Naval, Rey C. <br/><br/>
Performance evaluation and impact assessment of burgos small water impounding project (swip) in Cabarroguis, Quirino/ 
Rey C. Naval 
 - Bayombong:  Nueva Vizcaya State University,  2014 
 - xi, 87 leaves :  illustrations (some colored) ;  28 cm. 
<br/><br/> The study was conducted to characterize, assess the irrigation and cropping practices, determine the socioeconomic impact and evaluate the water productivity of Burgos Small Water Impounding Project (SWIP) in Cabarroguis, Quirino.<br/><br/>	The site was characterized using Global Positioning System (GPS) which was processed using Geographic Information System (GIS) to generate maps. The study made use of structured questionnaire to gather the socio-demographic profile, irrigation and cropping practices and assess the socioeconomic impact of SWIP to the farmer-beneficiaries. It utilized climatic data taken from the Automatic Weather Station of Quirino State University, Diffun, Quirino as input to the CROPWAT model together with the cropping calendar, cropping intensity, yield and income of the farmer-beneficiaries to analyze the water productivity of the system.<br/><br/>	Most of the farmer-beneficiaries of Burgos SWIP are males, aged 40-59 years old, married with below four household members, Roman Catholic, high school graduates and some are members of cooperatives. They are rice farmers, have attended 1-2 trainings related to farming and own a 1.00 to 1.99 hectares farm. They are growing inbred rice varieties through transplanting from June to October for the first cropping and November to March for the second cropping, spray their rice farms at the early stage of disease/pest occurrence, use paddy to paddy method of water distribution and allow standing water to a depth of 2-3 cm, use commercial inorganic fertilizers practicing side and top dressing, weed once per copping manually, land prepares twice through harrowing and usually receive enough water in most of the stages of their rice plants after the SWIP.<br/><br/>	The SWIP has a positive impact as confirmed by the increase in yield and in net income of the farmer-beneficiaries. It contributed a significant increase of 2.14 tons/year in the mean yield generating an additional income of PhP32,113.64.<br/><br/>	The computed output per unit irrigated area and output per unit command area of Burgos SWIP of PhP41,004.06/ha and PhP22,622.48/ha is lower than most of the irrigation systems in the region. This may be attributed to the absence of lateral canals to convey water within the service area.<br/><br/>	The output per unit water consumed by evapotranspiration is PhP2.48/m³ while the output per unit irrigation supply is PhP4.65/m³ which indicates that there is a PhP2.17 loss in production per cubic meter of water loss due to evaporation, seepage and percolation.<br/>  Thesis (Master of Science - Agricultural Engineering)<br/> 
<br/><br/>Includes appendices and bibliographical references