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No. 01 / 11 October 2010

WELCOME TO JOGJA!

Yogyakarta, the Treasure of Java

Yogyakarta (also called as Jogja or Yogya) is located in the middle of Java Island, and is one of a popular tourist destination in Indonesia, especially for cultural tourism. The cultural colour of Yogyakarta is still obvious because of the temples, traditional buildings, various cultural activities, and a number of famous artists. This is accentuated by the presence of living tradition and everyday life of Yogyakarta community which is art loving and hospitable. Walking around Jogja, you can see the wealth of pristine Javanese culture, the locals who are so friendly and artists who are making handicraft items. Yogyakarta is heaven of traveling with so much charm that has not been revealed. Yogyakarta is ready to host more visitors who are eager to enjoy its enchanting nature and culture by providing tourist facilities, attractions, guides, and other services. Your visit to Yogyakarta will be welcomed warmly. Begin your adventures and find the treasures of Java Island in Yogyakarta.

THE CHALLENGE OF FOOD SECURITY

Food availability is becoming an important issue

worldwide, said Mr. Ali Shady , a former president

ICID conference in Bali 10 years ago. The man who

came to represent Canada, said that there are a

discrepancy between supply and demand for food in

the world today. He said that a country is not only

responsible to provide enough food, but also must

have a sufficient stock of food.

Irrigation became an important thing in relation to

food availability. Currently, only about 17% total

irrigated land in the world and it yield 40% of the

world's food source. "Having a conference about

irrigation and drainage in Asia is a very important

thing, because it has major population in the world,"

he said.

"Irrigation is one of the solution, how to make

irrigation more efficient," he added. The world

population continues to grow, and of course, food

needs are also increasing. They want more and

better food. So we need more water and more land.

In this conference, many people came from different

countries and backgrounds. They also come with

different experiences from their own countries. On

this occasion they can discuss, working on group and

exchange ideas about problems and solutions in

their respective countries.

"It will help us to know better and apply it in our

own country" he said. According to the man who is

originally an Egyptian, the key is to exchange

information. Two of the most important thing is

information and knowledge. With the information

we could know something, but with the knowledge

we can apply it directly in our real life into something

useful.

Ali Shady


Fuzzy Timer Technique Implementation for Automatic Water Level Control A fuzzy timer control (FTC) technique was developed for application in water level control. FTC is the modification of the general fuzzy logic control (FLC) which have been widely known and been applied in various control systems. The FTC was applied in simulation using water balance analysis of weather, evapotranspiration and land condition information. FTC showed good performance in the anticipation of water level fluctuation to maintain water level near the setpoint, but faced difficulty in heavy rainfall event especially in heavy rain season. During dry season, the FTC showed better performance and ability to maintain water level near the desired level. The simulation was conducted using spreadsheet programmed with macro basic language. The simulation also gave the irrigation and drainage capacity of 1.3 lt/sec.ha for rainy season and1.6 lt/sec.ha for dry season, with each performance index of 11871.5 and 4225.4, which values are the results of optimization during the simulation.

Satyanto K.Saptomo, Budi I. Setiawan, Ahmad Tusi, Marzan A.Iskandar

ESTUARY DYNAMICS OF JAKARTA BAY The 3D-numerical model has been applied to simulate estuary dynamics of Jakarta Bay, Indonesia include of tidal and river current, and cohesive sediment ransport. Sediment loads comes from 3 river mouths i.e. Angke River, Karang River, and Ancol River. The model was simulated to analyze the effect of tidal current and river discharge. A constant westerly and easterly wind was used as input of the model to see the influence of monsoonal season. The numerical results show that the tidal current flows from east to western part of the bay during ebb tide and vice versa during flood tide. The surface current circulation is dominantly influenced by the tidal current compared with the wind and river discharge effects. High turbidity level was found near the river mouths with the range of 50 to 100 mg/l. This high sediment concentration was caused by the effect of sediment load from the river upstream. In

the offshore area of the bay the sediment concentration decreases up to 10 mg/l. The distribution of sediments follows the current circulations induced by tide and river discharge.

Fitri Riandin

INTERMITTENT IRRIGATION IN SYSTEM OF RICE INTESIFICATION POTENTIAL AS AN ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION OPTION OF NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF RICE CULTIVATION IN IRRIGATED PADDY FIELD Water availability that nowadays tends to decrease in quality and quantity aspects is in fact in contrary with the trend of increasing demand for water. Therefore the effort to improve water use efficiency is necessary in every aspect of life including irrigation to support agriculture, especially for paddy cultivation. Indonesia as an agricultural country has 7,49 million hectare (ha) irrigated paddy field. By means of continuous flow irrigation method, 141 billion m3 of water is needed for irrigation during 2 planting period every year or almost 6% of water availability in Indonesia. On the other hand, one of the environmental issues related to agriculture production particularly rice is that paddy cultivation become potential contributor to global warming through methane emission. Intermittent irrigation of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) has a potential to overcome this problem. For this reason research has been conducted for four years in various implementation stages, starting from pot, field, on-farm, and tertiary unit. Water inflow-outflow, climate and methane emission data were collected in each scope for several cropping season. The result shows that intermittent irrigation of SRI has a consistent trend to have lower water requirement and lower methane emission as it is compared with conventional method using continuous flow irrigation. Water requirement was reduced by 36% in on-farm research and 15-33 % lower in a tertiary unit research. Methane emission was lower by 37.5% and global warming potential was lower by 5.7%.

Susi Hidayah, Dewi Arifianty Agustina, Marasi Deon Joubert, Soekrasno


500.000 HECTARES ARE WAITING TO

BE IRRIGATED IN NEPAL

Coming from the Ministry of Irrigation, Mr.

Mathura Dangol is one of the delegations from

his country, Nepal. Actually this is the first time

he joined ICID conference. He came with two

other friends from Nepal, and they are from the

department of irrigation. He said that he wants

to learn a lot of things about irrigation and

drainage, because he thoughts that his own

country needs to develop more about irrigation

system.

Nepal totally had 2,6 million hectares of land,

and 1.760.000 hectares are irrigable. By this

year, they had 1,2 million hectares of irrigated

land, and the challenge they had to face now is

there are still 500.000 hectares of lands remain

that haven’t being irrigated.

What’s the problem in the country is the

financial. They need a lot of money to develop

their irrigation system, and now people in Nepal

just take a loan from the bank as the solution

for the financial problems. “We also want to see

the Sabo Dam Merapi, “ he said. He also said

that Jogja is a very nice place.

Mathura Dangol

EVALUATION OF CROP COEFFICIENTS FROM WATER CONSUMPTION IN PADDY FIELDS Crop coefficient was evaluated from water consumption of various treated paddy fields on the objective to find its changes with time as the plant grew. Three principal techniques of paddy fields known as the commonly practiced, Integrated Crop Management (ICM) and System of Rice Intensification (SRI) were investigated. Each of them has 2 major different irrigating and planting patterns, which has different performance on plant

growth as well as productivity. In this study, the combinations of irrigating and planting patterns across these 3 systems were also investigated, and in total there were 36 treatments. Measurements were conducted on daily basis in water level, soil water, draining water, ponding water, irrigation water, and weather parameters such as temperature, wind velocity and sunshine duration to calculate potential evapotranspiration by means of FAO Penmann Monteith model. Water balance analysis was carried out to calculate equivalent depth of soil water, which was then compared with measured soil water based on water level data and soil water retention curve. Optimization process was then conducted to find daily crop coefficients with the objective to minimize a cumulative different between calculated and measured soil water depths. The results show that each reatment produced different temporal crop coefficients but more or less had similar patterns in the early, middle and late stages of the plant growth. In consequence, temporal crop coefficient is important to take into account for irrigation planning on different system of paddy field especially to earn optimum water efficiency.

Hanhan A. Sofiyuddin, Lolly M. Martief, Budi I. Setiawan, Chusnul Arif

Prambanan, the Most Beautiful Hindu Temple in the World Reputated as the biggest and most beautiful Hindhus Temple in Indonesia, and locally known as Roro Jonggrang. Prambanan is the masterpiece of Hindu culture from the 10th century. The slender building is towering 47 meters high making it an unsurpassed beautiful architectural. Prambanan temple has three main temples in the primary yard, namely Vishnu, Brahma, and Shiva. The three temples are a symbol of Trimurti in Hindu belief. All of them face east. Each main temple has accompanying temple facing to the west, namely Nandini for Shiva, Angsa to Brahma, and Garuda for Vishnu.


Borobudur, the Biggest Buddhist Temple in the 9th Century

Who does not know Borobudur? Borobudur is the largest Buddhist temple from the 9th century. It is located in Magelang, Central Java, just about an hour from Yogyakarta. This Buddhist temple has 1460 relief and 504 Buddha statues in the complex. Not surprisingly, millions of people yearning to visit this magnificent building, for the architectural and function as a place of worship, Borobudur is really attractive. All relief panels in Borobudur temple reflect the Buddha's teachings. The relief panels tell the legendary story of Ramayana. In addition, there are relief panels describing the condition of society at that time.

Ratu Boko Palace, the Splendor on a peaceful hill Ratu Boko Palace is a magnificent palace complex built in the 8th century during the reign of Rakai Panangkaran, one of the descendants of Wangsa dynasty which is also a founder of Borobudur temple. The palace was originally named Abhayagiri Vihara (meaning monastery) was built for seclusion and to focus on spiritual life. Being in this palace, you can feel the peace as well as see the sights of Yogyakarta city and Prambanan Temple with the background of Mount Merapi.

