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 ...

Surface-mounted centrifugal pumps dominate irrigation because they're versatile and easy to maintain. These units move large ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nigerian farmers are no doubt excited with the prospect of expanding their capacity to grow more crops and become richer as the National Agency for Science ...

Farmers in Bangladesh have been left displeased with lower rainfall during the monsoon season this year as they were unable to plant Aman paddy on time due to a lack of natural irrigation. As such, ...

" Our life runs on diesel because, without it, our fields go fallow," said Gauri Mahato of Sarlahi district, who cultivates paddy in the rainy season and wheat, mustard and vegetables in winter. For ...

Farmers in Barangay Dagupan in Luna, Apayao are now experiencing relief in cultivating their rice fields after the government implemented a solar pump irrigation project in their area to help them in ...

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 ...

RIZAL, Kalinga(PIA) – The recently completed solar-powered irrigation pump in the municipality of Rizal in Kalinga province is now irrigating 72 hectares of riceland benefitting 60 farmers. The Santor ...