This document discusses the fundamentals and limitations of drip irrigation. Drip irrigation provides water slowly over time through individual drippers to plants. The amount of water provided depends on factors like dripper flow rate and duration of irrigation cycles per day or week. While drip irrigation can be used on undulating lands, it has limitations like high initial costs, requiring maintenance to prevent clogging of delicate drippers, and plants having low buffering capacity if the equipment fails.

1. DRIP IRRIGATION
FUNDAMENTALS

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16. Dripper flow
 Etc - 6mm /day
1.2 l/h dripper, 3X3 hours/day.
3,5 liter/dripper/ irrigation cycle.
l/h dripper, 20 hours, twice a week 3,5
70 liter / dripper / irrigation cycle.

18. DRIP IRRIGATION ON UNDULATED LANDS

19. DRIP IRRIGATION ON UNDULATED LANDS

20. LIMITATIONS OF DRIP
IRRIGATION
 HIGH INITIAL INVESTMENT
 REQUIRES GOOD MAINTENANCE AS DRIPPERS ARE VERY
DELICATE AND CAN CLOG
 IN CASE OF EQUIPMENT FAILURE, DRIP IRRIGATED PLANTS
HAVE VERY LOW BUFFERING CAPASITY