Malioboro, Nostalgia of Souvenirs Paradise Extends over the imaginary axis connecting the Sultan's palace, Tugu monument and the peak of Mount Merapi, this street is formed into a trading locality after Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono I developed it as a traditional market since 1758. Until now, Malioboro still survive as a trade area and even is one of Yogyakarta's famous icons. Down the road about one kilometer would be very tiring, but stories and memories of old buildings and a sprinkling of souvenir will treat it. Enjoy the experience of shopping and souvenir hunting; tourists can walk along the shoulder of the road which is an arcade. Here you will find many vendors that sell merchandise. Ranging from local handicrafts such as batik, rattan ornament, leather puppets, bamboo crafts (key chains, decorative lamps, etc.) also blangkon (Javanese / Yogyakarta hat typical) and silver goods, to merchants who sell a lot of knick knacks. Throughout the arcade, beside the tourists can shop in peace in a sunny or rainy conditions, they can also enjoy a pleasant shopping experience at bargain prices. If we’re lucky, it can be reduced for a third or even half price.

Affandi Museum, Visiting the Palace of the Maestro Affandi Museum is all part of Affandi's life as a painting maestro. In the region of Gajah Wong River’s edge, Affandi lived, worked, transforming his knowledge and lived in his eternal home. Visiting Affandi Museum which is located at Jalan Raya Yogyakarta-Solo, just in the west of Gajah Wong River, will provide you an opportunity to track all the means of Affandi's life. In a museum that consists of 3 galleries you can see the great works of the maestro during his life, the works of other painters, the transportation he used first, occupied house until a studio that is now used to nurture talent to paint for children.


To visit the Museum Affandi, you only need to pay Rp 10.000,00 as an entrance ticket for domestic tourists and Rp 20.000,00 for foreign tourists, as well as additional Rp 10,000.00 as an additional cost if you want to take pictures.

NGAYOGYOKARTO HADININGRAT, THE SULTAN’S PALACE

The palace building, with its grand and elegant Javanese architecture, lies in the centre of the city. It was founded by Pangeran Mangkubumi in 1755. The Prince was then called Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono I. He chose the right place for the site of the building, right between Winongo and Code river, a swamp area that dried up then. The Palace building stretches from north to south.

The front yard of the palace is called alun-alun Utara (North Square) and the back yard called alun-alun Selatan (South Square).The design of the building shows that the palace, the obelisk (The Tugu, the column), and Mount Merapi lie in one line. It is believed that the axis is sacred.

In the olden time. Sri Sultan used to concentrate his mind along this axis before leading a meeting or giving orders to his people. Each part of the building has its own name. The palace meeting hall is called Pagelaran. It is the place where formal meeting of the Palace officials are held.

Manguntur Tangkil Hall is the place where the Sultan has his seat. This hall lies in the Siti Hinggil. Siti means ground and Hinggil means high. It is named so because the place where it was built is higher than any other ground around it. It was once a tiny island on the swamp.

The front gate is called Danapratopo. It is guarded by two giant statues called Gupala. One is called Cingkorobolo and the other is Boloupoto. The two statues are supposed to protect the palace from any harm or evil. The main part of the building is called Purworetno, there are two storeys buildings called Panti Sumbaga. This building is the Sultan's private library. The building where the Sultan live is called Gedong Kuning.

The visitor of the palace can enjoy the Atmosphere of the Kraton as it was some centuries ago. Wedding ceremonies, palace meeting which is often held with puppet shows to create such an atmosphere. Many sets of gamelan music instruments, antiques, and heirlooms make the palace of Yogyakarta the most interesting tourist attractions in Yogyakarta. The palace of NgayogyokartoHadiningrat is now the dwelling place of Sultan Hamengku Buwono X and the family.

www.jogjatourism.com

PARTICIPANT ATTENDANCE INFO

By the first day of registration for ICID participants,

there are 150 participants from 30 countries who

had registered in Sheraton Mustika Resort&Spa

Yogyakarta. Some of them are the delegations of

Nepal, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Canada, Iran,

Turkey and South Africa. Totally, there are about 475

participant who had registered by on line

registration, and they are targeted would arrive to

Jogja by tomorrow as the first day of Working on

groups will be held.

http://www.jogjatourism.com/


The figure is excluding the “go-show” participant

which is approximately about 10% of the total

participants. And the committee is predicting that on

Thursday, the participants who join this event will

increase to be 700 participants.

Emir Faridz

RAMAYANA BALLET PERFORMANCE AT PURAWISATA

Ramayana Ballet is a beautiful, enchanting and unrivalled performance that could combine the diversity of Javanese arts in forms of dance, drama and music in one stage that at the same time could deliver Ramayana story in four stages: Sinta's abduction, Anoman's mission to Alengka, Kumbarkana's death and the happy ending when Rama meets Sinta again. This show has received the award for making a record of 25 year stripping show from MURI (Indonesia documentary record museum).

Time : Every night, 20.00 - 21.30

Venue : Purawisata Jl. Brigjen Katamso

REDISCOVER THE LEGEND OF RORO

JONGGRANG

(Special Appearance of Miss Universe

2010)

After more than a thousand years, the timeless

and mystical legend of Roro Jonggrang is now

brought to life into once a year show at

Prambanan Temple where the legend was born.

This special show will also have special

appearance of Daniel Sahuleka, the Indonesian-

born-Dutch singer, Didik Nini Thowok, a multi

talented artist from Jogja, and also Miss

Universe 2010, Jimena Navarette. The show will

be held on October 12, 2010, start from 18.00

through 21.00 in Open Air Hanoman Prambanan

Temple.

Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta

Production Team: Adolf Tommy Sitompul Emir Faridz John P Pantouw D Fathoni A Maria Christine Sadipun

No. 02 / 12 October 2010

THE WHOLE WORLD ARE NOW

FACING THE SAME PROBLEM

Maybe the delegation of Taiwan is one of the

biggest groups who attend The 62nd IECM and

the 5th ARC in Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta,

Indonesia. “27 people are attending this

event,” said Mr. Shu Wen Pin, one of the

working on group participants. Talking about

the irrigation and the related things in his own

country, he said that actually now the whole

world is having the same problem. It’s all about

the water resources, water quality, and water

distribution.

He also told that in his own country there are a

lot of competitions with the industry and

commercial institution to get the water for their

own interest. Mr. Shu Wen Pin who involved in

working group on history of irrigation, drainage

and food control came from irrigation

organization in Taiwan called WUA (Water

Users Association). And now they are trying to

make more efficient of water usage, particularly

in their own country.

Shu Wen Pin

“BATIK” IS ALSO PRESENTED IN THE 61ST IECM AND 6TH ARC OF ICID Organizing an international event in the city of Yogyakarta will be more complete with the presence of art and culture from Jogja. Batik as one of the cultural wealth owned by the Yogyakarta Special Region, go on display in a

series of events of 61st IECM and 6th ARC of ICID at the Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta. Retno Kusumo batik, which is a producer of batik art and natural batik, for six days ahead, will be in the ballroom of the Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta for displaying various works of batik. Ranging from traditional to modern batik with cosmopolitan colors that is so attractive. This kind of Batik assessed the potential for international markets. So, this golden opportunity, they will exhibit, sell its works, and also to show directly the process of making batik to the participants.

For the batik that is sold in the exhibition, the price ranges from 250,000 IDR up to 1,750,000 IDR. According to them the price is very affordable to target international markets. Retno Kusumo Batik has a lot of products ranging from hand write batik, stamp batik and combination of stamp, handwrite and brush painting with bright colors (for synthetic colors). They also make “ready to wear” fashion with delicate fabrics for man and woman, as well as serve make to order also suit with our designs. To make a sheet of Batik, will take a week. Compare it with a draftman who can earn about 1.000.000 IDR per week. So, we can compare it again with the batik price above.


From the information from Retno Kusumo Batik, the oldest Batik writer (Canting) who still remains in Jogja now is an 80-years-old woman. She can only make a classical patern of Batik based on her imagination.

Workshop on Role of Irrigation in

Poverty Alleviation

As the series of workshop that will be held

during the 61st IECM and 6th ARC of ICID,

there would be a workshop on role of

irrigation in poverty alleviation. It will be

held on Wednesday 13 October 2010, start

from 14.00-17.00 in West 1. The workshop

follows a working group meeting starting at

13.30 with four presentations:

1. “Role of Irrigation in Poverty Alleviation in India” by R C Jha

2. “Definitions of Poverty” by Prof Linden Vincent

3. “Multiple Uses of Farm Storages” by Andre Roux

4. “Employment Opportunities for the Landless Poor” by Peter Lee

Questions and discussion will be welcome.

Peter Lee

THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT FOR

ENVIRONMENT

Coming from the working group on

environment, Mr. Yamaoka Kazumi from Japan

told the Daily News about the environmental

issues that had been discussed in the working

group. Actually, the main topic or issue is about

the future development of environment.

Originally, working group on environment were

two groups that had been merged about two

years ago.

He said that the environment problem

nowadays had to be solved in a systematical

way. Because there are some differences

between the environment condition in the

developing countries and the developed

countries. And the developing countries need

more problems solving for their environment

condition. “The most important thing is

protecting the environment,” he said again.

Each country should have their own way to

protect their environments, because it’s a very

local issue. But through this working groups,

seminar, and workshop, we can disseminate the

information that we have, exchange idea that

we have to other people.

