Double Dividend
Increasing access to modern electricity services in Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the main development challenges facing the world over the next two decades. The rural economies are overwhelmingly dependent on agriculture; in fact, agriculture and agribusiness comprise nearly half of Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP). These enterprises require electricity to grow to their potential, while the expansion of rural energy services needs consumers with consistent power needs to serve as a reliable revenue source. Can agriculture and energy come together in Sub-Saharan Africa to offer a double dividend with benefits to enterprises, households, utilities, and private-sector service providers? This is the central question of this study. Combining agricultural load with other household and commercial power demand can increase the feasibility of extending the grid or creating opportunities for independent power producers and mini-grid operators. Drawing on a suite of case studies, this study offers insights on what it will take to operationalize the opportunities and address the challenges for power-agriculture integration in Africa.
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| Format: | Working Paper biblioteca |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Subjects: | AGRICULTURE, SMALLHOLDERS, RURAL ELECTRIFICATION, VALUE CHAIN, ENERGY DEMAND, IRRIGATION, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/561861491815768638/Double-dividend-power-and-agriculture-nexus-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26383 |
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| Summary: | Increasing access to modern electricity
services in Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the main
development challenges facing the world over the next two
decades. The rural economies are overwhelmingly dependent on
agriculture; in fact, agriculture and agribusiness comprise
nearly half of Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP). These
enterprises require electricity to grow to their potential,
while the expansion of rural energy services needs consumers
with consistent power needs to serve as a reliable revenue
source. Can agriculture and energy come together in
Sub-Saharan Africa to offer a double dividend with benefits
to enterprises, households, utilities, and private-sector
service providers? This is the central question of this
study. Combining agricultural load with other household and
commercial power demand can increase the feasibility of
extending the grid or creating opportunities for independent
power producers and mini-grid operators. Drawing on a suite
of case studies, this study offers insights on what it will
take to operationalize the opportunities and address the
challenges for power-agriculture integration in Africa. |
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