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[[Image:Chapin irrigation.jpg|thumb|right|300px200px|Even though it has not rained for four months the gardens at Mtendere Children's Village in Lumbadzi, Malawi prosper thanks to drip irrigation systems from Chapin Watermatics in upstate New York. Photo: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/7604778@N07/1335359236/ malawi project director.]]]__NOTOC__<small-title />
Chapin bucket kits were developed by Richard Chapin of Chapin Living Water Foundation. This drip irrigation system consists of a 20-litre bucket mounted 1 m above the ground and 30 m of drip tape.
There is a growing demand for bucket kits. For example, Chapin bucket kits are reported to be in use in over 80 countries world wide and the demand is growing fast. By 2001, more than 5,000 kits had been sold by KARI to Kenyan farmers who have adopted the bucket drip irrigation system. It has been shown that plants that are watered using the bucket system have higher yields.
===Construction, operations and maintenance===
'''System components'''<br>
* 20-litre bucket
# Connecting each drip line to the submain using the micro-tubes.
===Manuals, videos, and links===* [httphttps://www.chapinlivingwaters.org/Bucket%20Kits%20%20for%20Gardening%202011.pdf bucket-kit-information Bucket Kit Gardening.]
* [http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/Other/Reports/PDF/Water_for_wealth_and_food_security.pdf Water for wealth and food security: Supporting farmer-driven investments in agricultural water management]. 2012 study by AgWater Solutions. ===Acknowledgements===
* Sijali, Isaya V. [http://www.samsamwater.com/library.php?serie=RELMA%20Technical%20Handbook%20Series DRIP IRRIGATION: Options for smallholder farmers in eastern and southern Africa.] RELMA, 2001.