Elementary survival techniques to enable people to escape from destitution and achieve a decent standard of living by creating local income need to be identified, disseminated, protected as far as intellectual property rights are concerned, and occasionally supplemented by the use of ultra-modern products or techniques. These survival techniques include proper use of waste, recycling skills, new varieties for market gardening and town gardens, "drop by drop watering", a whole range of hygiene techniques, etc. This vast field deserves to be fully explored on a scientific basis, both in sociological and technological terms.

Now, if we were to get very expensive water, the way it is in Israel, well, then you would see some farmers who have a market for some high-value products start to use this kind of drip irrigation.