Friday, March 28, 2008

Solar Electric Light Fund Tackles Benin's Arid Land


Western Africa's dry season wreaks havoc on the lives of millions of people year after year. The 104,000 people living in Benin's Kalale District are particularly hard hit: 95% of them rely on subsistence farming as their primary means of survival. For most, farming is limited to the rainy season due the lack of accessible water for irrigation during the dry season. More here, http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=51912

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