Environment has both negative impact and

positive impact. All we have to do is minimize

the negative impact and maximize the positive

impact for our life. “Although it’s a very local

issue, we should think globally and act locally,”

he added.

Yamaoka Kazumi


BEST SELLER BOOK : WATER SAVING IN AGRICULTURE During the first day IECM 61st and 6th ARC of ICID at the Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta, the ICID book exhibition has been one of the interesting things in the series of event. Many participants from Indonesia as well as from other country had ordered and bought many kind of book. But there is a book that today became a “best seller book”, that is Water Saving in Agriculture. As we know, the major challenge facing by irrigated agriculture today is producing more food using less water. This book is a compilation of case studies of successful water saving experiences, tools and research studies contributed by ICID WatSave award winners as well as by selected experts from Australia, Brazil, China, India, Egypt, South Korea, Pakistan, South Africa, Spain, Netherland, Turkmenistan, UK and USA. This publication is a rich source of information and an inspiration for all those professionals, policy makers, researchers and irrigators engaged in producing more crops per drop all over the world. The committee said that there are many participants who were interesting to the book exhibition. The participants from Indonesia who have bought the book are mainly from education institution (lecturers) and from PU.

Ega

JOGJA IS TOO HOT : A GLOBAL WARMING CHALLENGE? Mr. Andrew Sanewe, South African delegation that came to Yogyakarta with his 11 colleagues claimed that so far there’s nothing very interesting on the first day IECM 61st and 6th ARC of ICID at the Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta. When interviewed during the coffee break time, he admitted that he only came as an observer. But the working group that he had participated today hadn’t brought any interesting thing to

him. The major topic which they discussed in the meetings is a matter of Water & corps. He said he was more interested to attend the workshop to be held on Wednesday. Asked about his impression of the event 61st IECM and 6th ARC of ICID, he sees so far everything is good and well-organized. But one thing he can not stand of Jogja city is the weather that was very hot. "It's too hot here," he said with a laugh. This might be a challenge as Yogyakarta has been hit by the negative effects of global warming which is causing the average temperature each day was so high in recent years.

Andrew Sanewe

FIRST DAY SURPRISES FOR THE COMMITTEE The first day of IECM 61st and 6th ARC of ICID 2010 seemed to be a hard and busy day for Mr. Eri Gas, the regional committe from Padang city, Sumatera, Indonesia. But he was so surprised as he attended the meeting that was well running. He used to join as well as organize the regional events. But today, when he arrived in Jogja, he felt that everything in the conference was well organized, and he really appreciated the committee from Jogja and Jakarta who had organized everything in this event.


The committees who are in charge to organize the book exhibition were so surprised too, knowing that a lot of participants were so interested with the book exhibition. “We thought that today there would be a few people, but in fact so many people bought and order the books,” said Ega, a student of Gadjah Mada University Yogyakarta who was in charge. “Some of the books had been sold out, and we don’t have the stock anymore,” he added. No wonder that many people wanted to buy the book because in this special occasion, ICID gave 50% discount for all items. It was different with the committee who was in charge for author check in. Mrs. Indrijati S. told Daily News that everything was going fine. Some of the paper presenters have been registered to the “author check in”, and only some of them who still prepared and about to finish their papers and power point for the presentations. “But so far, all of the participants and presenters were so cooperative with the committee,” she said.

Ega, Indrijati, Erigas

FIRST INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR OF YOUNG PROFESSIONAL FORUM (YPF) INACID YPF is a new organization that established about four months ago. As the name implies, this forum consists of young people who want to focus on the field of irrigation and drainage. On 15 October 2010, YPF will host the first international seminar. The seminar will be held at West I room at Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta. It is planned to bring 14 speakers, one of them came from Japan, and the other from Indonesia. The theme of this first international seminar was not only on irrigation, but also about the world water resources. It is planned

that this activity will be an open seminar that expected it will be followed also by the young people who become participants IECM 61st and 6th ARC of ICID 2010.

Vina

“APA KABAR” MY OLD BROTHERS (How are you?)

IECM 61st and 6th ARC of ICID 2010 is a

great opportunity for the participants to

meet and greet their old friends from

different countries.

FIRST DAY SUMMARY OF WORKING

GROUPS ON WATER MANAGEMENT

IN WATER STRESSED REGIONS

Working group on water management in water-stressed regions run very well. The meeting which held in the Mataram II room was followed by about 50 participants from various countries. In essence, the purpose of this working group is to provide information to water-stressed regions, as well as solutions or steps forward in dealing with these important issues.


When asked about any country that became the focus of the issue, Frank Dimick, a civil engineer of Dimick Water Resources Engineering that is based in Monroe, Utah, who became speaker in the meeting, said that he could not say it specifically. "Each country must have a water-stressed region," he said after the working group. He said that in the working group there was lot of discussion from many participants. "We got many progress," he added. In the second session of the working group, they also produced a work plan for the next three years, a sort of action plan expected to be a concrete step in dealing with issues related to water management in water-stressed regions.

Frank Dimick

COORDINATION MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE

The coordinator meeting was attended by 30 executive committees and led by Mr. Imam and Mr. Hasan as the leader of organizer. The meeting talked about the final preparation of opening ceremony and also the preparation of the exhibition inauguration that would be held on Thursday.

Fathoni

Tamansari the Water Castle

Visit Tamansari (Water Castle), you will find a

unique atmosphere of the past periods.

Formerly Tamansari was a recreation garden or

a resting house for the Sultan and Family. The

other resting houses including Warungboto,

Manukberi, Ambarbingun, and Ambarrukmo

functioned for the vacation and meditation for

the royal family. The other function is used as

hiding place for royal family to defend against

the enemy assault.

Not for from Tamansari is Ngasem traditional

market, the biggest bird market in Yogyakarta.

All of those attractions have made Tamansari

become one of main tourist object in

Yogyakarta besides Yogyakarta palace.

www.jogjatourism.com

Malioboro, the Souvenirs Paradise Extends over the imaginary axis connecting the Sultan's palace, Tugu monument and the peak of Mount Merapi, this street is formed into a trading locality after Sri Sultan Hamengku buwono I developed it as a traditional market

http://www.jogjatourism.com/


since 1758. Until now, Malioboro still survive as a trade area and even is one of Yogyakarta's famous icons. Down the road about one kilometer would be

very tiring, but stories and memories of old

buildings and a sprinkling of souvenir will treat

it. Enjoy the experience of shopping and

souvenir hunting; tourists can walk along the

shoulder of the road which is an arcade. Here

you will find many vendors that sell

merchandise.

Ranging from local handicrafts such as batik,

rattan ornament, leather puppets, bamboo

crafts (key chains, decorative lamps, etc.) also

blangkon (Javanese / Yogyakarta hat typical)

and silver goods, to merchants who sell a lot of

knick knacks. Throughout the arcade, beside the

tourists can shop in peace in a sunny or rainy

conditions, they can also enjoy a pleasant

shopping experience at bargain prices. If we’re

lucky, it can be reduced for a third or even half

price. (www.yogyes.com)

WAYANG KULIT (LEATHER

PUPPET) SHOW

Wayang kulit (leather puppet) is a

magnificent artwork of Javanese art

performance that has received

acknowledgement from UNESCO. A dalang

(wayang player) plays puppet made from

buffalo’s leather behind a white screen.

Hence, the audience can only see the

shadow. That’s exactly the reason why it’s

called “wayang” meaning shadow in

English. The attractive parts of the show lie

on the dynamic movement of dalang at

playing different roles of wayang, changing

the voice character, his jokes and even his

singing.

It’s free. However, we need to pay the

entrance fee to get into Keraton (IDR

12,500). The show will be performed every

Saturday, 09.00-13.00 at Keraton

Yogyakarta (The Sultan’s Palace)

Jl. Rotowijayan No. 1

Phone: +62 274 373721

Production Team:

Adolf Tommy Sitompul

Emir Faridz

John P Pantouw

D Fathoni A

Maria Christine Sadipun

http://www.yogyes.com/

No. 03 / 13 October 2010

CONSTRAINS FOR THE IRRIGATED AREAS

Looking at a chart which is on posters mounted on the ballroom of Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta, a participant of 61st IECM and 6th ARC of ICID from Rome, Italy, gave his little opinion. The irrigated area in the world today has reached almost 300 Mha, with the highest percentage owned by India, with 60.8%. In Europe, only the South European region was the one who had the largest irrigated areas, like Italy, Spain, Portugal, some also from Eastern European regions such as Poland and surrounding countries. However, the people there can take advantage of land cultivating time that is so short of for planting until harvesting. It’s because the continent with four seasons certainly had a different planting time with two season countries. Yet all can be done effectively and efficiently. Asia is the continent which has the largest percentage of irrigated area in the world. Not surprising since this continent still has a lot of land and plenty of water. Commented on African countries, he said in fact there is a great potential there, because the available land is so large. However, financial constraints also become an obstacle to the development of irrigation systems and farming there.

