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 ...

Well and Tube Well irrigation is the most popular irrigation system in India. The first tube well was dug in 1930 in Uttar Pradesh. Today there are more than 50 lakh tube wells operating in different ...

Farmers who depend on rainwaters to grow Aman paddy in Dinajpur have been left distraught from early July owing to a drought-like situation in the absence of rains. But many growers have been busy ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pump installations by Indian farmers are rising steadily, driven by a mix of policy push, groundwater stress, and the need for reliable irrigation, with the pendulum swinging towards solar-powered ...

A subsidy of 80% will be extended to farmers availing of solar irrigation pump sets under the ambitious PM KUSUM-B scheme, which aims to provide electricity for irrigation during daytime. Inviting ...

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 ...