Gerenciamento de recursos hídricos nas propriedades orizícolas de Dom Pedrito/RS

Abstract

The Irrigated rice cultivation plays a role of great social, environmental and economic importance to our country, state and county, which is considered one of the primary activities of the industry's most stable and high productivity in this context water resources are directly linked to production rice, because the rice growing irrigated is cited as one of the largest consumer of water activities, thus the management of water resources has an important role in streamlining this consumption. Although water management in crops has improved greatly in recent years, with the use of new irrigation techniques and more efficient methods, enabling increased productivity parallel reduction of water use, it is noticed that some of the rice farmers have not yet reached this degree of efficiency. This paper presents an approach to the management of water resources within the rice growing farms in Dom Pedrito-RS, seeking to identify what actions are being used by producers to optimize the management of water resources in order to increase the efficiency of water used for irrigation. To understand more about the topic of this paper, were found in the literature, some thoughts on the subject as aspects that conceptualize water resources, what is the importance of managing these resources, management strategies that aim to reduce water use in paddy farming, among other aspects deemed essential to the foundation of the subject. To identify the applied aspects in the management of water resources, interviews with three producers considered significant in the management of these resources and three producers that do not have some system of natural resource management were performed in order to identify the factors that lead farmers to undertake or not the management of water resources in rice production properties in the municipality. In addition, a questionnaire was chosen to thirteen producers seeking to identify randomly applied in a general way, what the current situation of producers, regarding the management of water resources in rice production properties in the municipality. After collecting the above data, the interpretation of the relevant aspects raised during the interviews was conducted in order to identify the main characteristics of producers in terms of knowledge, and to apply this in practice in relation to the management of water resources, comparing and relating these characteristics, the literature studied to better understand and to base such aspects. After the interpretation of the interviews was analyzed thirteen questionnaires to producers randomly chosen in order to have a broader view of the issues related to water resources management in the rice-growing farms in Dom Pedrito, and thus generate the considerations regarding theme and approach.