Looking frail with clear signs of weakness on his face due to ripe age of 65, Said Khan, a dweller of Icherrian union council in ...

Running only on fast-moving water, the pumps are cheap and easy to maintain, enabling farmers to grow fruit and vegetables. An apple orchard in mountainous Khyber village is watered with a hydro-ram ...

The pump operates on a basic principle of gravity and water pressure. The IWMI researchers channeled downstream water through ...

According to various government estimates, there are 80,000 to 100,000 irrigation pumps in the country – most of them in the Tarai – of which more than 80 per cent run on diesel.