Solar-powered drip irrigation managed by women farmer groups as climate change adaptation for gender equality and social inclusion in East Lombok, Indonesia

Lombok Island, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia, was affected by earthquakes in 2018 and is also susceptible to drought, floods, and water management issues. After the earthquake emergency response in 2018, Wahana Visi Indonesia conducted a project to increase girls' and women's resilience and protection through climate change adaptation as a recovery process post-disaster event. The project aims to strengthen the community’s resilience by assessing agricultural productivity, sustainable management of natural resources, and gender equality and social inclusion (GESI). The solar-powered dripping irrigation technique is providing water supply for farmer groups’ agricultural lands and tackles the energy crisis in the affected area. It benefits 121 women (6 groups) who experienced increasing harvest by approximately 25%–40% in one year of the planting calendar. Furthermore, it increases gender equality and social inclusion trends because more women are active in agriculture training, managing their family finance, and providing good food for their children.