India, Oct. 21 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has highlighted the potential of agrivoltaics to boost farmers' incomes and strengthen rural prosperity, sharing an article by Union Ministers Pralhad Joshi and Shivraj Singh Chouhan on social media platform X. The Prime Minister said the approach could create an additional revenue stream for farmers, lower energy costs and support crop productivity by integrating solar power generation with agricultural activity.

The development comes as India hosts the seventh AgriVoltaics World Conference from October 21 to 23, 2026, under the theme "Powering the Global South". Agrivoltaics, also known as AgriPV, involves installing solar panels on agricultural land in a way that allows farming to contin...