Farmers in southern Laos benefit from solar-powered irrigation


VIENTIANE: The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Attapeu provincial office have handed over a solar-powered irrigation system to the provincial agriculture and forestry office in Sanamxay district of southern Laos' Attapeu province.

The irrigation system was provided under the "Building Climate-Resilient and Eco-friendly Agriculture Systems and Livelihoods" project, funded by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), Lao News Agency reported on Thursday (March 7).

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