Grain producers applying reduced-tillage are eligible for increased rates of per hectare subsidies. Similarly, producers of sugar beet and vegetables and melons with drip irrigation benefit from considerably higher per hectare payments compared to those who do not use drip irrigation. Apart from its effects on crop productivity, drip irrigation has beneficial environmental outcomes, such as water saving and prevention of soils salinisation, swamp formation and erosion of the irrigated lands (Box 2.2).