TENDER REFERENCE: RACIDA-SOM1035-010

SOLAR POWERED IRRIGATION SOLUTIONS

INTRODUCTION

Agriculture is the single largest employer in the world, sustaining the livelihoods of 40 percent of the world’s population, many of whom continue to live in poverty (United Nations, 2015). Irrigation is among the measures that can improve yields, reduce vulnerability to changing rainfall patterns and enable multiple cropping practices (FAO, 2011). As such, irrigation is often seen as the engine that helps to ensure food security, generates incomes, provides jobs and drives rural development. Energy is a key input for irrigation services.

As investment costs for solar powered irrigation systems (SPIS) are coming down and subsidy schemes for SPIS are being rolled out, solar technologies are becoming a viable option for both large and small-scale farmers. SPIS provide reliable and affordable energy, potentially reducing energy costs for irrigation. In rural areas where diesel fuel is expensive or where reliable access to the electricity grid is lacking, they can provide a relatively flexible and climate friendly alternative energy source. SPIS can be used in large-scale irrigation systems as well as for decentralized, small-scale irrigation.

SPIS have many advantages, providing a clean alternative to fossil fuels and enabling the development of low-carbon irrigated agriculture. In areas with no or unreliable access to energy, they contribute to rural electrification and reduce energy costs for irrigation. This improves the access to water of many farmers and can have knock-on effects on agricultural productivity and incomes.

RURAL AGENCY FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT A ND ASSISTANCE (RACIDA) – INVITATION TO TENDER

SYSTEM DESIGN FOR DOLLO FARM IRRIGATION

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Tender for solar irrigation canal

Completed tender documents are to be submitted through email with the subject name: Supply of solar Materials for the Canal in Dollow, Gedo Region, Somalia and Tender Number RACIDA-SOM1035-010 in accordance with the Instructions to Tenders in the tender documents.

Tender Name: Supply of Solar Materials for the Canal in Dollow, Gedo Region, Somalia

Tender Reference Number: RACIDA-SOM1035-010

Bids must be emailed to: [email protected]

Closing date of reception of Submission of applications: at the latest the 20th of May 2023 at 10am.