Double dividend : power and agriculture nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa
Double dividend : power and agriculture nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa
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双重红利：撒哈拉以南非洲的电力和农业关系
作者：
S. Banerjee;Kabir Malik;A. Tipping;J. Besnard;J. Nash
在撒哈拉以南非洲增加现代电力服务是未来二十年世界面临的主要发展挑战之一。农村经济在很大程度上依赖农业;事实上，农业和农业综合企业占非洲国内生产总值的近一半。这些企业需要电力来充分发挥其潜力，而农村能源服务的扩大需要有持续电力需求的消费者作为可靠的收入来源。在撒哈拉以南非洲，农业和能源能否结合在一起，为企业、家庭、公用事业和私营部门服务提供商带来双重红利？这是本研究的中心问题。将农业负荷与其他家庭和商业电力需求相结合，可以增加扩大电网的可行性，或为独立电力生产商和小型电网运营商创造机会。借鉴一套案例研究，这项研究提供了如何运作的机会，并解决非洲电力农业一体化的挑战的见解。
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.