Persepsi Petani Padi terhadap Layanan Irigasi di Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta

Abstract

Improvement of agricultural resource  management systems, especially  irrigation water, is important in  determining sustainable agriculture.  This study aims to describe the quality  of irrigation services on rice farming as  well as its corelation to the farmers  Willingness To Pay (WTP) irrigation  services. The study was conducted in  rice farming centers namely Sleman and  Bantul Regency based on irrigation river  flows that crossed the region.  Respondents were taken from each  irrigation area as many as 5 farmers  using simple random sampling with  total number of samples were 125  farmers.The irrigation service data and  farmers Willingness To Pay irrigation  services were analyzed using rank  Spearman correlation to see the  corelation of both factors. The result  showed that there was a negative  correlation between irrigation services  and farmers Willingness To Pay  irrigation fees., In general, rice farming  irrigation services in Special Region of  Yogyakarta are in good category,  however willingness of farmers to pay  irrigation services (WTP) is low. In order  to support the sustainability of longterm irrigation services, it requires  public awareness, especially farmers in  irrigation utilization and the provision  of smart irrigation control in irrigation  maintenance.