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Solar pump systems up-front costs worth the trade-off for long-term benefits: farmers
Publication date 14 September 2022 | 15:42 | ICT

Agricultural expert Suong Noy has been advising farmers to use solar systems to pump water to their rice fields or plantations instead of using water pumping machines that run on fuel or manually.

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