Recent irrigation practices in the Upper East Bank of the Chao Phraya Delta |
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Authors: | Tatsuki Ueda Shigeo Ogawa Katsuro Shioda Pongsak Arulvijitskul Phonchai Klinkhachorn |
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Institution: | (1) National Institute for Rural Engineering, 2-1-6 Kannondai, Tsukuba Ibaraki, 305-8609, Japan;(2) The Modernization of Water Management System Project, Royal Irrigation Department, 811 Samsen Road, Dusit, Bangkok, 10300, Thailand;(3) Royal Irrigation Department, 811 Samsen Road, Dusit, Bangkok, 10300, Thailand |
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Abstract: | This study aims to investigate recent practices on water allocation and cultivation in the Upper East Bank of the Chao Phraya Delta in Thailand, by using data collected by RID local offices, questionnaires, and analyses of satellite images. As a result, we have identified the advantage that upstream areas of irrigation canals have enjoyed, namely the preferential water allocation over the downstream areas. This advantage was strongly associated with the intensive cropping patterns of rice: the upstream areas were estimated to conduct almost continuous rice cultivation throughout a year. In addition, the intensive rice cultivation would partly be supported by water from private shallow wells, which were mostly concentrated in the upstream areas of main canals. Those shallow wells would be used at the beginning of the dry season and in drought years, when farmers could not expect water supply from irrigation canals. The result indicated that the conjunctive use of surface and ground water would be practiced in this region. |
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Keywords: | Paddy field Remote sensing Rice Shallow well Thailand Water management |
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