{"id":24554,"date":"2019-03-07T15:37:56","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T15:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/?p=24554"},"modified":"2019-03-08T10:33:13","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T10:33:13","slug":"solar-irrigation-solution-named-winner-uganda-renewable-energy-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/2019\/03\/07\/solar-irrigation-solution-named-winner-uganda-renewable-energy-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar irrigation solution named winner of Uganda Renewable Energy Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"background: white;margin: 0cm 0cm 26.25pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: #373737\">GrowFast, the pay-as-you-go solar irrigation solution from\u00a0Azuri Technologies, has been named a winner of the\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Uganda<\/span>\u00a0renewable energy fund launched by the UN CleanStart programme and Embassy of\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Sweden<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 0cm 0cm 26.25pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: #373737\">More than 200,000 people across\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Uganda<\/span>\u00a0are set to benefit from the energy fund and clean energy solutions including Azuri&#8217;s GrowFast solar irrigation system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 0cm 0cm 26.25pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: #373737\">GrowFast from Azuri offers farmers an innovative and affordable pay-as-you-go solar irrigation bundle that includes a smartphone with GrowFast app, as well as crop insurance cover. Conventional farming that relies only on rainfall for irrigation limits the number and type of crops that can be grown each year. The solar irrigation system is designed to improve productivity, income generation and living standards of small-holder farmers by enabling farmers to keep their crops watered all year long.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 0cm 0cm 26.25pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: #373737\">Azuri&#8217;s customised pay-as-you-go plan allows farmers to pay for their solar out of the increased profits from additional harvests. Azuri GrowFast comes with insurance cover in the event of unexpected crop loss.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 0cm 0cm 26.25pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: #373737\">&#8220;Solar powered irrigation is helping increase harvests, improve farming practices and raising agriculture incomes which in turn boosts farming incomes and creates new jobs,&#8221; said\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Simon Bransfield-Garth<\/span>, CEO of Azuri Technologies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 0cm 0cm 26.25pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: #373737\">&#8220;I am delighted that Azuri GrowFast has been named as a winner of the UN CleanStart fund and we look forward to supporting local farmers in\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Uganda<\/span>\u00a0to increase productivity and household income.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 0cm 0cm 26.25pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: #373737\">Azuri specialises in solar home solutions including complete solar home lighting systems, solar satellite TV and solar irrigation, all made affordable through a pay-as-you-go service. Products are designed to deliver world class performance at an affordable price for all customers who live away from mains power.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GrowFast, the pay-as-you-go solar irrigation solution from\u00a0Azuri Technologies, has been named a winner of the\u00a0Uganda\u00a0renewable energy fund launched by the UN CleanStart programme and Embassy of\u00a0Sweden. More than 200,000 people across\u00a0Uganda\u00a0are set to benefit from the energy fund and clean energy solutions including Azuri&#8217;s GrowFast solar irrigation system. 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