Rice is the main food of Sierra Leoneans and an important source of employment and income for rural communities. According to the West African Rice Development Association report, annual consumption of rice is amongst...Rice is the main food of Sierra Leoneans and an important source of employment and income for rural communities. According to the West African Rice Development Association report, annual consumption of rice is amongst the highest in SubSaharan Africa（SSA）, 104 kg. Mainly, small scale farmers who are resource poor on both the upland and various lowlands grow rice. Sierra Leone has not been able to produce enough rice to meet its local consumption demand for a very long time now. 530 000 MT of milled rice is the required consumption need of the Sierra Leonean population per annum. In 2007, national paddy rice production was projected at 638 000 MT. The level of rice self-sufficiency rose from 50.57% in 2002 to 62.15% in 2006 and then to 63.49% in 2007. The remainder must be imported at increasingly expensive prices in the current situation of high food prices, which includes rice. The price of rice has seen a steady increase in the entire country. What most affected by this, is the low-income urban and peri-urban households. The promotion of domestic rice production is therefore a key element in the strategies for improving rice self-sufficiency, stimulating economic growth and increasing rural income. Therefore, supporting rice production programme is the only solution to pull the country out of the worsening rice situation and maintain the present trend in rice self-sufficiency. Therefore, having an understanding of the strategic interventions in rice production in Sierra Leone is an important ingredient in the promotion and attainment of rice self-sufficiency.展开更多
Generation of power through renewable energy resources is variable in nature due to their intermittence and the generation cost from these resources is also high for developing countries.Supportive policies and scheme...Generation of power through renewable energy resources is variable in nature due to their intermittence and the generation cost from these resources is also high for developing countries.Supportive policies and schemes like feed-in tariff and net metering are not so much attractive for consumers due to their insufficient rates and unfavorable institutional design.The shortcomings in these schemes can be avoided through self-consumption technique for roof top solar photovoltaic system,as this technique results in cheaper generation of electricity as compared to that of utility or grid.Therefore,prosumers are more attractive to use most of electrical power at cheapest price.In this paper,the cost and feasibility for the on-grid industrial solar photovoltaic system was analyzed.It is found from the results that store on-grid based photovoltaic system will be 0.0086$/(kW∙h)and utility will sell energy to the prosumers at rate of 0.062$/(kW·h),which will result in 35.23%reduction in annual cost of energy as compared to time of use rating model.Furthermore,96%of annual energy demand can be achieved by the proposed scheme,which guarantees the security of supply and the proposed model can be adopted for developing countries.展开更多
文摘Rice is the main food of Sierra Leoneans and an important source of employment and income for rural communities. According to the West African Rice Development Association report, annual consumption of rice is amongst the highest in SubSaharan Africa（SSA）, 104 kg. Mainly, small scale farmers who are resource poor on both the upland and various lowlands grow rice. Sierra Leone has not been able to produce enough rice to meet its local consumption demand for a very long time now. 530 000 MT of milled rice is the required consumption need of the Sierra Leonean population per annum. In 2007, national paddy rice production was projected at 638 000 MT. The level of rice self-sufficiency rose from 50.57% in 2002 to 62.15% in 2006 and then to 63.49% in 2007. The remainder must be imported at increasingly expensive prices in the current situation of high food prices, which includes rice. The price of rice has seen a steady increase in the entire country. What most affected by this, is the low-income urban and peri-urban households. The promotion of domestic rice production is therefore a key element in the strategies for improving rice self-sufficiency, stimulating economic growth and increasing rural income. Therefore, supporting rice production programme is the only solution to pull the country out of the worsening rice situation and maintain the present trend in rice self-sufficiency. Therefore, having an understanding of the strategic interventions in rice production in Sierra Leone is an important ingredient in the promotion and attainment of rice self-sufficiency.
文摘Generation of power through renewable energy resources is variable in nature due to their intermittence and the generation cost from these resources is also high for developing countries.Supportive policies and schemes like feed-in tariff and net metering are not so much attractive for consumers due to their insufficient rates and unfavorable institutional design.The shortcomings in these schemes can be avoided through self-consumption technique for roof top solar photovoltaic system,as this technique results in cheaper generation of electricity as compared to that of utility or grid.Therefore,prosumers are more attractive to use most of electrical power at cheapest price.In this paper,the cost and feasibility for the on-grid industrial solar photovoltaic system was analyzed.It is found from the results that store on-grid based photovoltaic system will be 0.0086$/(kW∙h)and utility will sell energy to the prosumers at rate of 0.062$/(kW·h),which will result in 35.23%reduction in annual cost of energy as compared to time of use rating model.Furthermore,96%of annual energy demand can be achieved by the proposed scheme,which guarantees the security of supply and the proposed model can be adopted for developing countries.
