Pressurised systems like drip and sprinklers requires a much higher level of knowledge on the part of the farmer to achieve high efficiency. The survey showed that most of the systems were dand installed by the farmers. It is economic to convert from surface to pressurised systems. Although the cost of physsystem is high in addition to the training costs of farmers but it remain much lower than the cost of water and the farmers can repay the loan with increased production. It is economic to plant date palm trees especially in the Jordan Valley.
Date palm is salt-tolerant crops and require low quantity of water in comparison with other crops.
The local demand for dates is higher than the yield, and the price is relative high. Good water management is the most important alternative to increasing economic revenues, that is, increasing the production per each unit volume of the water applied for irrigation. In order to maximise the efficiency of water use in irrigation, crops with low transpiration rates or crops that produce high dry matter yield per unit of water transpired should be selected. For instance, corn requires relatively small quantities of water to produce one Kg of dry matter, in comparison with alfalfa that requires large quantities of water to produce one Kg of dry matter. The cereal crops, such as wheat and barley, and vegetables, such as potatoes, are intermediate in their requirements.