Farmers adaptation beharior on water scarcity conditions in barangay Aumbay, Island Garden City of Samal

Abstract

This paper investigated the significant difference in the farmers' adaptation behavior under water scarcity conditions when analyzed according to the demographic profile in Barangay Aumbay, Island Garden City of Samal. A survey questionnaire was utilized for collecting data. The sample of the study consisted of 89 farmers in barangay Aumbay, selected based on the Slovin formula. A questionnaire was designed for the target group to measure farmers adaptation behavior in water scarcity conditions. The researcher centralized the non0experimental quantitative descriptive comparative research using a quantitative research design as the methodology for this study. The findings indicated that there is a statistically significant difference between farmers in media adaptation behavior. However, no significant differences were found in awareness, perception, adaptation, and intention. Furthermore, based on the overall mean of five indicators, it was not statistically significant, so we cannot conclude that there is a significant difference between farmers in overall adaptation behavior. Practical recommendations are presented in this study.