**2.7. Amazon/Brazil: demonstration area**

In Brazil, the process was fully automated and the experiments were installed in the community of Lavras, city of Santarém, in a fruit garden using agroforestry. This change in strategy led to substantial gains to the project. The project leadership in Brazil actively worked to automate the low-cost irrigation process. The entire pottery process was documented with video and photographs while the artisans from Icoaraci Center made the clay pots, and equipment for monitoring of parameters such as soil and air temperature and relative air humidity were purchased. The irrigation apparatus, comprising pipes, floats, connectors, hygrometers, gutters, and water tanks were purchased and the whole process in Brazil was automated. A Demonstration Unit (DU) was installed at Embrapa Eastern Amazon, in Belém. During the 39th Agriculture and Livestock Fair in Santarém, a lecture was given to demonstrate the lowcost technology for efficient water use (**Figure 2**).

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**Figure 2.** Images showing the experiments installed in the Amazon sharing knowledge obtained from the Brazil partnership. Source: Martorano and Brazil team.
