Abstract
Farmers' consciousness of an upland irrigation project in the Nansatsu district of Kagoshima prefecture were investigated for the administration to obtain basic knowledge to build consensus for an upland irrigation project. A questionnaire survey was conducted to single crop farmers as well as to settlements classified by farming pattern, and characteristics and problems of the farmers' consciousness. The results are as follows.
The farmers of tea growing or protected horticulture place importance on profitability and workability. They aspire to a positive farming with expectation the irrigation effect. Meanwhile, the farmers of growing manufacturing sweet potato have a low importance on the irrigation effect. They aspire to a conservative farming based on a traditional crop. In the category of open field vegetables, the farmers occupy an intermediate position between positive and conservative. In the promotion of a water management association, therefore, it is important for understanding and discussing of the farmers' consciousness among settlements.
