LEGAZPI CITY—Rice production in the Bicol region is expected to remain stable despite rising fuel prices as more farms shift to solar-powered irrigation, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) ...

This story originally appeared on Yale Environment 360 and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. There is a solar-powered revolution going on in the fields of India. By 2026, more than 3 million ...

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 ...

Solar PV projects could deliver benefits beyond clean electricity generation by improving agricultural productivity, restoring ...

REC Solar and Ventura Energy have completed a 1.73-MW solar project at Farmers Irrigation Company’s Santa Paula site. Two rooftop solar arrays were ...

Solar pumps bring irrigation to farms and increase yields in food-insecure, arid Niger The World Bank-funded Niger Solar Electricity Access Project enables farmers to buy pumps Based on its success, a ...

This article is authored by Aruna Sharma, practitioner development economist and retd secretary, Government of India.

The urgency of the climate crisis is felt across sub-Saharan Africa. As droughts and floods become more common and severe, crops fail and traditional rain-fed agriculture is becoming increasingly ...

Some 551ha of farmland in Bula, Camarines Sur, now have a continuous supply of water, thanks to the National Irrigation Administration’s solar-powered irrigation project. (Photo courtesy of NIA Region ...

REC Solar, a leading nationwide independent power producer (IPP) and Ventura Energy, a California central coast renewable energy developer, announce the completion of a 1.73 MW solar project at ...

CAWAYAN, Masbate — The National Irrigation Administration in Bicol allotted P20 million worth of first solar-powered irrigation projects here to help the farmers boost their palay production. The ...