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Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition

Author: Harrison Sachs

Harrison Sachs and three other men standing by a water pump

Water User Groups and Solar Irrigation: Lessons from Rural India

Installing a solar-powered pump is only the beginning. What comes next—figuring out how people share it—is a more complex challenge. During my summer internship with the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI), I spent my first week visiting solar…