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| Name | A Farmer Participatory Approach to Development of a Research Agenda for Water Management Priorities |
| Description | Caldwell, J.S., S. Sukchan, W. On-Ok, N. Kabaki, C. Ogura, M. Prabpan and P. Rattanaprom. 2003. A Farmer Participatory Approach to Development of a Research Agenda for Water Management Priorities in Nong Saeng Village, Khon Kaen Province, Thailand. JIRCAS Working Report No. 30. pp. 33-41.Farmer participatory methods were used to develop a research agenda for water management priorities in a small watershed in Nong Saeng village, Khon Kaen Province, Thailand. A farmers’ meeting was held in March 2001 to determine placement of two transects to assess effects of water shortages and soil erosion. These transects were then surveyed with farmers over three days. Results indicated that soil erosion and pond water shortages during the rice growing season were primary farmer constraints. On transect 1, with less soil erosion, availability of supplemental pond water increased the number of years with normal or greater yields from 2 to 4 years, whereas with lack of access to pond water, normal yield was achieved only 1 out of 5 years. On transect 2, soil erosion, dike breakage, gully formation, and sand deposits resulted in normal yields achieved less than 1 year out of 10. To address these constraints, a menu of five technologies from on-station research was presented to farmers in a second farmers’ meeting February 2002: 1) pond reinforcement to reduce water loss; 2) dike strengthening to reduce water loss; 3) agro-forestry tree-crop strips to reduce soil erosion; 4) subsoiling to increase water infiltration; 5) no-till to reduce surface water runoff. Farmers considered lack of capital to be an impediment to use of equipment developed for technologies 1), 4), and 5). They considered potential conflicts between off-farm employment and tree management to be the most important impediment to agro-forestry technology 3). Farmers proposed testing dike strengthening to prevent breakage, as an entry-point technology to start watershed management research. |
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