Water user famers association (P3A) and their participation in managing Bantimurung irrigation system

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Abstract Agricultural sector plays a very important and strategic part in national development, which one of them is to achieve food security. Farmer’s need for irrigation water keeps growing, along with inclining demand on qualified agricultural products. Participation of water user farmers association (P3A) member in managing irrigation tertiary network will help boosting amount of produces product. This study aims to analyze the level of participation of P3A members in managing the Bantimurung irrigation system in Maros Regency. The result shows that: level of farmer’s participation in managing irrigation system at P3A Karya Bersama (upstream), P3A Samaturu (middle stream), and P3A Sare Te’ne (downstream) categorized as moderate.

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