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    Water saving technologies as Climate change adaption practices in the selected Municipalities of the Province of Ilocos Sur
    (Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University - North La Union Campus, 2012-03) Antonio, Mary Jane A.
    The study was conducted from September 21, 2011 to December 17, 2011 to assess the existing water saving technologies as climate change adaptation practices in the selected municipalities of the province of Ilocos Sur, namely: Suyo, Tagudin, Santa Cruz, Santa Lucia and Candon City. The study aimed to: (1) determinethe demographic profile of the respondent in terms of gender, age, civil status, educational attainment, number of years in farming, monthly income, farm size and major crops planted; (2) determine the respondent’s awareness and knowledge of climate change; (3) identify and describe the water saving technologies/ practices adopted by the respondents in terms of classification of the water saving technology/ practice and number of years of adoption; (4) determine the level of adoption of the identified water saving technologies/ practices; and (5) determine the level of seriousness of the problems encountered by the respondents when climate changes. The descriptive method of research was used in the study. There werea total of 625 respondents, composed of farmers, fisherfolks, households, government employees, and private/non-government employees. The data were gathered through the use of questionnaires supplemented with personal interviews. Majority of the water saving technology/ practice adopters were males (62.56 percent), married (67.37 percent), and more than one fourth (25.92) of them belonged to the age bracket of 26-35 years old. Most of them were highschool graduates (21.6 percent), and not engaged in farm activities (40.8 percent). Some (14.08 percent) worked in the farm for more than 21 years and had an income of Php 5,000 and below. The farm size is as follows: 3, 001- 5, 000 sq m (21.12 percent); 3,000 sq mand below (18.88 percent); 5, 001- 10, 000 sq m (18.72 percent); and 10, 001- 20, 000 sq. m. (.48 percent). There were those who do not own land/farm (40.8 percent). There were those who planted rice (53.28 percent), maize/corn (42.56 percent), legumes (33.76 percent), vegetables (29.12 percent), tobacco (28.48 percent), root crops (13.76 percent), and hybrid varieties like rice and vegetables (13.6 and 2.56 percent, respectively). Among the 625 respondents interviewed, 77.6 percent used television, followed by newspaper/ magazines, radio and attend seminars with a percentage of 66.56, 64.64, and 34.24, respectively as sources of information about climate change. The respondents were highly knowledgeable and aware of the topics under climate change which indicated an overall mean 80.49 percent. Water saving technologies/practices adopted by the respondents were the following: water reuse and recycling, shallow tube well, controlled irrigation system, adjusting plant dates to effectively adapt to the changing season, use and collection of rain, use of more heat/ drought tolerant crop varieties, enhance the capacity to adapt through skills training, workshops, and research, use of more submergence tolerant crop varieties, alter application of fertilizer, alter application of insecticide/pesticide, groundwater development, water metering in demand hot spots, invest in infrastructure for the containment, storage and transport of water and new or enhanced reservoirs, posting an overall mean of 2.20 indicating that those water saving technologies/practices were fairly adopted. Result also showed that the respondents encountered problems when climate changes which they rated highly serious.