{"query_echo":{"q":"","filters":{"analysis_type":["Quantitative estimate"]},"warnings":[{"code":"facet_value_not_in_vocabulary","message":"Value 'Quantitative estimate' for facet 'analysis_type' is not in the controlled vocabulary."}]},"total":{"value":4,"relation":"eq"},"page":1,"page_size":20,"self":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?analysis_type=Quantitative+estimate","stability":"beta","ai_marking":{"digital_source_type":{"uri":"http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/trainedAlgorithmicMedia","name":"Created using Generative AI"},"notice":"Summary and key insights are generated using artificial intelligence."},"results":[{"id":"sei-001264","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/sei-001264","title":"Carbon Footprint of Agricultural Development: the Potential Impact of Uptake of Small Electric and Diesel Pumps in Five Countries in Sub Saharan Africa","publisher":{"name":"Stockholm Environment Institute","organization":"stockholm-environment-institute"},"document_type":"research paper","language":"en","date_published":"2010","source_url":"https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/Air-land-water-resources/carbon-footprint-agricultural-development.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The study finds that carbon emissions from smallholder irrigation pumps in five Sub-Saharan African countries are currently a negligible fraction of national agricultural emissions and are unlikely to become significant even under high-adoption scenarios. However, the study warns that increased pump uptake may pose a more immediate threat to local water resources, particularly in semi-arid regions like Burkina Faso.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001264#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Carbon dioxide emissions from smallholder irrigation pumps in the five studied countries are currently very low, representing less than one per cent of each country's agricultural sector emissions in 2010.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001264#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Even in a hypothetical 'worst-case' scenario where every smallholder farmer uses a pump, the resulting carbon dioxide emissions would still remain below one per cent of the current agricultural sector totals.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001264#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Water resource depletion is identified as a more significant environmental concern than carbon emissions, especially at the local level. 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