Perjalanan Dari Mandai Ke Mamuju: Berbincang dengan Penjual Jagung yang Tidak Mau Menjadi Golput

Oleh: A. Hafied A. Gany

Rosmah (22-an), penjual jagung-ketan rebus (Lapak No.14) di jalan raya Pare-Pare, Desa Siddo, Kabupaten Barru, termos panas tempat jagung rebusnya, bertatahkan poster pasangan peserta “Pilkada” Sulsel 2007

Foto: A. Hafied A. Gany

Kalau kita mengenal Golongan Putih (Golput) dalam sistem pemilihan, apakah Golongan yang bukan Golput bisa disebut sebagai Golongan Hitam? Lalu apa predikatnya untuk golongan yang terletak di antaranya? Bisakah disebut sebagai Golongan Abu-abu (Golabu)? Jujur saja saya sebagai orang awam dalam bidang yang satu ini belum mampu menjawabnya! Namun dalam perjalanan kali ini, saya secara tidak sengaja menemukan Golongan yang terletak di antara ke duanya (dalam konteks pemilihan - pilkada - secara demokratis).

Kenangan Rewe’ Sipulung 2003: Disambut Pemkab Soppeng dengan Pesta Rakyat

Oleh: A. Hafied A. Gany

Foto hasil dukumentasi (CD), Proceeding Seminar Sehari, dan Piagam Deklarasi Rewe’ Sipulung 2003.
(Foto A. Hafied A. Gany)

 

Di penghujung tahun 1992 saya mendapat inspirasi tentang kegiatan “mudik bersama” dari keluarga tempat indekost saya bersama isteri di Winnipeg, Kanada — Mr. Tranquilino Garma, seorang pensiunan pegawai rendahan bank pemerintah yang tinggal di desa Camiling - Tarlac, di pinggiran utara Kota Manila, Filipina, menjadi “permanent resident” di Kanada, serta menjalani masa-masa pensiunnya di Kota Winnipeg, Provinsi Manitoba, Kanada.

Terdampar di Jembatan Kereta Api Maut (Death Railway Bridge), Justru Menemukan Obsesi Makassar di Masa Remaja

 

Oleh: A. Hafied A. Gany

Jembatan Maut Sungai Kwai (The Bridge on the River Kwai) Provinsi Kanchanaburi, Thailand – saksi bisu korban puluhan ribu jiwa tawanan perang Tentara Sekutu dan pekerja “romusha” dalam Perang Dunia ke II – Kini mampu menarik puluhan ribu wisatawan setiap tahun. (Foto: A. Hafied A. Gany).

Saudara Siam-ku, Dulu Abdi Negara, Kini Menjadi Abdi Sang Budha

Citizen reporter, A. Hafied A. Gany, (urutan ketiga dari kiri), bersama Pendeta Budha Kiattisak Tong Prasert (ke dua dari kiri), diapit oleh Mr. Tang pekerja Vihara Budha (paling kiri) dan Mr. Vanchai Sinsawat, pensiunan Departemen Irigasi Kerajaan Muang Thai (paling kanan) bergambar di stasiun KA pembantu Sam Sen, Bangkok.

Invitation For Dr. Gany to Deliver a Key Note Address on The 4th ARC-ICID, Tehran

The Conference/Seminar Arbitration Committee of The 4th Asian Regional Conference and The 10th International Seminar on PIM and International History Seminar on Irrigation and Drainage & Internal Core Exhibition invites Dr. Gany to deliver a key note address on the seminar under the topic “Problems and Perspectives of Participatory Irrigation Management Under the Small Land-Holding Condition: with a Special Reference to Indonesian Practice.  The Letter of Invitation can be viewed at the following link: gany-invitation.jpg

Papers Accepted For Presentation in The 4th ARC of ICID May 2-5, 2007, Tehran, Iran

The Scientific Commitee of the 4th Asian Regional Conference and The 10th International Seminar on Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM), May 2-5, 2007, Iran has accepted about 120 full professional papers to be included in the proceeding and subsequently presented in the seminar. These include 7 papers from Indonesian National Committee of ICID (INACID),  as the following list: 08-reviewing_result-7-papers.doc 

Ulasan Buku: “Sumberdaya Air: Misteri, Sejarah, dan Teknologi Di Baliknya” *

Tulisan ini saya ‘klipping‘ dari salah satu posting di blog milik Pak Antyo Rentjoko (Tyo). Ucapan terimakasih dan penghargaan yang setinggi-tingginya kepada Pak Tyo yang telah sudi mengulas buku saya ini. Silahkan kunjungi sumber asli tulisan tersebut di link ini lengkap dengan komentar dari para pembacanya -terimakasih juga bagi yang sudah sudi mengomentari -

BERAIR-AIR KITA TAPI TAK PERNAH PAHAM
Paparan Seorang Ilmuwan Yang Blogger

Siapa juga yang mau jadi The Mariner (Kevin Costner) dalam Waterworld.

Kakinya berselaput, kupingnya kayak punyanya ikan, minumnya dari sulingan pipisnya sendiri. Tapi itulah hasil adaptasi untuk bertahan hidup sampai menemukan daratan. Kurang air kita susah. Kebanyakan air kita bingung.

Orasi Ilmiah: Dimensi Sejarah Teknologi Keairan dan Perspektif Pembelajaran Empiris Modern

Naskah Orasi Ilmiah dalam rangka pengukuhan menjadi Widyaiswara Utama (Lembaga Administrasi Negara Republik Indonesia) pada Departemen Pekerjaan Umum. Dilaksanakandi Ruang Sidang Sapta Taruna Departemen Pekerjaan Umum, Jalan Pattimura No. 20/Perc 7, Kebayoran Baru – Jakarta Selatan, 13 Desember 2006.