Maria C.S

FARMERS HAD THEIR OWN WAY

Jakarta - In the midst of a situation which is too limited, farmers are able to bring innovations in agricultural cultivation of food to cope with the impact of global climate change. They hoped the government is not absent, continues its support of research. Farmers are frustrated with the sluggish attitude of the government in tackling climate change. With all its limitations, most farmers do what might be done. There are a variety of innovations by farmers and proved a success. For example, to overcome the rotten onion plants when it rains, farmers are innovating cultivation techniques by way of deepening the trench. There are four basic things that should be pursued in the face of global climate impact of an increasingly uncertain. They are the aspect of production, distribution, pricing, and networking. Distribution factors can be improved by building “embung” (lake), improvement of irrigation infrastructure including construction of reservoirs. The other important things that also matter are price and network cooperation. By establishing a good


cooperation between countries, the sharp rise in the price fluctuations can be overcome.

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ASIAN REGIONAL SUMMARRY,

“WHERE ARE WE NOW?” & “WHAT

IS OUR GOAL?” The Asian Regional Working Group that took place in Mataram 3 Meeting room came out with next plan to face the challenge in the Asian Region, especially related to climate change. In that session, Japan also gave a kind of report to all of the participants about the climate change, titled “Asian Regional Task Force on Climate Change Meeting”. It was presented by Shinsuke Ota, the chairman of ARTF-CC.

He explained a lot of things about “Where are we now” and “What is our goal”. As the conclusion, ARTF-CC prepares the concise report consisting of country-wise information and extracted lessons, which will be really useful for government officials, researchers, practitioners and other tackling climate change.

WHERE ARE YOU GUYS?

In the second day of 61st IEC Meeting and 6th ARC of ICID, there are still some deserted room that was less of participants, there was even one or two meetings that had to be canceled

because no participants in attendance. On the 4th floor of Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta, which ought to be room for the Task Force on Water for Bio-energy and Food at 09.00 to 12.30 pm was followed by only three participants. While the Adipati room that was planned for the Working Group on Environment Workshop was attended by only about 10 people. Mr. Erwin Tri Nugroho as a committee from Jogja expressed his opinion that perhaps it was because of the separated venue for the meeting, where the most of the meetings were centered on the ballroom of Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta. But he added the lack of information may also be a reason why some meetings could have a very few participants.

TURKEY PROMOTED

ITSELF TO HOST ICID’S

NEXT CONFERENCE

As a proposal of hosting ICID 8th Asian Regional Conference and 64th IEC Meeting on 2010, the delegation of Turkey as the candidate was presenting and promoting itself to the participants who were gathering in the Asian Regional Working Group. The international conference that planned to take place in Antalya, Turkey on 2013 brought “Irrigation Management under Drought Conditions” as the theme.

A Group of Participants Joined Jogja Heritage Tour 16 participants who did not follow the meeting or working group on Tuesday (12/10) joined Jogja tour. The tour began at 08.30 a.m using 2 mini vans. The tour started with a city tour to visit some tourist attractions in Yogyakarta, such as the Museum Sonobudoyo, Keraton, Taman Sari the Water Castle, and Ngasem traditional market.

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After lunch, the tour continued with a tourist destination Borobudur temple in Magelang, Central Java. The trip was closed with a visit to Batik Prawirotaman to see directly the process of making batik. After that, all of the tour participants went to Silver smith. Tour ended around five o'clock. There are also other tour packages to different destinations for the next day.

Not only that, some of the committees also visited Borobudur temple in the early morning to see the beautiful sunrise view there. They were Mr. John Pantouw and other committees. They went to Borobudur at 03.30 in the morning, just to hunt the sunrise from Borobudur temple and statues that was so beautiful. This is one of the 25 photos that he had captured there. The gorgeous panorama of Merapi mountain and its cloud.

Tonny

MALAYSIAN DELEGATIONS’ SUNDAY TOUR The first day arrived in Yogyakarta on Sunday (10/10), the participants 61st IECM and 6th ARC of ICID from Malaysia, amounting to 5 people have made time for touring to some place in Jogja. They have visited the tourist area of Mount Merapi and Merapi Golf Court.

They also made a visit to the Gadjah Mada University (UGM) and the Indonesian Islamic University (UII). "Yogyakarta is a very nice place," said Mrs. Hayati, one of the participants representing the Malaysian International Committee on Irrigation and Drainage.

Hayati

Gala Dinner with Miss Universe and Puteri Indonesia 2010 at Prambanan Temple

Tuesday (12/10), Miss Universe 2010 Jimena Navarette and Puteri Indonesia 2010 Nadine Alexandra Dewi Ames arrived at the Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta Resort and Spa. Their arrival was greeted warmly with a traditional dance presented by the Yogyakarta tourism office. The event was followed by a press conference held at the Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta’s Suko Lounge. At that occasion, Jimena Navarette said that she was impressed with Jogja city, although it was her first time here. And she was also thankful for the invitation from sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta.


During the stay in Yogyakarta, the two beautiful women came to promote the tourism potential in Yogyakarta Special Region. First they visited the Taman Sari Royal Heritage Spa that was recently opened in Solo. Next they followed a special gala dinner at Prambanan Temple with the theme of "The Legend of Roro Jonggrang".

Sekar Ayu GP

Presentation of PISP Program

On the second day of 61st IECM and 6th ARC of ICID, there was a special session of Indonesia-India that presented a program of Participatory Irrigation Sector Program (PISP) with Mott MacDonald. This presentation will be delivered by Mr. William Pandis from Mott MacDonald. In the presentation also displayed the design sector projects that have been implemented in the area of Purworejo and Sragen, Central Java, Indonesia. "PISP is an irrigation project undertaken by a participatory approach. So, this program directly involving farmers from the construction, operation, up to

maintenance," said Gatot Priono, a Water Management Specialist.

The people involved in this program incorporated in the Union of Water User Farmers (P3A). This program had run in 6 provinces in Indonesia, from Banten, Central Java, East Java, to South Sulawesi. Mr. Gatot added that the construction of irrigation program is divided into 2, namely the rehabilitation P3A conducting joint operations with the contractor, in which at least P3A involved in 10%. While the second is a program that is 100% run by SP3 with funds under 250 million IDR.

A CANADIAN FARMER CAN

FEED MORE THAN 30

FAMILIES, HOW ABOUT

INDONESIA?

It is amazing that country like Canada which just had a limit of land, water, and planting time, can produce a lot of crops. Like Ali Shady said, the statistic prediction showed that each farmer can feed more than 30 families. Why a country like Indonesia can’t do such thing too? As we know, Indonesia is a very large country, with a lot of farming land areas and plenty of water. The climate of Indonesia also supported the agriculture sector. Mr. Ali from Canada just said that “technology” is the answer. In his country, people cultivate the land effectively and efficiently. So they are not only producing food for their own people, but they can also export it. He saw that most people in Asia, particularly in Indonesia, haven’t taken the benefit of technology. Whereas, it would be so useful to increase the crop.


As an example, a Canadian farmer used machines to cultivate the land and to harvest. But in Indonesia most people do those things manually. Maybe it’s also a challenge for our country, how to take more benefit from technology so it can help us to produce better and more food in the future.

Ali Shady

The Committee Added Seats to

Mataram I Room When the first day there were only 150 re-registered participants, but in the second day it seemed pretty much progress of the participants number of 61st IEC Meeting and 6th ARC of ICID. The committee noted the registration until Tuesday afternoon that there were 180 participants from abroad, and a total of 267 participants overall. The committee said the prediction for tomorrow is the peak of the attendees’ registration, with a target of 250 foreign participants.

The raising number of participants significantly affected the meeting held in Mataram I room. The committee even had to add the seats for the participants who attended the Working Group on Global Climate Change and Agricultural Water Management. Several other rooms which were located in the ballroom of the Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta also showed a

lot of participants. The average attendance rate of participants was 75 up to 100%.

Erwin Tri Nugroho

ICID NEEDS MORE YOUNG PEOPLE In the recent year, we can see that ICID was still held by senior people. Even some people who have retired were still active in the organizational activities of ICID. Several delegations from countries such as China and Taiwan even always sent the same people to every ICID meeting both regional and international levels. No wonder if those who diligently followed ICID events will always be met in such opportunity like this. One positive point was strengthening relations with the colleagues from various countries. But on the other hand, the current young generation is also expected to take over the roles that existed in ICID. Iran for example, had made the promotion to the Universities there. They actively invited youth to participate in the organization. They often gave awards for papers produced by the students, sent them to attend seminars, and even also recruited students who were considered to have good potential. One thing that also supported it was in those countries, such organizations had been separated from the government, so they had autonomy in developing their organizations.

Hafid

AFRICAN PARTICIPANTS

ALSO INTERESTED TO BATIK For the participants who came from foreign countries, batik became something unique. On the sidelines and break time of the 61st IECM and 6th ARC of ICID, there were a lot of them who came to see the work of batik and batik


making which was performed directly in the ballroom of the Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta. Some participants from Africa in that afternoon also looked quite enthusiastically asked the batik maker.

"Usually they ask the kinds of batik and the price," said Lisa who learn batik by self-taught since she was young. Kouyato Goundo, a delegate from Mali, Africa also expressed her attraction to the original traditional art of Jogja.

Lisa

KALIURANG MOUNTAIN RESORT

Kaliurang lies at the foot of Plawangan hill on the southern slope of mount Merapi, some 28 km, north of Yogyakarta. This is a refreshing holiday resort for those seeking refuge and tranquility amidst the lush green tropical splendour. As a mountain resort Kaliurang offers accommodation facilities - villas, bungalows, inns as well as recreational facilities, such as swimming pools, tennis courts and playground. Many people visit Kaliurang, especially during the holidays. Young people, like boy scouts, enjoy going there since the town provides camping sites and places for mountaineering. Those who like mountain climbing can climb the Merapi Mountain from Kaliurang. One can stay overnight in Kaliurang then start, very early in the morning, climbs the

Merapi via Kinahrejo village to descend again at noon.

