Solar For Farmers

“The horticulture farmers, growing especially:
. . . . . . Lemon,
. . . . . . Grape, and
. . . . . . Pomegranate,
. . . needs constant supply of water to save their crops, mainly after pruning.

If they fail to supply adequate water,
. . . then crops will wither away, and
. . . they will have to replant it, which is very expensive, and
. . . takes no less than 3 years to start bearing fruits.”

“We get only 3 hours of 3-phase electricity.
. . . This does not meet our demand.
. . . Moreover, we have to keep waiting for the power,
. . . keeping aside all the routine work.
With solar-powered pumpsets,
. . . we can supply water as per our convenience.
Even the shallow water in the borewells,
. . . can supply water for longer hours with these pumpsets,”
. . . said Manjunath Patil, a grape farmer of Tidagundi village of the taluk,
. . . who has installed two such pumpsets to save his 30-acre grape farm.

5-16-2016 Source:  Solar for Farmers