Understanding farmers’ monitoring of water tables for salinity management
Understanding farmers’ monitoring of water tables for salinity management
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了解农民对地下水位的监测以进行盐度管理
DOI：
10.1071/ea04185
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发表时间：
2006
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通讯作者：
D. Pannell
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作者：
S. Marsh;M. Burton;D. Pannell
鉴于旱地盐碱化是澳大利亚一个突出的资源管理问题，可以预期农民将密切监测其农场地下含盐地下水的水平。然而，许多农民选择不进行监测，在某些情况下，即使他们以前已经安装了适合这一目的的钻孔。我们通过分析西澳大利亚南部Jerramungup地区一组农民的监测行为来调查这一明显的悖论。与其他地区相比，这些农民表现出非常高的监测率，这是不寻常的，尽管这一比率在过去十年中有所下降。通过对调查和实际数据的统计分析，确定了对监测行为的一系列物质、经济和社会影响。一个重要的发现是，使用监测信息来评估在其农场实施的盐度管理策略的农民可能会更频繁地进行监测。这表明，监测频率可能在很大程度上取决于可实施的合适盐度管理措施的可用性，而不是通过鼓励监测的计划来加强盐度管理措施的采用。
Given the prominence of dryland salinity as a resource management problem in Australia, it might be expected that farmers would keenly monitor the levels of saline groundwater under their farms. However, many farmers choose not to monitor, in some cases even when they have previously installed bores suitable for this purpose. We investigated this apparent paradox by analysing the monitoring behaviour of a group of farmers in the Jerramungup region of southern Western Australia. The farmers are unusual in displaying a very high rate of monitoring compared with other regions, although this rate has fallen over the past decade. A range of physical, economic and social influences on monitoring behaviour are identified by statistical analysis of survey and physical data. A key finding is that farmers who are using the information from monitoring to assess salinity management strategies implemented on their farms are likely to monitor more frequently. This suggests that monitoring frequency may be driven in large part by the availability of suitable salinity management practices that can be implemented, in contrast to the view that adoption of salinity management practices may be enhanced by programs that encourage monitoring.