Irrigation Advisory Service: A comprehensive solution toward sustainable water management for rice production in the Philippines

Regalado, Manuel Jose C.; Yadav, Sudhir; Samoy-Pascual, Kristine; Dios, J.L. De; Evangelista, Gio Karlo; Rafael, Marvelin L.; Dorado, Jade; Cabangon, R. J.

doi:10.13031/aim.201900677

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“…The advent of low-cost sensor technologies provided opportunities for improving AWD adoption. This primarily provided a way to address AWD farmer adoption challenges, knowledge, and labor, the unreliability of water supply result in a mismatch of the timing AWD, and, inefficiencies in coordination and water management across administration (Regalado et al, 2019). The outcome of this learning was the development and piloting of AutoMon PH , an Internet-of-Things-(IoT)-powered decision support tool that provides irrigation advisory service to farmers and irrigation managers (IRRI and PhilRice, 2020), making it easier to adopt AWD, efficiently manage water demand and delivery, and ultimately, sustainably manage water resources.…”

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Disentangling Challenges to Scaling Alternate Wetting and Drying Technology for Rice Cultivation: Distilling Lessons From 20 Years of Experience in the Philippines

Enriquez

Yadav

Evangelista

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Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Alternate wetting and drying (AWD) is a low-cost innovation that enables farmers to adapt to increasingly water scarcity conditions (such as drought), increase overall farm production efficiency, and mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It is seen as a pathway for transforming agri-food systems into more resilient, productive, biologically diverse, and equitable forms, ensuring our commitments to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper uses scaling up and innovation uncertainty frameworks to review the success and challenges of AWD's 20-year scaling trajectory in the Philippines and explain the key factors that have influenced its outcomes. The framework adapted for this study is also used to examine the fitness between the scaling context and requirements, organizational mission, and corresponding capabilities. Findings show the innovation platform that vertically integrated key actors and locally adapted AWD has helped foster essential breakthroughs in creating an enabling environment that took AWD to national policy adoption in the Philippines. However, the dominant focus on technology transfer, product focus, and preference for controlled environments in the scaling practice has neglected many important contextual factors, allowing mismatches in enabling policy incentives, institutions, and scale to diminish the impacts of AWD in gravity-based systems. Our findings suggest that rethinking and re-envisioning the ways in which the impact can be scaled in irrigation rice systems using AWD is critical to sustaining food security and making the agriculture sector more resilient to climate change.

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Section: Scaling Through Integrated Irrigation Advisory Mechanismsmentioning

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Disentangling Challenges to Scaling Alternate Wetting and Drying Technology for Rice Cultivation: Distilling Lessons From 20 Years of Experience in the Philippines

Enriquez

Yadav

Evangelista

et al. 2021

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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A framework to assess solar PV irrigation system (SPIS) for sustainable rice farming in Sorsogon, Philippines

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Solar PV irrigation system (SPIS) has proven its potential to impact the agricultural sector. It is known for producing zero GHG emissions, and recent studies have proved its effectiveness compared to fuel-based pumps. However, some factors affecting its operations and economic viability that require further study. This study assessed the viability and sustainability of SPIS for providing rice irrigation in the province of Sorsogon, Philippines. Our objectives were to a) identify the optimal deployment locations, b) determine the most effective energy system configurations for rice irrigation, and c) assess the impact on achieving SDGs. Analysis showed that 17% of the province's total land area is suitable for SPIS deployment. A one-hectare land requires 3.302 kWh of energy per day and a water pump with a peak power of 1.1 kW. The optimal energy configuration provided an annual energy of 8,547 kWh from the Solar PV system and an additional 119 kWh delivered by the diesel generator. This setup demonstrates the lowest net present cost (NPC) of ₱ 1,079,642 and the lowest levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) of ₱ 17.79/kWh. A future SPIS project was assessed to have 27 possible synergies and 3 tradeoffs that impact achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs). The participation of stakeholders, along with local farmers, in discussions about adapting SPIS projects will help ensure the sustainability of the application and the acceptance of the technology. The findings of this study introduced new insights and understanding of the critical aspects of solar PV irrigation system applications.

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Irrigation Advisory Service: A comprehensive solution toward sustainable water management for rice production in the Philippines

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Disentangling Challenges to Scaling Alternate Wetting and Drying Technology for Rice Cultivation: Distilling Lessons From 20 Years of Experience in the Philippines

Disentangling Challenges to Scaling Alternate Wetting and Drying Technology for Rice Cultivation: Distilling Lessons From 20 Years of Experience in the Philippines

A framework to assess solar PV irrigation system (SPIS) for sustainable rice farming in Sorsogon, Philippines

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