These measurements were in the form of the height of the standing water in the plot. [...] In addition, water levels were measured on the plot closest to the tube well for a random 75% of farmers and the farthest plot for the rest of the sample. [...] In addition, water levels were measured on the plot closest to the tube well for a random 75% of farmers and the farthest plot for the rest of the sample. [...] In addition to identifying the farmers, the enumerators took the GPS coordinates of the plots identified by the village leader, which we refer to as the study plots. [...] Columns 3 and 4 verify the visual results that plots of treatment farmers were managed in the same fashion as those of the control group after the first 70 days of the growing season, regardless of the type of water contract.