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Drip irrigation delivers water directly to plant roots. It changed what could be grown and where it could be grown. Traditional irrigation floods or sprinkles water across the surface. Most evaporates before reaching roots, runs off between plants, or wet soil where no roots exist. In hot climates, evaporation alone wastes 60% of applied water. Drip systems run thin tubes along crop rows. Small emitters drip water at one to four liters per hour directly at each plant base. The water moves into the root zone rather than spreading across the surface. Root uptake is immediate and losses are minimal. Drip irrigation typically uses 30 to 50 percent less water than surface or overhead systems for the same yield. Fertigation, dissolving fertilizer into the drip water, delivers nutrients precisely to the root zone, reducing leaching into groundwater. Where water is scarce, drip irrigation is often what makes farming possible rather than just more efficient.

Drip irrigation delivers water directly to plant roots. It changed what could be grown and where it could be grown. Traditional irrigation floods or sprinkles…