When the weather is clear, a spectacular sight of the panoramic view that covers the surrounding forest of Plawangan and Kaliurang, and the rolling green country side that fades into the distant misty horizon of the blue Indian Ocean can be seen easily. The best time to view the mountain is shortly after sunrise (before 09.00 o'clock ), when the early morning light starts lifting up the shroud of mist around its peak.

PARANGTRITIS BEACH

Parangtritis ha long been famous, not only as a beach resort where sand-dunes, sandy beach and rocky cliffs meet, but it is also a historical place which closely related to the mysterious legend of the Queen of the south sea " Kanjeng Ratu Kidul ", who together with her confident, the feared Nyai Loro Kidul, the ever youthful and beautiful queen, reign over sea nymphs and spirits. The Legends say that Kanjeng Ratu Kidul was married to one of the Mataram Monarch, Panembahan Senopati whom she visited and communed with on certain occasions. It is said that the name Parangtritis expresses a natural phenomenon. From the wall of one of the hills drops off water containing calcium continuously dripped down and finally formed a pool with a very clear water in it. Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono Vll found and took care of it. The pool is now used as the bathing pool of Parangtritis swimming pool.

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No. 04 / 14 October 2010

IRRIGATION IN

INDONESIA : NOW AND

FUTURE

Initially, irrigation in Indonesia was only for our own needs (social purpose). The longer it developed; irrigation became something that was the fulfillment of the economy (economic purpose.) In terms of water availability has undergone many changes, from the plenty of and easy to get water, then it became very limited and difficult to get. From the first known of irrigation, Indonesia had adopted surface irrigation, which took water from the rivers. However in 1968 during a solo river flooding every year, Indonesia began to implement ground water irrigation. Because they found that soil water in that area already saturated. The water was then pumped and

used to irrigate eastern Java areas such as Kediri and Ponorogo. It must be recognized that irrigation in Indonesia ever delivered this nation as a self- sufficient in food. But it turned out to not be maintained due to lack of maintenance. Most engineers just want to build and build, but for maintenance, no one wanted to be responsible. For the future, Indonesia seems to need to move the concentration on the island of Java to other islands in eastern Indonesia such as Sulawesi and Papua. It needs a change in philosophy that development is based on the human to a development based on natural resources.

Soenarno

WORKING GROUP ON

HISTORY OF IRRIGATION,

DRAINAGE AND FLOOD

CONTROL

On Wednesday, October 13, 2010, there

was a working group on history of irrigation,

drainage and flood control presented by

Kamran Emami, the Chairman. The theme

that was presented in the meeting was

“Past Water Wisdom for Future

Challenges”.

The objective of this working group is to

motivate ICID National Committees in

various countries to set up their National

Working Groups and provide them guidance

to compile, publish, update and/or translate

documents on history of irrigation,

drainage, flood control, and river


engineering, incorporating relevant

agricultural, political, socio-economic,

climatological and geographical aspects for

proper understanding of the technological

developments in the subject, if possible

chronologically. Furthermore, to organize

seminars at ICID Congresses, in order to

show the importance of historical studies

and as to how they help when planning for

the new projects.

Tommy Sitompul

Indonesia will be exhausted if continues to depend on rice

Jakarta - Indonesia's dependence on rice as a

staple food is rising up. If in 1950 the national

rice consumption of total carbohydrate was

53%, this year the figure rose to 95%.

Head of the center of consumption and food

safety agency of agriculture ministry, Mulyono

Machmur explained that as the population

grows, consumption of rice in Indonesia will

continue to rise.

"Indonesia will be exhausted if it continues to

spur the production of rice more than 5%," he

said in a press conference to welcome the world

food day, October 19-22. Therefore, the

consumption of rice as the main carbohydrate

source must be reduced to 1.5% per year. It's

not easy because rice is the main food in

Indonesian.

Anticipate the need for food; the daily executive

director of food crops protection from the

ministry of agriculture, Sarsito Wahono also

warned that climate change could threaten

national food security.

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GENDER ACTION PLAN BY WATER USER FARMERS ASSOCIATION

Although working in the field of irrigation and drainage, Water User Farmers Association (P3A) in Indonesia also still care about gender equality. They did a gender action plan which required at least 30% of women in their organizations. So that, in the membership, management and training they did, at least there will be at least 30% of women who got involved. Mr. Gatot Priono which is the project coordinator of Participatory Irrigation Sector (PISP) in Semarang saw this as a positive step. He said the program was quite successful because there were many women incorporated in the P3A and became an active member in every program held by them.

SABO DAM TECHNICAL TOUR

On Wednesday (13/10), 40 participants from

foreign countries together with the committees

from PU joined a technical tour. The journey

began at 06.00 am from Sheraton Mustika

Yogyakarta. On this occasion, their first

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destination was Tlatar Sabo Dam (sabo dam

combined with irrigation facility). After that the

group went to Ketep Pass, a natural attractions

located on the slopes of Merapi in Sawangan,

Central Java. From this place we can see

panoramic views of Merapi and indovolcanoes.

The trip continued to Borobudur Temple in

Magelang regency, Central Java Province.

During the trip, the committee of PU (Public

Works) who accompanied members also

explained the technical issues associated with

the places they visited. After the Borobudur, the

group visited the Sabo Dam BO-D3 (sabo dams

combined with road), and Merapi Museum. In

this museum participants can see the history of

the Merapi eruption. Ranging from photographs

and video documentation.

Tonny

VOTE CHIANG MAI 2013

If yesterday Turkey had been promoting themselves as a candidate for the next event’s organizer, one of the beautiful countries in Asia, Thailand, also did the same to get some supports for hosting the

8th Asian Regional Conference and 64th IEC Meeting of ICID on 2013. Several posters and banners were displayed in the ballroom and lobby of the Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta. They also gave merchandise and CD that can be taken free of charge by the participants. Thailand had proposed itself to host the 8th ICID Asian Regional Conference and 64th IEC Meeting in Chiang Mai on 2013 with the theme "Water Management in the Changing World".

TWO VIEW POINTS OF WEB

CONFERENCE

In the midst of the current technological

advances, communication can be done

anytime, anywhere and to everywhere. It

also became an input to ICID to hold a web

conference in their meetings. It had also

previously been suggested by the National

Committee in Australia. The existence of a

web conference can make a meeting with

anyone from anywhere without having to

meet physically. But this proposal has not

received further response from officials in

ICID. Surely this can not be resolved in a

short time. At least it would take two years

to make further consideration of this

proposal.

According to Mr. Hafied, besides it will save

cost, time and energy, it will also very

efficient in its execution. But on the other

side, there would be less opportunity to

strengthen the relations and meet with

colleagues and old friends from various

countries. In addition, if we held


international conferences in various

countries, it will also help the country to

introduce themselves to other people who

were there. Based on the capabilities and

current conditions, Mr. Hafied only

commented that we can make the

transition slowly, can not be drastic.

INDONESIA-INDIA JOINED

SESSION PRESENTED A CASE

STUDY OF PURWOREJO

On Tuesday (12/10) had been held an

“Indonesia-India Joined Session” with the

theme “Existing status of Participative

Irrigation management”. The material was

presented by Ir. Moh. Hassan, Dr. M. basuki

Hadimuljono, M.Sc., and also Mr. W. J. van

Diest. Still in the same session, the second

presentation was about “The

Implementation of Participating irrigation

management and development”. It was a

case study from Purworejo District, Central

Java province, Indonesia. This was

presented by Ir. Adang Sat ahmad and Ir. W.

J. Van Diest.

Tommy Sitompul

NUTRIENT LEACHING ON

AGRICULTURE

A working group in the room Sheraton

Mustika Yogyakarta had a good discussion

about the Nutrient Leaching on Agriculture.

They talked about a methodology to predict

the nitrogen or nitrate substance which was

lost from the farm land. Some delegates

from various countries shared their

experiences as occurring in their countries.

China for example, has made the mapping

of polluted areas. This is certainly cost a lot

of money, but the benefits can be directly

felt by the farmers there. Germany also

made a sort of experiments to investigate

the loss of nitrate by a method using

selective electrodes. Similarly, South Africa

which now continued to develop many

researches and experiments to solve one of

the problems faced by agriculture today.

JATILUHUR DAM on

jatiluhur.net

Jatiluhur located in District Jatiluhur,

Purwakarta Regency (± 9 km from the center of

Purwakarta). Jatiluhur Dam is the largest dam in

Indonesia. The dam was named by the

government Reservoir Ir. H. Juanda, with

panoramic lake which covers about 8300 ha.

The dam was built since 1957 by a French

contractor, with the potential of the available

water of 12.9 billion m3 / year and is the first

multipurpose dam in Indonesia.

If you want to know more information about

this place, just click on


http://www.jatiluhur.net/. Starting from the

love and care about the environment, then the

site was created as a forum for environmental

activists to share information about

environmental conditions that developed in the

area.

With hope that we can unify our vision and

mission to always care about the preservation

of the environment around us.

Jatiluhur.NET founded as a non-governmental

NGO, a non profit organization that has focused

to a learning objective to the broad community,

and students from elementary school until the

university to maintenance the environment of

Jatiluhur and the environment in Indonesia

generally.

