JHARKHAND, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The Chotanagpur Plateau in eastern India, criss-crossed with streams, once was lush green even in winter. But increasingly erratic rainfall in recent ...

India’s mission to deploy some 2 million off-grid solar-powered irrigation pumps by 2022 has made sluggish progress, with only one-eighth of the target achieved so far, according to a new report from ...

Indian farmers increasingly adopt solar pumps for irrigation, driven by sustainability, energy efficiency, and government support, says Oswal Pumps CMD.

An extensive field survey conducted by a team of agricultural scientists from Jain Irrigation across nearly 60 villages in ...

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 ...

Using renewable energy to water crops, poor rice farmers are growing vegetables to feed their families and earn an income JHARKHAND, India, July 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The Chotanagpur ...