* Naskah dalam format doc juga dapat didownload di link berikut : -klik kanan > save target as-
www.geocities.com/hafiedgany/naskah_orasi_ilmiah_final_blog.doc

“DIMENSI SEJARAH TEKNOLOGI KEAIRAN DAN PERSPEKTIF PEMBELAJARAN EMPIRIS MODERN”

Oleh: A. Hafied A. Gany
gany @hafied.org; gany @scientist.com

Multidisciplinary Faculties of Rivers:
“I entered upon the small enterprise of “learning” twelve or thirteen hundred miles of the great Mississippi River with the easy confidenceof my time of life. If I had really known what I was about to require of my faculties, I should not have had the courage to begin”. ‘Mark Twain’

Rivers and Lovers:
“We must look after rivers like we care our lovers. Make Sure rivers arealways beautiful”.
(‘Mahatir Muhammad’, The Stright Times: Asia, May 2001)

(Perpaduan keduanya mengandung makna filosofis bahwa: “Begitu kompleksnya Pengelolaan SDA, sehingga hanya bisa optimum bila dihampiri dengan pemberlakuan “sungai” sebagai “kekasih” yang tercinta”)

Bedah Buku “Sumberdaya Air: Misteri, Sejarah, dan Teknologi Di Baliknya”

Naskah Paparan Ilmiah Professor DR. Ir. Radi A. Gany, dalam rangka Peluncuran dan Bedah Buku “SUMBER DAYA AIR: Misteri dan Sejarah di Baliknya” oleh DR. (Eng) A. Hafied A. Gany, M.Sc., P. Eng., Bandung, 30 November 2006.

Professor Dr. Ir. Radi A.Gany adalah Guru Besar pada Jurusan Sosial Ekonomi, Fakultas Pertanian dan Pasca Sarjana, Universitas Hasanudddin dalam mata kuliah Ekomi Pertanian, dan Pembangunan Pedesaan. Bupati Wajo (1988-1993). Rektor Unhas (1997-2001 dan 2002-2006). Ketua Forum Rektor Indonesia (1998-2000). Ketua Majelis Rektor PTN Indonesia (2004-2006). Ketua Asosiasi Rektor PT Indonesia-Malaysia 2002-2006. Anggota MPR-RI 1998.

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www.geocities.com/hafiedgany/bedah_buku_radi_blog.doc

SUMBERDAYA AIR:
Misteri, Sejarah, dan Teknologi Di Baliknya
(Pembahasan)

Oleh: Radi A. Gany

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Pendahuluan

Paradigma Imu Pengetahuan Baru mengajarkan kita bahwa “keseluruhan senantiasa lebih besar dari sekadar penjumlahan bagian-bagian”. Dalam kehidupan sehari-hari, doktrin ini diterjemahkan dalam bentuk kerjasama sinergik antar dua atau lebih lembaga <komponen> yang diyakini akan memberikan hasil yang lebih besar dibandingkan dengan yang diperoleh oleh masing-masing lembaga <komponen>.

An Outlook of The Recent Development of Irrigation and The Propensity for Transformation into an Efficient Engine of Growth

This paper has been specially prepared for The International Seminar on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the Research Center for Water Resources, Ministry of Public Works, Bandung, Indonesia, November 29, 2006.

A microsoft Doc version of this paper can be downloaded at the following link (right click>save target as) :
www.geocities.com/hafiedgany/paper_for_70th___final9_blog.doc

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An Outlook of The Recent Development of Irrigation and The Propensity for Transformation into an Efficient Engine of Growth

By: A. Hafied A. Gany *

Abstract
Development and management of Irrigation as a vital component of the total agriculture has been advancing significantly within the last few decades. Today, irrigated agriculture has undergone a huge transformation. Its role in the economic development of a country changes as a part of the transformation into the major engine of national economic growth. Under the initial transformation process, however, irrigation development had been rigorously concentrated on the production function, without proper attention on the other essential agricultural functions, which are, ecological and livelihood functions as well as other multi-functionalities of irrigated agriculture. During which, we used up all resources, land, water and other natural resources for boosting production beyond the sustainable development scenario.

With increasing demands under the scarce water resources and under the need to minimize environmental consequences, water saving under the conventional irrigation and micro-irrigation technologies are tended to be the future option, especially in the area of high value crops such as fruits and vegetables. Therefore, micro-irrigation technologies must be refined in such a way that producers can conveniently utilize the technologies to suit their own operations without jeopardizing their economic livelihoods. The conventional water saving irrigation option together with micro-irrigation are not just amongst the many irrigation and water management technology tools, but it is a tool that has multiple advantages. Both can reduce the waste of water to a negligible amount and the transport of contaminants to surface water and groundwater, while optimizing crop production and increases the quality of agricultural products.

This paper is about an outlook of the recent revelopment of irrigation and the propensity for transformation into an efficient engine of growth, giving numerous “remarks” on multi-level impacts of inapropriate applications of technolgies. The study has been addressed by means of interdisciplinary approach, including the analysis for formulating strategy toward “professionalism”, alternative measures for water conservation, land resources management, human resources management, conducive institutional setting, diversification of cropping patterns, application of modern technology, and agro-based industries. Special scrutiny is particularly given to water saving irrigation options as well as micro-Irrigation, optimization of multi-functionality of irrigated agriculture, leisure agriculture, and agro-based tourism. For fostering innovation toward steady irrigated agricultural transformation, a continuous scrutiny on the “state-of-the-arts” of irrigated agriculture as an art, science and technology, has to be backed up by consistent research and development (R&D) undertakings.

Key words: Irrigated Agriculture, Efficient Engine of Growth, Micro-Irrigation