Jatiluhur.NET do not have a political mission

and did not have duty of a particular agency or

institution.

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An Hour with “KECAPI”

Hearing the strains of kecapi sound that was played by a young man in the ballroom of Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta, was making one of the committee are interested to try it. Javanese stringed music instrument proved very unique for Ms. Dewi, one of the committee

from Jakarta. She enjoyed playing the “kecapi” although for her it was quite difficult. If you want to feel the sensation of playing the “kecapi”, just come up beside the “Batik booth” in the ballroom of Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta and the young man will be pleasure to tell you how to play it.

INVITATION FOR YOUNG

PROFESSIONALS:

“ROAD TO TEHRAN 2011”

The 62nd ICID-IEC meeting and 21st

International Congress on irrigation and

drainage, 8th International micro irrigation

congress will be held in Tehran, Iran, on

May 2011 by Iranian National committee on

irrigation and drainage (IRNCID).

Therefore, all interested participants are

welcome to exchange ideas, experiences,

new technologies and innovations, as well

as to share benefits from scientific aspects.

You can note the following extended

deadlines for submission of papers.

Submission deadline of comprehensive

summary and conclusion of about 500-600

words is 30 November 2010. Intimation of

acceptance of summary and conclusion

deadline is 15 January 2011. And the receipt

of full text of accepted papers will be on 01

March 2011. All young professionals of ICID

National Irrigation and Drainage

Committees are invited actively participate

in the congress as well as annual meeting in

Tehran.

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LADY’S PROGRAM AND

COOKING CLASS

Some of the participants of 61st IECM and 6th

ARC of ICID who came from abroad also came

with their families, including their wives and

children. In the 3rd day, one of them came up to

one of the committee and asked about the

“ladies program” because they didn’t know

what to do when their husband was in the

meeting. Unfortunately, there was no lady’s

program in this event. But you do not to be

worry because there are some tour packages

that you can take from the hotel.

Some of the women participants also had an

idea of cooking session. It’s a program where

they can learn to cook with other participants

too. Some of participants agreed with the idea,

and if there are at least 3 participants who

would join the program, it will come soon in

Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta.

384 PARTICIPANTS

ALREADY HAD THEIR

“PHOTO SHOOT”

The committee from registration division reported that in the 3rd day, there are already 384 participants who had registered and took their photos. They came from various countries (about 35 countries) and also from Indonesia. It showed a better progress for this event, because on Thursday (14/10), there would be an opening ceremony of 61st IECM and 6th ARC of ICID. The committee said that so far everything can be ran well, although some of the participants still complained about the light when they want to take their photos in the registration room. Because the bad light made the result of their photo shoots were not good. But the

committee explained again that so far they can handle everything well.

One other thing that became constrain for them

were the different languages. So there was a

little bit difficulty in communication with some

participants. But with their hospitality, the

committees always tried to give the best to the

participants of 61st IECM and 6th ARC of ICID.

THE “ADELAIDE 2012” TEAM Australian Trade Commission under the Australian Government and also Irrigation Australia give an invitation that requests the pleasure of your company to the “Irrigation Australia Networking Function” with Australian Irrigation Industry representatives. The meeting will take place at The Suko Wine Lounge, Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta Resort and Spa, Thursday, 14th October 2010 at 5.00 pm.

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No. 05 / 15 October 2010

SRI PADUKA PAKU ALAM IX

MARKED THE OPENING

CEREMONY BY BEATING

‘GONG’

On Thursday (14/10), officially ICID 6th Asian Regional Conference opened in the ballroom of the Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta. In that morning, some important figures presented to mark the opening of the Asian regional conference held on October 14-16. They are Ir. Agus Imam Nugroho, Dipl. HE as a Chairman of Organizing Committee; Prof. Dr. Chandra A. Madramootoo Ph.D., Ing. as the President of ICID; Sri Paduka Paku Alam IX as the Vice Governor of Yogyakarta; Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources, Government of India, Hon'ble Pawan Kumar Bansal and Also the Minister of Public Works, Dr. Ir. Djoko Kirmanto, Dipl. HE. Starting at 09.00 a.m, ceremony opened with a traditional dance of Yogyakarta that was delivered by 5 couples of talented Dancers. After that also delivered speeches from

prominent figures who attended. The top part of the opening ceremony was the Inauguration ceremony symbolically by beating the "Gong" by Sri Paduka Paku Alam IX accompanied by esteemed leaders. ICID 6th Asian Regional Conference this time brought the theme "Improvement of irrigation and Drainage Efficiency under the Small Holding Land Condition". The leaders who attended appreciated the event, and hoped that it can allow the participants to share the development of Irrigation and Drainage in the past and future. Especially to deal with global climate change that will affect the world’s food security.

GENERAL REPORT FROM THE

PLENARY SESSION

After the opening ceremony on Thursday

morning (14/10), there was a plenary session of

ICID 6th Asian Regional Conference in the

ballroom of Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta. The

conference’s theme was “Improvement of

Irrigation and Drainage Efficiency through

Participatory Development and Management

under Small Holding Condition”. In the plenary,

some of important figures also attended. They

are Dr. Ir. M. Amron M. Sc. Director General of

Water Resources, Ministry of Public Works and

also H. E. Hon’ble Pawan Kumar Bansal, the

Minister of Parliamentary affairs and Water

resources, Government of India.

There was also a general report of the

conference that was presented by Mr. Paul van

Hofwegen as a general reporter.


The general report began with the description

of the small holders. They are the owners of

small farm holding with no capability to

(significantly) contribute financially to system

development and management. In this region

for example, a small holder has to feed more

people on less land with less water.

He also explained the findings from contributing

papers. In general, papers presented the

experiences and best practices from different

countries for small holders in coping with water

scarcity, participative management, climate

change and environmental issues and

urbanization and the rapid development of rural

and urban infrastructures.

SRI as one of the remarkable ways for ensuring water use efficiency in Indonesia During this seminar, participants have explored

many aspects of irrigation history, but also of

the present, and we have even experienced

projections of the future. Most presentations

dealt with Indonesia, but there was also an

interesting presentation on the Aichi-canal in

Japan, a good case-study to compare with

Indonesian cases. Technical systems were

explored, in a large variety, but also

organizational problems and practices, like

stakeholder management, budgetary matters, O

and M performances, sustainability and

religious and cultural aspects of irrigation

management were highlighted.

Regarding the historical aspects, the seminar

provided much learning material. The colonial

heritage was discussed, its beneficial effects and

its adverse consequences; case-studies on

traditional farmer participation patterns like the

Subak model on Bali or other traditional

communities were presented.

Some presentations emphasized the richness of

traditional wisdom, but, on the other hand, in

another presentation, exploring a statistical

approach, a mixture of traditional knowledge

and governmental interference turned out to be

an optimal management strategy. And religious

rituals, as well as traditional belief systems were

identified as relevant factors in irrigation

management issues, as these may have a

motivating potential to improve the farmer's

performance. Many ancient irrigation structures

still function in today's Indonesia, notably in

remote areas, which reveals even more the

relevance of past knowledge and expertise.

To conclude, this richness of historical

knowledge and practices may inspire us to work

out solutions to respond to the many challenges

ahead in the irrigation field.

Bert Toussaint, Tommy Sitompul


PARTICIPANTS

ENTHUSIASTICALLY

TOOK PHOTOS WITH

THE DANCERS

After the opening ceremony, some participants who had left the room enthusiastically were taking some pictures with the dancers who just performed the traditional dance in the Opening ceremony. The dancers wore traditional Javanese costumes served each participant who wanted to capture that special moment friendly.

NARBO TO HELP ACHIEVE

INTERGRATED WATER RESOURCES

MANAGEMENT (IWRM)

Network of Asian River Basin Organization

(NARBO) officially established in February 2004

and was announced at the 3rd World Water

Forum in March 2003. The total member now is

15 countries, including Indonesia. The goal is to

help achieve Integrated Water Resources

Management in river basin throughout Asia. For

that goal, NARBO carries out some programs

like information sharing activities, thematic

workshop, benchmarking, training course, and

also twinning program.

NARBO’s twinning program promotes the

adoption of good practices by other members

to exchange information among members for

the improvement of water resources

management. To facilitate closer relations

among NARBO members, the program includes

information exchange, staff exchange and

exchange visit.

In the exhibitions of 61st IECM and 6th ARC of

ICID, NARBO presented in the ballroom of

Sheraton Mustika Yogykarta to give you all of

information about the organization, programs,

and activities. For further information, you can

go to the stand or booth and meet Ms. Sakuma

Chie from Japan Water Agency who will give

you a friendly explanation.

Sakuma Chie

SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS FROM

YOGYAKARTA

Since doing promotions at the conference in Pakistan 2008 and India 2009, Mr. Basuki saw that so far the 61st IECM and 6th ARC of ICID held in Yogyakarta this year was good enough. Until the fourth day, he himself saw that the participants from abroad quite a lot compared with the previous event, about almost 200 participants from the foreign countries. "They look more enjoy. Knowing that the conference will be held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, some of them also came with their kids and wife to visit this city, "he said during a coffee break. He considered that with the hundreds of guests from abroad that came to Yogyakarta, it is certainly lifting the existing potential in Yogyakarta which is famous for its historical and cultural tourism. The participants who gathered in the conference not only exchange information about the field of irrigation and drainage, but also about their culture and social issues of each country. It can strengthen the relationship for each other country.


