Solar Irrigation in Kenya: The future of agriculture
Cost of solar panels has been decreasing over the past decade
• Many countries launching programmes to accelerate deployment of SIPs
e.g. Bangladesh – 50,000 solar pumps by 2025; India, 100,000 by 2020;
Morocco, 100,000 by 2022; Malawi, over 500 hectares of farm land are
expected to benefit from solar-powered irrigation through a government
programme, funded by the African Development Bank.
• Kenya government recognizes the role of irrigation development as a key
drought mitigation measure in the country’s development blueprint, Vision
2030.
• The government plans to boost agricultural production in the country by
placing an additional 100,000 acres under irrigation, each year up to the
year 2030
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