Performance Analysis of Innovative Solar-Powered Cooling and Irrigation System for Improving Pepper Farms

The project aimed to assess how effectively a solar-powered cooling and irrigation system could reduce heat stress, improve water-use efficiency through modern irrigation practices, strengthen the resilience of pepper producers—especially women workers—and generate evidence to support future scale-up. Data was collected through soil sampling, climate analysis (2022–2025), baseline surveys on cultivation and irrigation practices, installation of temperature-monitoring systems in test and control plots, technical assessments of cooling, fogger, solar, battery, and drip irrigation components, user interviews, and an economic analysis based on avoided losses.