A relevant paper, published in 2010 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is: «Solar -
powered drip irrigation enhances food security in the Sudano — Sahel.»]
They provide a solar -
powered drip irrigation system that can increase farmers» yield with up to 300 percent in Kenya and the neighbouring countries.
Not exact matches
For more on efficient water use in agriculture in dry regions, click back to my post on the pioneering work on
drip irrigation by Daniel Hillel and read about how solar -
powered pumping systems and
drip irrigation are improving incomes and lives in sub-Saharan Africa.
Their projects
power hospitals in Haiti,
drip irrigation systems in Benin, West Africa, and
power grids for towns in Columbia.