ADOPTION AND DISSEMINATION OF "SAFE ALTERNATE WETTING AND DRYING" IN PUMP IRRIGATED RICE AREAS IN THE PHILIPPINES
ADOPTION AND DISSEMINATION OF "SAFE ALTERNATE WETTING AND DRYING" IN PUMP IRRIGATED RICE AREAS IN THE PHILIPPINES
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在菲律宾泵灌稻区采用和传播“安全交替干湿法”
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2009
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T. Lactaoen
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R. Lampayan;F. Palis;Rica B. Flor;B. Bouman;D. Quicho;J. D. Dios;A. Espiritu;E. Sibayan;V. R. Vicmudo;T. Lactaoen
Safe alternate wetting and drying (AWD) irrigation in rice is a mature technology that saves water by 15-30% without reducing yields. It entails an irrigation scheduling in which the field is allowed to dry for a number of days before re-irrigation, without stressing the rice plants. This technology is becoming a recommended practice in water-scarce irrigated areas in South and Southeast Asia. In the Philippines, the adoption of safe AWD started in 2002 with farmers using deep- well pump systems in Tarlac Province. The technology was simplified by using a simple perforated field water tube installed at 15 cm deep from the soil surface to help farmers implement the technology. This paper presents results of adoption studies in the deep-well pump systems, farmers' perceptions, current course of action, including widespread training and dissemination. Insights from lessons learned in the impact-pathway networks will also be presented. As the project unfolds, it revealed a pattern of research-development-extension which follows a process of technology adaptation rather than "transfer", following the concept of participatory learning and action. Our expanding impact-pathway networks (both the scaling out and scaling up) have been driven by widespread training activities, while building on necessary outscaling mechanisms, including documenting evidence from local success stories and increasing buy-in from local R&D partners.