Construction of Drip Irrigation System and Well January 31 - March 22, 1998 Nayarit, Mexico Implemented by: ICA Mexico and ICA Japan
PROJECT OVERVIEW Experimental Drip Irrigation System Already 25% of Mexico's people live in cities which are unable to provide adequate jobs and living conditions for the influx of people. Farmers in the Nayarit area can grow only one crop a year, and are in danger of being driven off of their land due to rising living costs in this area. It rains for only 4 months a year, and is unpredictable, only following hurricanes. People are fearful of extensive irrigation with conventional high water consumption techniques because the community depends on wells for their drinking water. This year, the two experts we are sending will introduce very low water usage drip irrigation systems. The following year, we hope to introduce natural crop raising technologies to recover the soil destroyed by excessive use of chemical fertilizers which have destroyed the microbiological health of the land, causing the plants to be plagued by diseases, and chemical pollution of the ground water. We hope they can realize a viable future living on their native land, and preventing an exodus to seek jobs in larger cities, abandoning their land to environmental destruction or selling it to outsiders seeking profit at cost of the suffering of these farmers' families.
Laying P.V.C pipes for the irrigation system.
	1. Overview of Hlguera Blanca village. It is a small village which has less than 1,000 residents, and faces the Pacific Ocean.
	2. Roads in the village are paving stones. Time moves slowly here.
	3. A House in the village. Various fruits and vegetables are planted in the garden.
	4. Sunday Mass gives villagers the opportunity to communicate with other villagers.
	5. In Mexico there are many varieties of beans.
	6. Typical elderly married couple in the village.
	7. The project site before installing the drip irrigation system.
	8. Materials for the project were kept on-site.
	9. Construction of the shed to house drip irrigation equipment.
	10. Laying the new roof. Strong, new iron sheets are used.
	11. Completed shed for drip irrigation equipment such as parts and pipes.
	12. P.V.C pipes and plastic water tank for liquid fertilizer are kept in the shed.
	13. Attaching P.V.C pipes to the wall of the shed.
	14. A solar panel has been installed on the roof.
	15. A farmer and volunteers in front of the new shed.

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