India’s emerging agrivoltaics model enables farmers to grow crops beneath solar panels, offering a way to generate electricity while diversifying income. Vanita Bhatnagar speaks to farmers and agri-researchers to find out how high upfront costs, financing constraints, and uneven policy support are preventing more farmers from taking up projects beyond the pilots
India’s emerging agrivoltaics model enables farmers to grow crops beneath solar panels, offering a way to generate electricity while diversifying income. Vanita Bhatnagar speaks to farmers and agri-researchers to find out how high upfront costs, financing constraints, and uneven policy support are preventing more farmers from taking up projects beyond the pilots
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