Irrigation of rice fields in my village

For those of you who live in village, you definitely know about irrigation, which is way water flows that will be used to provide supplies for farmers in fields, in my village majority are rice farmers and really need water when planting season is about to start. With irrigation, water supply for farmers will be easier and more regular.

Water has a very important role in agriculture, especially for rice farmers in fields. Rice plants are plants that require a lot of water, especially during growth phase, rice plants must always be waterlogged. In order for rice productivity to be good and effective in terms of land area, sufficient water supply is needed through irrigation.

Because irrigation is very important to support availability of water for rice farmers, water management must be carried out regularly in terms of quantity and quality so as to ensure that rice plants do not experience water shortages which will result in lower production yields.

Construction of dams and their complementary facilities, networks or channels is aimed at smooth and regular distribution of water to rice fields and can satisfy all parties with an interest in irrigation. Therefore, it is necessary to have good water management which includes all series of activities that are continuously integrated in the irrigation network from the time the extraction activities are continued by regulation, measurement, distribution, provision of safe irrigation water to water users up to level of water users. Farmers in a timely manner so that development of rice plants planted can be guaranteed a water supply.

Distribution of irrigation water is to channel irrigation water to primary, secondary channels in accordance with applicable regulations and or provisions which in their implementation are under supervision of relevant service.

While provision of irrigation water is distribution of irrigation water from main line to tertiary channel in tertiary plots and then providing water to rice fields. At this level role of village officials as technical implementers in terms of regulating irrigation water in rural areas.

Activities to achieve the implementation of maintenance of irrigation networks, distribution and provision of irrigation water within scope of simple technical and semi-technical irrigation circuits which are managed in an integrated manner by officers from irrigation service and village officials. All activities must pay attention to applicable regulations, so irrigation water can be divided and given from source to rice fields of rice farmers properly.

In my village, irrigation is managed by officials from village and local government. They will regulate water supply according to growing season by taking into account the dry and rainy seasons. They will supply water to the rice fields according to the quantity required by farmers, they will also close irrigation canals during rainy season and there is too much water to maintain growth of the rice plants.