Comet-ME has developed a solar-powered submersible borehole piston pump for off-grid communities and smallholders to use for irrigation and domestic purposes. The device, compatible with PV systems ...

Solar energy offers lower operating costs, reliable irrigation, additional income opportunities, and long-term sustainability ...

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 ...

Similarly, nations like the United Kingdom and China are introducing subsidy programs to encourage the use of solar-powered irrigation systems. This will continue to provide impetus for the growth of ...

Following Bangladesh’s great achievement in expanding over 4.5 million of solar home systems to provide electricity in rural areas, the World Bank is supporting the government’s effort to install ...

On his six-acre farm in Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh, Sanjeev Kumar, a 42-year-old farmer, beams with quiet pride as he points to the glinting blue solar panels powering his irrigation pump. Installed two ...

In the scorching sun, Alphonce Abok keeps an eye on his fields of watermelons growing near the banks of the Sondu River, one of the major channels feeding into Lake Victoria. “I hope with enough water ...

This article is authored by Aruna Sharma, practitioner development economist and retd secretary, Government of India.

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.