In his field in Zhari district, about ten miles outside Kandahar city, Abdul Sa-mad, a farmer of uncertain age, tends to his onion crop. Sittingon his haunches, a blanket on his shoulders to protect him from the dusty wind, he points to his latest investment: an array of solar panels at the end of the field. They are connected to a pump which pulls up groundwater, for use when the irrigation canals dry up. Before, he used to run the pump with a diesel generator, but the fuel was very expensive. Now he can pump all day. "When there is no water you cannot grow anything," says MrSamad.
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