Solar-powered tube wells drive increased irrigation, expanding fields of thirsty rice crops Development coincides with rapidly depleting water tables in Pakistan's bread basket Farmers financially ...

MURIDKE, Pakistan (Reuters) -Karamat Ali's cows and buffalos once provided his multi-generational family with milk. But earlier this year, the 61-year-old sold about a dozen bovine - and spent the ...

Karamat Ali’s cows and buffalos once provided his multi-generational family with milk. But earlier this year, the 61-year-old sold about a dozen bovine — and spent the proceeds on a set of solar ...

Solar-Powered Farming Is Digging Pakistan Into a Water Catastrophe By Ariba Shahid MURIDKE, Pakistan (Reuters) -Karamat Ali's cows and buffalos once provided his multi-generational family with milk.

As Pakistan undergoes a solar revolution, farmers are ditching diesel and grid power for sun-powered tube wells to irrigate their crops. This boom in solar-powered farming has coincided with the rapid ...

Switch to solar expected to save over Rs 5 crore every month in electricity costs In a significant step towards sustainable urban development, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has ...

The explosion in availability of cheap solar panels is posing a particular threat to water levels in the South Asian bread basket of Punjab Karamat Ali's cows and buffalos once provided his ...

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