Mr. Soenarno who’s also an activist commented that it's been a lot of new faces in attendance at the ICID conference. "I can not meet some of my old friends," he said. But this is positively regarded as one of the ICID progress for its member regeneration. Looking ahead, Mr. Imam Agus as the Chairman of Organizing Committee said that it is expected to be even more young professionals who will be involved in the next programs and activities organized by the ICID.

Mr. Basuki, Mr. Imam Agus

EXHIBITION GAVE A LOT

OF USEFUL

INFORMATIONS

During the exhibitions that held in the ballroom

of Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta, Andre Roux,

the delegation from South Africa shared his

opinion about the most interesting part of the

exhibition. “I’m interested to the development

of water resources and the warning system for

sediment,” he said after the opening ceremony

of 61st IECM and 6th ARC of ICID.

Mr. Andre Roux who was the representative of

Department of Agriculture came to Indonesia

with 11 delegations from his country. He said

that he found that topic interesting because his

country also faces the similar problem. This

exhibition is a good chance to show what the

companies had. The information given in this

event will be so useful for those who have the

same challenge and problem in irrigation,

drainage and water resources.

Andre Roux

TAIWAN ALWAYS ENCOURAGE

THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS

Taiwan delegation seems to always be one of

the largest groups in every ICID conference.

"We always send a representative of more than

20 people," said one delegate. This year in the

61st and 6th IECM ARC of ICID held in

Yogyakarta, Taiwan sent 27 participants from

various institutions, such as universities,

consultants, irrigation association and also the

government.

This year Taiwan showed regeneration of

approximately 20 participants because it was

the first time they follow the international and


regional conferences. Taiwan also always

encouraged the young professionals to be

actively involved in a lot of programs, activities

and conferences.

In the 61st IECM and 6th ARC of ICID in

Yogyakarta, some delegations from Taiwan also

participated to present their papers in the

working group. One of them is Professor Hsiao-

Wen Wang from National Cheng Kung

University.

In organizing its participation in the

international and regional conferences, Taiwan

proved to be professional. Since a year ago even

they had prepared a book containing a list of all

participants at the conference and also selected

papers, including the abstracts. Not only that,

they also made it two versions in Chinese and

English, so it can be understood by all of the

participants. Ivan Chen, Ming-Young Jan, Chang-Chi

Cheng

YPF-INACID 2010 AT WEST 1 TODAY

In the series of events of 61st IECM and 6th ARC

of ICID in Yogyakarta, today (15/10) the

committee will also held an International

seminar for Young Professional. The Seminar

will be held in West 1 at the ballroom of

Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta. During the

seminar, there would be 3 sessions of panel

discussion from 08.30-18.00. There would be

about 20 paper presentations that would be

presented in each panel discussion. So, for all of

participants who want to be involved in the

Young Professional Forum,don’t miss this

special chance. Come and join the Seminar

because it’s opened for every young

professional.

Vina

THE APPLICATION OF MATHEMATICAL MODELS FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW ASSESSMENT AND TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD (TMDL) OF PRACHINBURI–BANGPAKONG RIVER

This research assessed the environmental water demand and Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) of Prachinburi-Bangpakong River, Thailand. This was done by applying the mathematical models in order to study Dissolved Oxygen (DO) and Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), assess the TMDL in the form of pollutants that had BOD, and evaluate Environmental Flows (EF) or minimum demand of water reservation, respectively. The studied river was selected distances of 146

km inland freshwater and was divided into five

reaches which based on the Water Quality

Monitoring Station of the Pollution Control

Department. Research results using the

mathematical models indicated that in studying

the water quality of the river during 1996-2006,

the mean of DO was between 4.9 - 6.8 mg/L and

the mean of BOD was between 1.7 - 2.1 mg/L.

Furthermore, the assessment of the TMDL in

the form of BOD found that the mean of the

TMDL in real condition was between 33.5 -

109.9 kg/d and the mean of the TMDL in Class 3

condition was between 43.9 - 506.5 kg/d.

Environmental Flows Assessment found that the

mean of the water flow in real condition was


between 7.6 - 11.7 m3/s and the mean of the

water flow in Class 3 condition was between 10

- 53.9 m3/s. This identified condition will enable

better water quality and carrying capacity of the

river. Therefore, the water flow in Class 3

condition was limited to EF, which was the

minimum demand of water reservation in this

river. (Author: Apaporn Bulsathaporn,

Kampanad Bhaktikul, Chumlong Arunlertaree,

Watchara Sueadee and Arthon Suttigarn)

MANCID TO PROMOTE TOURISM

MALAYSIA

On the 4th day of 61st IECM and 6th ARC of ICID, there was an exhibition in the ballroom of Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta. Malaysia, represented by the Malaysian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (MANCID) did not want to miss this opportunity to promote their country. Of course they didn’t open a stand (booth) like other companies that followed the exhibition. They used a simple way by distributing souvenirs that can be taken for free by the participants at the ICID book stand in the ballroom of Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta. Ega, who was in charge in the booth said that the souvenir distributed by Mancid became an interesting thing to a lot of participants. There was a lot of people who wanted to get the souvenirs. Some of the souvenirs are mini-notes, pin, and postcard from Tourism Malaysia.

Ega

PARTICIPANTS FROM CANADA

VISITED BOROBUDUR TEMPLE

For many participants from abroad, coming to

Yogyakarta will be more memorable if they visit

the famous landmarks there. Borobudur Temple

is one of favorite destinations for participants

who want to travel. Thursday (14/10), two cars

went to Borobudur Temple which is located in

Magelang regency, Central Java. In this

opportunity, the participants who went there

were a group from Canada, including Mr. Ali

Shady.

For other participants who want to enjoy the

beauty of Yogyakarta and its surroundings,

Borobudur or Prambanan Temple is an

attractive destination, because it can be a

historical tour as well as cultural tour. But for

those who want to shop and see the central city

of Yogyakarta, Malioboro is the right

destination. There you can find many items of

Jogja’s souvenirs, and also feel the atmosphere

of the real Jogja.

LET THE MUSIC SPEAKS ABOUT

WATER

If we used to get the information about water

management from papers or books, there is an

unusual way to present the information about

water management. Ki Siswoko Sastrodiharjo

from Indonesia made a special album of

Javanese traditional songs that speak about

water management. The album also supported

by Jasa Tirta I. And in this album, you can listen

to his 4 songs : “hanggulowentah Tirto”,

“Mangayubagyo PU”, “Bebenduning Alam”,

“Perum Jasa Tirta I”. Beside you can get a lot of

information, you can also entertained with the

exotic songs, and of course can be one of your

best album collection.

Production Team: Adolf Tommy Sitompul

Emir Faridz

John P Pantouw

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No. 06 / 16 October 2010

SPECIAL REPORT of

WORLD FOOD DAY

“Survival in the Rice Granary”

Not far from the city of Cimahi, West Java,

Kampung Cirendeu community since 1924, only

ate rice flour made from cassava as a main

source of carbohydrates. It wasn’t because they

can’t afford to buy rice, but cassava was chosen

to preserve their self-esteem and balance with

nature. Cirendeu community now feels proud

because their living to nearly 100 years. They

never lack of food because of cassava grown on

the slopes of the hills surrounding their village.

"We do not rely on rice," said Asep, one of the

residents of traditional village Cirendeu.

Towards the World Food Day, 16 October, with

the theme of Food and Agriculture Organization

of the United Nations "United Against Hunger"

and the national theme "Independence Food to

Fight Hunger, Cirendeu community gained

relevance.

Food is now and future major challenge for

Indonesia because of natural resources,

especially land and water for agriculture,

became so limited. Population continued to

grow, poverty was still unresolved, and we’re

now dealing with climate change as well.

Ministry of Agriculture has released drought-

resistant rice varieties and resistant varieties

puddle. However, the weather forecast is still a

barrier for food farming requires weather

information in the next four months. The role of

extension becomes important, not just quantity,

but quality and dedication.

Kompas, October 15, 2010

JOGJA JAVA CARNIVAL 2010, BE

THERE

Jogja Java Carnival is a night carnival which is a package that does not exist or has never been held in Indonesia, except in the city of Yogyakarta. The presence of technology, the composition of shapes, colors and variety of light pouring into the main thing in creating excitement and fun night. Diversity of all forms will gathered in one place at the same time. The artists and the audiences of carnival performers from all over the region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and even overseas will be united in a harmony. The theme "Harmonight" in Jogja Java Carnival 2010 will be divided into 3 sub themes, which consist of Human Harmony (In harmony with the Fellow), Universe Harmony (In harmony with Nature) and the Heaven Harmony (In harmony with the Creator).


Carnival art installations by the vehicles will be run along Malioboro street - Ahmad Yani street and will finish in the North Square of Yogyakarta Kingdom (Keraton). It was prepared as an international event held at night. Jogja Java Carnival will be held on October 16, 2010, start from 19:00 pm.

Senior Participants Also Involved in YPF-INACID Seminar 2010 In the series of Young Professional Forum (YPF) seminar, which was held at the West 1 on Friday (15/10) turned out to attract a lot of participants. But from all of the participants who gathered in the room, we can still see the faces of seniors who also participated. Around 15 senior participants involved in the YPF-INACID seminar. This can be interpreted as a support for the young people who presented their real role in the studies, researches and programs that they do. Not only that, all participants of senior and young professional still listen to presentations given by speakers during the seminar. Some papers presented at the seminar were "Water and economic development: Correlation Between Investment in the Water sectors and Economic Growth of Developing Country" and "The design of Irrigation Drainage System Due to the Influence of Global Climate Change".

