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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Irrigation at Tk 200 a bigha instead of Tk 400-500: Jhenaidah gets 36 solar pumps
Under the World Bank-financed, PKSF-supported SMART project run by the Rural Reconstruction Foundation, 36 solar irrigation pumps have gone in across Sadar, Kotchandpur and Maheshpur; running costs are less than half those of diesel, and border-area flower growers are selling water to neighbours.
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All irrigation pumps to be converted to solar in phases, 36,000 in the first round: power state minister
With imported gas up from $8-9 to $28 a unit and diesel prices squeezing farmers each irrigation season, the government will switch every deep and shallow tube well to solar, starting with about 36,000 pumps including the Barind project, State Minister Anindya Islam Amit said in Jashore.