India, Oct. 8 -- India is set to scale up its flagship PM-KUSUM solar pump scheme and replicate its success across developing nations, especially in Africa and small island states, through the International Solar Alliance (ISA).

The move is aimed at bringing irrigation access, energy security and clean power to millions in off-grid communities, reinforcing India's role as a leader in distributed renewable energy, ISA director general Ashish Khanna said at the curtain raiser conference to the eighth assembly.

"The total percentage of arable land that is irrigated in Africa is just four per cent when that figure is about 60 per cent elsewhere," he said, at the pre-assembly briefing. "Africa today imports food worth $400 billion even thou...