India’s drive to install millions of solar-powered irrigation pumps has worthy intentions. The government aims to lift farm productivity and boost rural income while relieving the state of a ...

Agriculture is a part of India's workforce with almost half of the people working in this field. It also uses a lot of water, 80 per cent of the freshwater that India has.

Pump installations by Indian farmers are rising steadily, driven by a mix of policy push, groundwater stress, and the need for reliable irrigation, with the pendulum swinging towards solar-powered ...

Solar pumps bring irrigation to farms and increase yields in food-insecure, arid Niger The World Bank-funded Niger Solar Electricity Access Project enables farmers to buy pumps Based on its success, a ...

The authorities in the Philippines have inaugurated the country’s largest solar-powered irrigation system, featuring more than 1,000 solar panels and two submersible pumps. The system benefits over ...

Nearly half of irrigation costs in Bangladesh are due to irrigation, and the diesel pumps that currently power irrigation networks are responsible for 1.6% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.