricity as an economically attractive and environmentally - friendly alternative to hydrocarbon burning irrigation pumps for the development of the agriculture sector. This will support the implementation of the Ecovillages National strategy and the investment program. Indeed, the national strategy for the creation of ecovillage in Burkina Faso has been validated on March 2018 and the investment program has been validated on August 2019. The document of national strategy for the creation of ecovillage is structured in five strategic axes: - Improving local governance; - Strengthening sustainable food security; - Promotion of renewable energies and the preservation of the environment; - Development of local green entrepreneurship; and - Increasing access to innovative financing mechanisms by local actors. In order to operationalize the national strategy, the GoBF with the support of GGGI, has translated it into concrete investment projects, within an investment program. The investment program is structured in four components. - Good governance, - Improving livelihoods, - Improving access to social needs, - Preservation of natural capital. The “Solar PV electricity for agricultural development” will implement the component 2 related to the “Improving livelihoods”