The results of field surveys and slope model experiment
were announced to the farmers through a workshop that
employed a participatory method. The workshop was held
in August 2003. The pattern of soil erosion on sloping farms
and mechanism of weed cover on reducing soil erosion were
demonstrated to farmers. Farmers were free to attend the
workshop, and they could independently discuss and raise
their ideas with researchers. Additionally, a model terrace
was constructed without removal of weed cover in sloping
land. There was no incentive offering to farmers who
wished to apply weed cover for soil conservation in this
village. Questionnaires were given just after the workshop
and in January 2004. The farmers’ acceptance and adoption
of the practice of using weed covers to reduce soil erosion
was evaluated.