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KIREHE, Rwanda — Victor Ndwaniye, a smallholder farmer from Nasho, a small lakeside village in Kirehe district in eastern Rwanda, used to irrigate his vegetable farm by collecting water in a bucket and pouring it onto the fields. However, since 2020, the father of six has been using a new solar-powered irrigation system on his [……
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Smallholder agriculture blossoming with the use of renewables in Africa
KIREHE, Rwanda — Victor Ndwaniye, a smallholder farmer from Nasho, a small lakeside village in Kirehe district in eastern Rwanda, used to irrigate his vegetable farm by collecting water in a bucket and pouring it onto the fields. However, since 2020, the father of six has been using a new solar-powered irrigation system on his