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Agriculture small-scale irrigation peri-urban areas solar pumps gender multiple use of water ILSSI
19 October 20
Sub-saharan Africa
Solar power has the potential to revolutionize water use in agriculture, providing an attractive means for farmers to irrigate their crops. This is especially the case in sub-Saharan Africa, which has among the lowest electrification access in the world and irrigation potential in dry-land regions of an additional 6-14 million hectares, 84 percent of which is small-scale irrigation.
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