Ministry eyes solar irrigation solution for better profits

Hoping for sunny days: Solar energy system installed for farming use in Batheay district in Kampong Cham province last month. — The Phnom Penh Post/ANN

The use of solar energy for irrigation is becoming one of the best options for farmers due to lower investment costs and the efficiency increase, according to senior agriculture official Yang Saing Koma.

Saing Koma – Minister attached to the Prime Minister and secretary of state at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries – said he would look into potentially expanding solar irrigation in the country as Cambodia needs more irrigation systems, predicting that the use of solar panels for pumping water from lakes and rivers will likely play an even bigger role in agriculture here in the future.