PENGUATAN DAN PEREMAJAAN SARANA IRIGASI UNTUK MENDUKUNG PERTANIAN DALAM RANGKA PENGUATAN EKONOMI MASYARAKAT DESA SIMPANG PETAI

Feri Candra; Iswadi HR; Zultiniar Zultiniar; Iwantono Iwantono; Ferry Fatnanta; Azriyenni Azriyenni; Soewignjo Soewignjo

Feri Candra Universitas Riau
Iswadi HR Universitas Riau
Zultiniar Zultiniar Universitas Riau
Iwantono Iwantono Universitas Riau
Ferry Fatnanta Universitas Riau
Azriyenni Azriyenni Universitas Riau
Soewignjo Soewignjo Universitas Riau

Keywords: Rainfed Rice Fields, Irrigation Pumps, Lakes

Abstract

The Simpang Petai village is located about 45 km from the city of Pekanbaru, which is the area of Rumbio Jaya District, Rumbio Jaya Regency, Riau Province. The Simpang petai village has a rice field of 24 hectares. The location of paddy farms is located in the Kampar watershed so that this land is very fertile and very suitable for processing. At the end of 2015, the intersection of Petai received assistance from the Kampar district government in the form of an irrigation system using a water pump. This assistance program aims to intensify agriculture and increase agricultural production. But this system only had a short run because in early 2016 there had been a major flood in this intersection of the village due to the overflowing of the Kampar river. This flood causes damage to the diesel engine and water pump so that the irrigation system can no longer function. And also, the water distribution pipes to the rice fields were damaged and leaked a lot. To overcome this problem, in mid-2018, the University of Riau's Community Service team has carried out activities to reactivate the damaged irrigation system by repairing water pumping machines and distribution pipes and adding new distribution pipelines to support agriculture in order to strengthen the community's economy. village intersection petai. The program for assisted village grant activities is a multi-year program and is expected to provide benefits to rural communities by increasing farmers' rice production. The method of service activities is carrying out surveys and identifying problems in the field, carrying out repairs and testing of irrigation pumps and water distribution pipelines and adding new water distribution pipelines. From the results of the tests carried out it can be seen that the pump irrigation system is able to function again and can irrigate the fields well and quickly.