Farmers in Northeastern Nigeria Are Beating Climate, Economic Hardships with Solar Irrigation

Farmers in Northeastern Nigeria Are Beating Climate, Economic Hardships with Solar Irrigation

At dawn, Hayin Gada awakens with the quiet hum of labour. A sloping stretch of farmland beyond the Numan Bridge in Adamawa State, northeastern Nigeria, it is a place shaped by water—both a giver of life and a relentless force of destruction. From a distance, the landscape is a patchwork of ridges and rice beds, stretching toward the horizon. Farmers walk across the fields every morning, carrying solar panels and pumping machines. They set up the…