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 ...

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 ...

The Indian government is taking concrete steps to reduce reliance on diesel and electric irrigation pumps for agricultural activities, and is pushing for solar-powered systems, which can lower costs ...

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, ...

Irrigation requires large amounts of water to meet crop demands. Power units to lift and distribute water are normally sized between 20 and 200 kW. Most pumping is done with electricity, natural gas, ...

Only last year, farmers from the border village of Haibatpur in Jhenaidah had to spend Tk2,000 for irrigating each bigha – one-third of an acre – of land with conventional diesel or electric water ...

BURLEY • One local irrigation district is using one of Idaho’s more abundant natural resources to renew another that’s growing scarce. For one irrigation season, Southwest Irrigation District water ...