Bucket-drip system for vegetables production in backyards

A cost-effective, low-head bucket drip system costing
`750-1,000 per unit has been designed for small

farms and backyards (area: 25 to 50 m2
) of villagehouses. This system operates through gravity from a
bucket of 25-litre capacity, placed at 1 to 1.5 m
height. The system can be operated easily by anyone
and about 25 to 50 plants of vegetables can be
irrigated using a single system, which can produce
150 kg bottlegourd, 90 kg bittergourd, and 75 kg
okra in a season (March to June). Sixty-five womenfarmers of
 Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh have already
adopted this technology.