Determinants in the adoption of alternate wetting and drying technique for rice production in a gravity surface irrigation system in the Philippines

Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) is a well-known low-cost water-saving and climate change adaptation and mitigation technique for irrigated rice. However, its adoption rate has been low despite the decade of dissemination in Asia, especially in the Philippines. Using cross-sectional farm-level sur...

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Main Authors: Samoy-Pascual, Kristine, Yadav, Sudhir, Evangelista, Gio, Burac, Mary Ann, Rafael, Marvelin, Cabangon, Romeo, Tokida, Takeshi, Mizoguchi, Masaru, Regalado, Manuel Jose
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Published: MDPI 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/164146
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author Samoy-Pascual, Kristine
Yadav, Sudhir
Evangelista, Gio
Burac, Mary Ann
Rafael, Marvelin
Cabangon, Romeo
Tokida, Takeshi
Mizoguchi, Masaru
Regalado, Manuel Jose
author_browse Burac, Mary Ann
Cabangon, Romeo
Evangelista, Gio
Mizoguchi, Masaru
Rafael, Marvelin
Regalado, Manuel Jose
Samoy-Pascual, Kristine
Tokida, Takeshi
Yadav, Sudhir
author_facet Samoy-Pascual, Kristine
Yadav, Sudhir
Evangelista, Gio
Burac, Mary Ann
Rafael, Marvelin
Cabangon, Romeo
Tokida, Takeshi
Mizoguchi, Masaru
Regalado, Manuel Jose
author_sort Samoy-Pascual, Kristine
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) is a well-known low-cost water-saving and climate change adaptation and mitigation technique for irrigated rice. However, its adoption rate has been low despite the decade of dissemination in Asia, especially in the Philippines. Using cross-sectional farm-level survey data, this study empirically explored factors shaping AWD adoption in a gravity surface irrigation system. We used regression-based approaches to examine the factors influencing farmers’ adoption of AWD and its impact on yield. Results showed that the majority of the AWD adopters were farmers who practiced enforced rotational irrigation (RI) scheduling within their irrigators’ association (IA). With the current irrigation management system, the probability of AWD implementation increases when farmers do not interfere with the irrigation schedule (otherwise they opt to go with flooding). Interestingly, the awareness factor did not play a significant role in the farmers’ adoption due to the RI setup. However, the perception of water management as an effective weed control method was positively significant, suggesting that farmers are likely to adopt AWD if weeds are not a major issue in their field. Furthermore, the impact on grain yields did not differ with AWD. Thus, given the RI scheduling already in place within the IA, we recommend fine-tuning this setup following the recommended safe AWD at the IA scale.
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spelling CGSpace1641462025-02-19T14:24:22Z Determinants in the adoption of alternate wetting and drying technique for rice production in a gravity surface irrigation system in the Philippines Samoy-Pascual, Kristine Yadav, Sudhir Evangelista, Gio Burac, Mary Ann Rafael, Marvelin Cabangon, Romeo Tokida, Takeshi Mizoguchi, Masaru Regalado, Manuel Jose water science and technology aquatic science geography planning and development biochemistry Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) is a well-known low-cost water-saving and climate change adaptation and mitigation technique for irrigated rice. However, its adoption rate has been low despite the decade of dissemination in Asia, especially in the Philippines. Using cross-sectional farm-level survey data, this study empirically explored factors shaping AWD adoption in a gravity surface irrigation system. We used regression-based approaches to examine the factors influencing farmers’ adoption of AWD and its impact on yield. Results showed that the majority of the AWD adopters were farmers who practiced enforced rotational irrigation (RI) scheduling within their irrigators’ association (IA). With the current irrigation management system, the probability of AWD implementation increases when farmers do not interfere with the irrigation schedule (otherwise they opt to go with flooding). Interestingly, the awareness factor did not play a significant role in the farmers’ adoption due to the RI setup. However, the perception of water management as an effective weed control method was positively significant, suggesting that farmers are likely to adopt AWD if weeds are not a major issue in their field. Furthermore, the impact on grain yields did not differ with AWD. Thus, given the RI scheduling already in place within the IA, we recommend fine-tuning this setup following the recommended safe AWD at the IA scale. 2021-12-21 2024-12-19T12:53:30Z 2024-12-19T12:53:30Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/164146 en Open Access MDPI Samoy-Pascual, Kristine; Yadav, Sudhir; Evangelista, Gio; Burac, Mary Ann; Rafael, Marvelin; Cabangon, Romeo; Tokida, Takeshi; Mizoguchi, Masaru and Regalado, Manuel Jose. 2021. Determinants in the adoption of alternate wetting and drying technique for rice production in a gravity surface irrigation system in the Philippines. Water, Volume 14 no. 1 p. 5
spellingShingle water science and technology
aquatic science
geography
planning and development
biochemistry
Samoy-Pascual, Kristine
Yadav, Sudhir
Evangelista, Gio
Burac, Mary Ann
Rafael, Marvelin
Cabangon, Romeo
Tokida, Takeshi
Mizoguchi, Masaru
Regalado, Manuel Jose
Determinants in the adoption of alternate wetting and drying technique for rice production in a gravity surface irrigation system in the Philippines
title Determinants in the adoption of alternate wetting and drying technique for rice production in a gravity surface irrigation system in the Philippines
title_full Determinants in the adoption of alternate wetting and drying technique for rice production in a gravity surface irrigation system in the Philippines
title_fullStr Determinants in the adoption of alternate wetting and drying technique for rice production in a gravity surface irrigation system in the Philippines
title_full_unstemmed Determinants in the adoption of alternate wetting and drying technique for rice production in a gravity surface irrigation system in the Philippines
title_short Determinants in the adoption of alternate wetting and drying technique for rice production in a gravity surface irrigation system in the Philippines
title_sort determinants in the adoption of alternate wetting and drying technique for rice production in a gravity surface irrigation system in the philippines
topic water science and technology
aquatic science
geography
planning and development
biochemistry
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/164146
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