India has the world’s most arable land, and farmers currently irrigate their fields with more than 30 million agro pump-sets. Out of these, 22 million pump-sets are connected to the grid, around 10 ...

Solar-powered water pumps can provide a sustainable solution to the global water crisis by tapping into vast groundwater resources. While solar pumps offer significant benefits, their widespread use ...

Solar PV pumps help communities have access to water in remote off-grid areas. In a small village in Ethiopia, women and girls used to walk for miles to collect water from faraway ponds and rivers.

Ripan Deb, a 37 year old farmer putting water to his field through a solar-powered water pump which was installed in his field with the help of the Government of Tripuras subsidised policy in ...

MWITHINI, Kenya, Oct 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Even at 80 years old, Raphael Mauyu, a dairy farmer from southeast Kenya, has no plans to retire. But not long ago, he worried that his advancing ...

This story originally appeared on Yale Environment 360 and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. There is a solar-powered revolution going on in the fields of India. By 2026, more than 3 million ...

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 ...