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1 Topay, N. E.; Sipin, M. L.; Early, A. C. 1980. Effectiveness of a water management calendar in changing farmer cropping and irrigation behavior. 30p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 1081 Record No: H01414)
A specially designed irrigation water management calendar was used as an information source for farmers in a system-wide irrigation management study in the Lower Talavera River Irrigation System. The study was designed to determine ways to achieve an equitable supply of irrigation water throughout the system. The calendar was based on the monthly sequence of farming activities and had drawings and captions emphasizing positive irrigation behavior and improved water management practices. It was found that 75% of farmer irrigators learned new water management practices from the calendar. 20% used the calendar as a pattern or guide far farming activities and 16% used it to improve water management. Only 8% of the farmers admitted using it just to record farm activities. Negative behavior and source credibility of farmers were the only two variables found to be significantly associated with calendar effectiveness. Farmers with a high level of effectiveness tended to exhibit low negative behavior. Similarly, farmers who rated the calendar's effectiveness as high perceived the irrigation agency personnel as a highly credible source of information. Paper presented at the Crop Science Society Conference, Baybay, Leyte, 26-29 April 1980.
2 Tapay, N. E.; Sipin, M. L.; Early, A. C. 1980. Socio economic issues in irrigation management. IRRI Saturday Seminar, 3 May 1980.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 400 Record No: H04002)
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