Omaïma Ismaïl Journalist, Mada Masr (Egypt). [Reporting Egypt. Al-Qarah Relies On Solar Energy to Pump Water Omaïma Ismaïl, Nada Arafat · July 2021 Farmers of the village of Al-Qarah in southern Egypt have replaced expensive diesel with solar energy to pump water from wells to irrigate their fields. The government, however, is not interested in investing in solar panels for agriculture. In Upper Egypt, where people face the scorching (…)