Eid Mubarak

WATER RESOURCES: An Outlook of it’s Mystery, History and Technology

Segera terbit (Rencana: 30 November 2006)

“Sumber Daya Air:
Misteri, Sejarah dan Teknologi di Baliknya”

Buku ini disiapkan cukup lama, yang bermula dari kepedulian penulis tentang kondisi Sumber Daya Air yang dalam dasawarsa terakhir mengalami tingkat kekritisan yang hampir sampai ke titik nadir akibat ulah manusia yang sibuk membangun prasarana fisik, namun melupakan upaya pelestarian sebagai dua sisi mata uang yang tak terpisahkan.

Kekhawatiran tentang kerusakan lingkungan akibat ulah manusia (salah satu fenomena yang dikenal sebagai tragedy of the common relatif baru mulai disadari dan dipermasalahkan manusia (pada level terbatas), yakni pada akhir abad ke 20, padahal sudah diperingatkan oleh Allah SWT dalam Al-Quran sejak lebih dari 1500 tahun yang lalu mengenai hal tersebut. Pelaku-pelaku kerusakan di muka bumi yang membawa malapetaka langsung, banjir, gempa bumi, tsunami, dan sebagainya, atau melalui fenomena tragedy of the common disejajarkan oleh Allah SWT sebagai perbuatan dosa seperti: orang munafik, kafir. munafik dan sebagainya.

Keynote For 70th Anniversary Of RIWRD, MPW

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

By:
A. Hafied A. Gany
http://www.hafied.org

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. Particularly in the food staples sector, it was the major engine of national economic growth, and can play a very significant role in reducing poverty.

Under the transformation process, the irrigation development had been highly and rigorously concentrating on the production function, without ever giving attention on the other highly 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.

Planning Strategy

PLANNING STRATEGY FOR IRRIGATION IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE AGRO-LANDSCAPES
(A Case Study of Regional Development Planning of the Soppeng Autonomous Regency, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia)

A. Hafied A. Gany

ABSTRACT

Through a series of experiences on the country’s development, Indonesia has been encountered by a number of problems on the provision of adequate food supply for its rapid growing population. The underlying food security program has been hampered by the dilemma for maintaining sustainable rice production on the one hand, while keeping pace with the increasing population growth. Irrigation development is also constrained by the rapid expansion of human settlement and industries, as well as the inappropriate land uses, and poor maintenance of the existing irrigation infrastructures.

Integrated Water Resources Management

OPTIMIZING THE WATER RESOURCES UTILIZATION FOR IRRIGATION, INDUSTRIES, LIVELIHOODS, AND ECOSYSTEM BY VIRTUE OF INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT:
(A Special Case of the Citarum River Basin, West Java Province, Indonesia)

A. Hafied A. Gany

ABSTRACT

During the last few decades, Indonesia has been increasingly hampered by problems for provision of adequate food supplies due to the adverse impacts of the rapid growing population as well as constraints on land-water and productivity relationships. Meanwhile, the underlying food security program has also been unable to sustain rice production on the one hand, and keeping pace with the productivity level to meet the demands of the increasing population growth on the other.

Despite the abundance water potential the Indonesian Archipelago has, the water resources development and management (WRDM) effort is constantly constrained by uneven water resources distribution by islands and by regions. Most significantly, the problems of WRDM have also become increasingly aggravated, due to the lack of consideration of the resolution for the escalating conflicts amongst water users for agriculture, fisheries, domestic, livelihoods, industries, hydropower, flood control, as well as for environment.

Serba Serbi Dari Kuala Lumpur – ICID 2006

The 57th International Executive Council Meeting, The Third Asian Regional Conference and The Seventh International Micro Irrigation Congress. Transfroming Irrigated Agriculture into An Efficient Engine of Growth. Advances in Micro Irrigation for Optimum Crop Production and Resource Conservation,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 09-16 September 2006.

 

 Sebagian dari 14 orang anggota Delegasi Indonesia: Dari kanan ke kiri:  Ir. Amier Hartono, Dipl. HE, Pengurus Pusat INACID dari Departemen Pertanian; Ir. Suprapto Budisantoso, M.Sc., Komisariat KNI-ICID Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan; Dr. (Eng) A.Hafied A.Gany, M.Sc., Pengurus Pusat KNI-ICID – Sebagai Ketua Delegasi; Ir. Alowisius Budi Susilo, M.Sc. Komisariat KNI-ICID Provinsi Jawa Timur; Dr. Ir. Suyono Sosrodarsono, Dewan Kehormatan KNI-ICID; Petugas dari Panitia Malaysia.

 Suasana Sidang 57th IECM.  Dari kanan ke kiri:  Sekjen ICID Gopala Krishnan; President ICID Mr. Lee dari Great Britain; dan Selanjutnya Wakil President ICID.

 

 Suasana Sidang 57th IECM.  Ketua Delegasi Indonesia, Dr. Eng. A. Hafied A. Gany, M.Sc. (tengah), didampingi sebelah kiri, Ir. Amier Hartono, Dipl. HE, dan kanan Ir. Alowisius Budi Susilo, M.Sc.

 

Pada sidang IECM, tanggal 14 September, dengan disaksikan oleh Dewan Pimpinan Internasional ICID, beserta segenap peserta 57th IECM, telah ditandatangani Memorandum Kesepakatan Kerjasama Bilateral (MOU) antara Komite Nasional ICID Indonesia (INACID) dan Komite Nasional ICID Iran (IRNCID). Ketua Umum INACID diwakili oleh Dr. A. Hafied A. Gany, M.Sc. dengan (surat kuasa), dan IRNCID diwakili oleh Presiden IRNCID, Dr. Rasoul Zargarpour. 

* Informasi lebih lengkap (dalam bentuk pdf) bisa di download di sini.

My Second Grandchild

Please allow me to introduce Muhammad Sabar Teguh Putra Gany or Putra, a new addition to our big family. Putra is the son of my daughter Batari and Her Husband, Dani. He was born on August 20th, 2006.

Putra is my second grandchild after Putri (Putri Naila Gany, now 6 years old) who is currently living in Singapore with her parents Rane and Fenny. Both of them are geographically miles away, but look at how they  met for the first time in a virtually way, thanks to the fascinating technology called internet.