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[[Image:Nica_drip_icon.png‎ ‎|right]][[Image:Pepsi_drip.PNG|thumb|right|300px|Low cost plastic hose, used for drip irrigation .]][[Image:Nica_drip.PNG|thumb|right|300px|Nica drip system working with 1 m pressure and made of local produced plastic hose.]] 

Drip irrigation provides farmers the most efficient way to grow crops in water scarce areas through providing water at a controlled and regular rate to the root zone. Historically it has been too expensive for small-plot farmers, but now it is available at low cost and also adapted for small-scale farming and can reduce water losses by 30 - 70% when compared to conventional methods of crop irrigation, while greatly reducing labour and accurately delivering fertilizers. This makes cultivation during the dry season possible, with resulting yield increases of up to 30%.

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