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World Bank grant to provide 60 percent subsidy for Uganda solar irrigation kits

KAMPALA, Uganda — A new international consortium has launched a multi-million shilling irrigation initiative aimed at integrating 80,000 Ugandan smallholder farmers into the commercial value chain through subsidized solar technology. The project, backed by the Denmark Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the World Bank, seeks to stabilize a sector where yields have plummeted 60 percent […]

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