Farming and food production sustainability increasingly depends on the availability of a clean energy model for irrigated agriculture. This can be achieved by massively introducing photovoltaic irrigation systems (PVI) with sufficient quality and reliability. Nevertheless, such PVI projects require high upfront investment and long payback times, so access to long-term, low-cost capital is essential to ensure their competitiveness. In this regard, decentralized financial (DeFi) solutions based on blockchain (BC) technology present a number of features that can be applied to produce financial instruments (FI) well suited to attract investors to PVI projects and to reduce the cost of clean energy for irrigators. In order to assess such a possibility, a DeFi FI tailored for PVI has been produced and implemented in BC. We demonstrate that a single smart contract executed in a distributed ledger can execute the different tasks related to the securitization of PVI assets.
Soil health and foodAddressing target audiences and expressing needs
- To raise awareness and possibly influence policy
- Expanding to more markets /finding new customers
To attract the attention of investors and policy makers from EC, national and regional governments on the need of establishing conditions for high quality PV irrigation systems through quality standards and technical specifications to be included in the award criteria of supporting measures.
- EU and Member State Policy-makers
- Other Actors who can help us fulfil our market potential
- Academia/ Universities

