AgrotechSolar dug wells bring 20 acres of fallow land back into use in Mirsarai
Six solar-powered dug wells installed by BADC give farmers in the hilly parts of Mirsarai irrigation water without grid power or diesel.
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Tree-planting app, solar irrigation and fish dryers among CGIAR Scaling Fund winners
The CGIAR Scaling Fund, now in its third year, has chosen eight innovations for grants and scaling support, from the My Farm Trees platform and AKILIMO crop advice to pay-as-you-go solar irrigation and rice parboiling.
AgrotechIndia's solar pump scheme hit 90% of its pump target; experts want a farmer-first 2.0
PM-KUSUM installed about 119,000 stand-alone solar pumps but only 2,400 MW of its 10,000 MW farm solar plant target; CSE says the next phase, with an agrivoltaics component, needs readiness checks, payment security and groundwater safeguards.
FruitsWith no irrigation, Bandarban hill fruit growers pay Tk 2 a litre to carry water
About 100 acres of mixed fruit orchards in Rowangchhari, Bandarban, have no irrigation; water hauled by labourers from a stream 1.5 km away costs about Tk 2 a litre. The agriculture department is planning solar-powered pumps.
CropsAll Barind deep tube wells to run on solar power, adviser tells BMDA
To cut farmers' irrigation costs, Rehan Asif Asad, adviser to the posts, telecom and ICT and science and technology ministries, has told the Barind Multipurpose Development Authority to run all its deep tube wells on solar power.
AgrotechSolar irrigation pumps save char farmers in Sariakandi about Tk 9,000 a bigha
Solar-powered irrigation pumps on the chars of Sariakandi in Bogura have cut farmers' diesel and electricity costs; a preliminary assessment under the SACP-RAINS project puts the saving at about Tk 9,000 a bigha.
EnvironmentBangladesh drafts carbon credit framework, pushes solar irrigation and tree planting
At a meeting with EU and European envoys, state minister Sheikh Faridul Islam said a carbon credit framework with rules for measuring and verifying cuts is under way, alongside solar irrigation, closing polluting brick kilns and planting native trees.
CropsSolar pumps and buried pipes bring aus rice to 150 bighas of fallow land in Nabinagar
A FRIP-funded solar irrigation scheme on the Titas river delivers water through buried pipelines, cutting waste and irrigation costs; 75 bighas at Dolabari were planted with aus rice at once for the first time.
AgrotechWomen's committees run solar irrigation pumps in Bagerhat
Seven solar-powered pumps in Rampal and Sadar are run by committees of 40 women each; with water from sunlight, women entrepreneurs are farming more winter vegetables and rice.
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Solar pumps, rice bans and river deals: Asia tests the water-food-energy nexus
Researchers at Stockholm World Water Week showed how simulation models, solar pump sizing and a summer-rice ban are turning the water, energy, food and environment nexus into practice across Asia.
AgrotechSolar irrigation pumps bring three crops a year to fallow Barind land
In Mohanpur, Rajshahi, a 2-horsepower pump run by six solar panels irrigates 20 to 25 bighas a day; 32 solar pumps installed in the division in two years have cut irrigation costs to almost nothing and raised cropping intensity by about 50 per cent.
AgrotechSolar-powered farm hubs open for 1,989 drought-hit smallholders in southern Madagascar
Japan and WFP inaugurated three solar-powered agricultural hubs with irrigation pumps and food-processing machinery, plus six child-nutrition centres, in Madagascar's drought-hit Betioky district.
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Solar pumps cut Jhenaidah irrigation costs to Tk 200 a bigha, farmers sell spare water
106 solar-powered irrigation pumps now run in Maheshpur, Kotchandpur and Sadar upazilas of Jhenaidah, cutting farmers' irrigation bills and letting owners sell surplus water to neighbours.