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In a Policy Forum, Soumya Balasubramanya and colleagues argue that the carbon emissions reductions gleaned from the rapidly expanding transition to solar-powered groundwater irrigation by ...

A growing coalition of government agencies, researchers, and development partners is turning to renewable energy–powered irrigation systems to address some of the country’s most pressing ...

In sub-Saharan Africa 80% of agricultural production is from smallholder farmers, who face constraints on increasing farm productivity resulting in a large yield gap. Extensive rain-fed agriculture ...

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.

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 ...

Solar-powered tube wells drive increased irrigation, expanding fields of thirsty rice crops Development coincides with rapidly depleting water tables in Pakistan's bread basket Farmers financially ...