Abstract

Developmental actors are pushing the diffusion of solar powered irrigation technologies using different technology diffusion models in resource-constrained, underdeveloped agrarian regions of the Global South. Among the varied models, the hybrid model of technology diffusion and environmental governance has gained a lot of traction and support among the technology promoters in recent years. In this article, we analyse two cases of hybrid environmental governance employed for the diffusion of solar powered irrigation technologies in rural Bihar, India. The promoters of solar powered irrigation technologies wish to achieve environmental sustainability, enhance farmers income and mitigate climate change through promoting renewable-based technologies. The top-down framing of technology and environment in hybrid environmental models often uncritically negates the place-based embedded experiences of end-users and non-users. The paper argues that the role of end-users and non-users in hybrid environmental governance need to be understood using the bottom-up approach. The paper makes a case for acknowledging and incorporating the views and environmental subjectivities of end-users and non-users while planning developmental interventions. The paper ends up suggesting a few policy-relevant suggestions for hybrid models of technology and environmental governance.

摘要

发展参与者正在全球南方资源受限、欠发达的农业地区使用不同的技术传播模型推动太阳能灌溉技术的传播。在各种模式中，技术传播与环境治理的混合模式近年来在技术推动者中获得了很大的牵引力和支持。在本文中，我们分析了在印度比哈尔邦农村推广太阳能灌溉技术所采用的两个混合环境治理案例。太阳能灌溉技术的推动者希望通过推广可再生技术来实现环境可持续性、增加农民收入和缓解气候变化。混合环境模型中技术和环境的自上而下框架通常不加批判地否定了最终用户和非用户基于地点的嵌入式体验。本文认为，需要使用自下而上的方法来理解最终用户和非用户在混合环境治理中的作用。该论文提出了在规划发展干预措施时承认并纳入最终用户和非用户的观点和环境主观性的理由。这篇论文最后就技术和环境治理的混合模式提出了一些与政策相关的建议。本文提出了在规划发展干预措施时承认并纳入最终用户和非用户的观点和环境主观性的理由。这篇论文最后就技术和环境治理的混合模式提出了一些与政策相关的建议。本文提出了在规划发展干预措施时承认并纳入最终用户和非用户的观点和环境主观性的理由。这篇论文最后就技术和环境治理的混合模式提出了一些与政策相关的建议。