Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze the skills and knowledge of the experts managing water inrice farming and to determine how these skills and knowledge can be acquired. The main results of the study are as follows: (1) The skills and knowledge required in the management of water in rice farming are composed of five field 18 items, the content includes a number of items, which exceeds 100 intotal. (2) The acquisition of non-expert skill and knowledge was advanced in general knowledge and motor skills. However, the acquisition for other items is insufficient. Moreover, the different problems regarding the succession of skills and knowledge became clear; (3) we presented the method of attaining the required skills and knowledge on the basis of the survey results.
