The Alliance for Solarized Irrigation(ASI) is envisaged as a coalition where organizations and individuals work together to enable increased and sustainable use of solar based irrigation methods for agriculture and horticulture practices in India.

The Alliance brings together some of the country’s leading stakeholders such as think tanks and experts working on clean energy transition, decision-makers from govt. agencies and industry such as irrigation equipment manufacturers, system integrators, consultants, RESCOS, utilities, and civil society on one platform. The Alliance is a much-needed assimilation of thoughts of stakeholders who bat for the solarization of irrigation to improve the Agriculture and Horticulture cropping intensity along with addressing the food, water, and energy nexus.

ASI drives active dialogue with all stakeholders for joint advocacy to bring changes in policy, economic, technical, environmental, and social areas. Further, support in developing and piloting new business and financial models for scaling up. It will support the national and state governments in better regulatory enforcement of standards. The alliance will drive mass awareness and sensitization to create public demand for efficient and sustainable agricultural and horticultural infrastructure. It will work to strengthen the knowledge pool of the food, water, and energy sectors through evidence-based policy guidance, data-driven research, and industry reports.