A new study finds that standalone solar photovoltaic irrigation systems have the potential to meet more than a third of the water needs for crops in small-scale farms across sub-Saharan Africa. In a ...

CHUADANGA: In Bangladesh’s farm belt, solar-powered irrigation pumps are promoted as a way to cut diesel use, lower irrigation costs and, when pumps are idle, generate extra income for farmers who can ...

Times are bad for Bangladesh's farmers. Right when they needed a steady diesel supply to irrigate vast swathes of cropland -- Boro paddies, seasonal vegetables, maize -- the world entered what the ...

Some 551ha of farmland in Bula, Camarines Sur, now have a continuous supply of water, thanks to the National Irrigation Administration’s solar-powered irrigation project. (Photo courtesy of NIA Region ...

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 ...

Philippine government’s National Irrigation Administration revealed that two canal-top solar arrays for irrigation purposes were recently commissioned. It also said that 147 solar-powered irrigation ...