ABSTRACT
This study investigates the correlations between Chinese banana farmers’ perceptions of integrated water management technology (IWMT) and their adoption behaviours and examines the impact of IWMT adoption on farm performance. The results revealed that farmers’ IWMT adoption correlates significantly with their perceptions of whether IWMT adoption can help reduce farm workload, fertilizer and water, the extent to which the technology is easier to operate, and the extent to which the technology can generate higher economic benefits than furrow irrigation technology. IWMT adoption significantly increases banana yields, gross revenue, net returns and irrigation frequency, but does not significantly affect irrigation expenditure.
Acknowledgement
The authors acknowledge the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) Virtual Conference on “Water Resource Management for Achieving Food Security in Asia Under Climate Change” held on 26–27 October 2022.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
Data availability
The data that support the findings of this study are available from Hongyun Zheng upon request.