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Drip Irrigation - Pepsi and Nica

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* The Pepsi drip has a capacity of 0.1 - 2 ha.
 {{procontable | proborder="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="center"|-! width="50%" style="background:#efefef;" | Advantages! style="background:#ffdead;" | Disadvantages|-| valign="top" | - Reduces water consumption. <br>
- Storage tanks do not have to be elevated. <br>
- Uses commonly extruded plastic pipes, so low-cost systems are replicable in many countries.<br>
- Labour-saving.<br>
- Saves fertilizer.<br>
| convalign= "top" | - Hoses have a short lifetime (generating plastic waste).<br>
- Possibilities of theft.<br>
- Damage by rodents.<br>
|}}  
[[Image:Nica_drip.PNG|thumb|right|300px|Nica drip system working with 1 m pressure and made of local produced plastic hose.]]
 
==Construction, operations and maintenance==
[[Image:ChapinBucketSystem.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Chapin bucket drip system.]]
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