Mountain Irrigators in the Philippines

TitleMountain Irrigators in the Philippines
Publication TypeBook Chapter
Year of Publication1980
AuthorsBacdayan AS
Book TitleIrrigation and agricultural development in Asia: Perspectives from the social sciences
Pagination172-185
PublisherCornell University Press
CityIthaca, New York
Source DocumentAccessible with appropriate permission
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Tanowong Bwasao Irrigation

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The case study of Tanowong bwasao irrigation is located in the mountain province of Philippines. The resource appropriated is water for irrigation from Tanowong Traditional Irrigation system. Prior to 1954, the Tanowong people relied on water from two streams to irrigate their rice fields. As the water supply became inadequate to meet their cultivation needs, they decided to dig a 25 kilometer ditch to divert water from a new source, the Bwasao Stream, to their fields. Since the project was...
09 Aug 2016

Tanowong Bwasao Irrigation II, Philippines

Case
This paper is an update on a prior case study about the Bwasao irrigation system (Case Nos. 38 and 39) analyzing Albert S. Bacdayan’s 1980 case study on the Tanowong people of three distinct villages in the northern Philippines. For purposes of this report, the SES study boundaries were expanded to include the entire Cordillera region in the northern Philippines.  Case Summary:  Since the Tanowong people built the Bwasao irrigation canal in 1954 to accommodate the villages’ growing...
09 Aug 2016

Tanowong traditional irrigation system, Philippines

Case
The case study of Tanowong traditional irrigation is located in the mountain province of Philippines. The resource appropriated is water for irrigation from Tanowong Traditional Irrigation system. Prior to 1954, the Tanowong people relied on water from two streams to irrigate their rice fields. As the water supply became inadequate to meet their cultivation needs, they decided to dig a 25 kilometer ditch to divert water from a new source, the Bwasao Stream, to their fields. Since the project...
09 Aug 2016