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[[Image:Chapin irrigationbucket kits icon.jpg|thumbpng|right|300px|Even though it has not rained for four months the gardens at Mtendere Children's Village in Lumbadzi, Malawi prosper thanks to drip irrigation systems from Chapin Watermatics in upstate New York. Photo: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/7604778@N07/1335359236/ malawi project director.]80px]]
[[Image:Chapin irrigation.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Even though it has not rained for four months the gardens at Mtendere Children's Village in Lumbadzi, Malawi prosper thanks to drip irrigation systems from Chapin Watermatics in upstate New York. Photo: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/7604778@N07/1335359236/ malawi project director.]]]
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Chapin bucket kits were developed by Richard Chapin of Chapin Living Water Foundation. This drip irrigation system consists of a 20-litre bucket mounted 1 m above the ground and 30 m of drip tape.
'''What is a bucket kit?'''<br>A bucket kit system comprising two 15-m long drip lines can be used to grow 50 plants such as tomato, egg plant and similar crops requiring a spacing of 60 cm along the plant rows; 100 plants of spinach, cabbage, kale, pepper and similar plants requiring a spacing of 30 cm along the plant rows; or 300 plants of onion, carrot and similar plants requiring a spacing of 10 cm. The standard bucket kit system consists of two drip lines placed 0.5 m apart on a bed with a width of 1 m. A bucket is placed on a stand at one end of the bed and connected to the drip lines. These bucket kit systems can irrigate 10–20 m2, depending on the length of the drip tube and plant spacing. The bucket should be filled once in the morning and once in the afternoon to supply 30–60 litres of water to the crop per day. The actual amount of water depends on crop water requirements and rainfall. In very dry areas and during the dry season 60 litres of water will be required per day.There is a growing demand for bucket kits. For example, Chapin bucket kits are reported to be in use in over 80 countries world wide and the demand is growing fast. By 2001, more than 5,000 kits had been sold by KARI to Kenyan farmers who have adopted the bucket drip irrigation system. It has been shown that plants that are watered using the bucket system have higher yields. ===Construction, operations and maintenance===
'''System components'''<br>
* 20-litre bucket
# Connecting each drip line to the submain using the micro-tubes.
==Reference manuals=Manuals, videos, and links===* [httphttps://www.chapinlivingwaters.org/bucket-kit-information BucketKit Gardening.] * [http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/Other/Reports/PDF/Water_for_wealth_and_food_security.pdf Water for wealth and food security: Supporting farmer-driven investments in agricultural water management]. 2012 study by AgWater Solutions. ===Acknowledgements===* Sijali, Isaya V. [http://www.samsamwater.com/library.php?serie=RELMA%20Kits20Technical%2020Handbook%20for%20Gardening%20201120Series DRIP IRRIGATION: Options for smallholder farmers in eastern and southern Africa.pdf Bucket Kit Gardening] RELMA, 2001.]