The presentation of Robert A. Freling, executive director of Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) at IIED's seminar “Growing Power: Exploring Energy Needs in Smallholder Agriculture” on 30 April 2014. This outlines the experiences of SELF in Benin with solar market gardens, solar irrigation and whole village electrification, charting the development of pilot projects and their impacts on nutrition and income-generation. More information: http://www.iied.org/energy