SRI GOES TO SOLOMON

SRI (System of Rice Intensification) has now been developed in Indonesia. One of them who developed it is Mrs. Miyati, a farmer from

Ngawi district, East Java Province who has developed this method in recent years. Recently, Mrs. Miyati with Bill Clinton Foundation, Cornell University and World Bank, expanding the SRI project into the Solomons. During the 2 weeks of being there, they shared a lot of informations to residents in one province on rice cultivation using SRI methods. Apparently people in the Solomons were very enthusiastic, and even "addicted" to the rice that actually was not their staple food. "That's why, after this I will go back to the Solomons and develop this program in four provinces there," said Mrs.Miyati which also planed to go to the islands of Fiji and New Zealand for the same mission.

In Indonesia, SRI research center located in West Java, named NOSC (Nusantara Organic SRI Center). The products of SRI Rice grown in Tasikmalaya even been exported to Malaysia, U.S. and Singapore. SRI is a system of organic rice cultivation of high productivity, saving water, fertilizer-efficient, environmentally friendly, and certainly healthy to eat.

PAKISTAN FLOOD, THE BIGGEST

TRAGEDY

Floods in Pakistan that occurred in July 2010 were one of the biggest disasters that ever happened in Pakistan and also in the world. One of the Pakistani delegations, Mr. Husnan Ahmad had his opportunity to give presentations on


West 1. He shared his experiences from his country. He played a video documentary that described the condition of Pakistan when the disaster occurred. The houses were destroyed, the victims were washed away the water. Children in refugee camps do not get proper facilitation. "The real condition is much worse than this. But I can not show the picture, because it was so creepy and horrible, "Mr. Husnan said while editing the video. He felt the need to share this experience with participants from other countries because this is a very important issue. Floods can happen anytime and anywhere in the country. This meeting and working group was so useful to share the experiences and exchange ideas for a better future.

AN INISIATIVE OF WATER

HARVESTING

Learning from experiences that occurred in Australia, an idea came on the Exhibiton of 61st IECM and 6th ARC of ICID. Mr. Edy Mahadi and Mr. Tommy Sitompul discussed the idea of 'water harvesting'. In Australia, water harvesting system run by rainwater harvesting. The rainwater was then processed to a variety of needs, both needs for irrigation and daily necessities. They daydreamed if only Indonesia can implement this sort of thing. Especially to face the climate change issue that now had been a big challenge for Indonesia as well as other countries too. If there were initiatives to make water harvesting, water resources can certainly be used efficiently for various other needs.

WATER, THE SOURCE OF LIFE

Firestone came to the exhibitions of 61st IECM

and 6th ARC of ICID to promote their best

geomembrane product which becomes a

solution for agricultural application needs.

Geomembrane is a rubber liner offering a

flexible and durable material which can be used

for irrigation reservoirs and canals, agricultural

pits and ponds, or even waste water reservoirs.

Mr. Edy said that the US product is now going to

Indonesian Market as the solution of irrigation,

drainage and agricultural problems.

So far, this product had been applied in a lot of

countries in Europe and US. He also added that

if it can be applied in Indonesia, it can be

cheaper for both agricultural and industrial

needs. “I also hoped that it can give prosperity

to farmers in Indonesia,” he said in Firestone

booth. He wished for the better future of

Indonesian agriculture by preserving the water,

because for him, water is the source of life.

SHARE YOUR INFORMATION TO THE

MAILBOX

Do you see two racks in the ballroom of Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta? You will find a row of mailboxes with the names of the countries. That's the mailbox you can use to leave any information from your country or your institution. This will be very useful to exchange information with participants from other countries. You can leave brochures, business cards, booklets and other forms of information to make it easier to be taken by anyone who needs it.


UGM PROUDLY TO BE THE ONLY

UNIVERSITY IN THE EXHIBITION

Among many companies and institutions

involved in the Exhibiton of 61st IECM and 6th

ARC of ICID, University of Gadjah Mada (UGM)

as the largest state university in Yogyakarta

participated to exhibit System of Rice

Intensification projects undertaken by students

of the Faculty of Agriculture.

Faculty of Agriculture Gadjah Mada University

has been conducting research as well as

counseling for farmers in rural areas Sidorejo,

Godean, Yogyakarta. They also facilitated the

farmers in the village with agricultural facilities

for the project can be done well.

In the beginning of 2010, UGM also held a SRI

competition at the provincial level in

Yogyakarta. The participants were farmers in

the region of Yogyakarta, from the districts of

Bantul, Sleman, Kulonprogo, and Gunung Kidul.

The winner of the competition was the farmers

from Kulon Progo Regency yields 11 tons per ha.

This achievement was very good and hopefully

in the future can be developed in more villages

in Yogyakarta. Therefore, the team from the

Faculty of Agriculture UGM will continue to do

counseling as well as direct practice with the

farmers in the region of Yogyakarta.

ADELAIDE 2012 TO BE THE SINGLE

LARGEST CONFERENCE

Why Irrigation Australia is so heavily promoting

Adelaide as host ICID conference in 2012? In

one occasion during the exhibition of 61st IECM

and 6th ARC of ICID, Mr. Chris Bennett, CEO of

Irrigation Australian explained that for this 10

decades, Australia faced the biggest issue :

drought. This made Australia as one of the

driest continent in the world because they

experienced a long drought during that time.

Adelaide itself is a driest State in the driest

content. On the special occasion of dinner in

Suko Wine Lounge Sheraton Mustika

Yogyakarta, Irrigation Australia represented by

Mr. Chris said that irrigation sector is critical to

both water security and food suply. Australia

and Indonesia have a lot to gain by working

together in this sector.

The 2012 conference will be held at the

Adelaide Convention Center from 24-29 June

2012 and will be the single largest irrigation

event ever staged in Australia as it will be

combine with the ICID 63rd IECM and 7th Asian

Regional Conference. The conference will focus

on several important things, such as the latest

development in urban and rural recycling,

treated waste water for parklands and

horticulture, environmental and water policy,

flood control and droughts and extensive

program of technical tour. This event would also

come with major exhibitions of more than 200

booths. (Chris Bennet)

SPECIAL DINNER BY IRNCID,

TOWARD TEHRAN 2011

There was a dinner host by IRNCID at the Grand

Quality Hotel Yogyakarta on Thursday (14/10).

The dinner started at 19.00 p.m and attended


by a lot of delegations from various countries. In

that occasion, IRNCID promote the next event

of ICID that would be held in Tehran on 2011.

They presented slideshow and video

presentation which told about their country as

the host of 62nd IEC Meeting of ICID. After that,

there were about 20 participants who were the

alumnus of Delf - Netherland, continued to have

a reunion. It was held in the “Pecel Solo”

restaurant until midnight.

DRAINAGE FLOW

HARVESTING AND ITS ON-

FARM RE-USING IN LOCAL

IRRIGATED PLOTS

Social and political reforms (“perestroika”)

taken place in Russia in the 90s of the last

century activated agrarian sector revisions.

Besides large-scale agricultural enterprises

many small farms with different types of landed

property were established in Russia. Nowadays

small farms represent about 90% of all

agricultural enterprises.

Large-scale irrigation projects having been built

to water large fields are operated in the

conditions of combined state and private

landed property within the same irrigation

scheme. Integrated approach in irrigation

management for such irrigation units supposes

high effectiveness of water use.

Such an approach providing high water

productivity and big crops for arid areas is on-

farm drainage flow recycling within the

separate farm on the base of the common

water-use for irrigation purposes. Type of

drainage, filters, drain spacing and drain depth

depend on requirements and special features of

drainage flow-recycling structures.

An approach on drainage flow local recycling

structures design providing drainage flow

harvesting and conditioning is proposed in the

paper. The essential constituents of the

drainage flow local recycling structures are units

on drainage flow desalting and purification. It

enables to use treated drainage flow for

irrigation in some periods of crop cultivation as

well as for other purposes. (Ludmila

Kireycheva, Irina Glazunova)

COOKING SESSION IS WAITING FOR

THE LADIES

An interesting idea to do a cooking session as a

form of the lady's program came from several

female participants as well as the wives who

accompany their husbands in the 61st IECM and

6th ARC of ICID. This activity was planned as an

exciting way to learn to cook traditional dishes

of Yogyakarta and Java.

This became interesting because the

participants will be invited to directly go into

the traditional markets, feel the process of

bargaining the price with the seller to get the

materials to be cooked. The event was actually

going to be a memorable experience as well as

during in Yogyakarta. It is planned that after

visiting a traditional market, participants will be

invited to the Kali Opak Resto located in

Prambanan, Yogyakarta. In this place, other

than to learn to cook directly with the chef from

the restaurant, participants also will be invited

to enjoy a rural atmosphere in the one part of

Yogyakarta which is still thick with the

traditional way of life. This event will be held

with a minimum of 3-5 existing participants who

register to the secretariat.

Mr. Soeyono : “I felt like I were the youngest participant” One of the senior participants who involved to the YPF seminar was Mr. Soeyono. “I felt like I


were the youngest participant,” he said at the coffee break. He also commented that the papers presented in the seminar were so good. He just added that for next, maybe the author should make more complete conclusion about the research.

But so far, compared with his era, he thought that they were good enough. Mr. Yono said to the young professionals to keep up the good work, get involved to seminars and conferences, and also learn more about the condition in the field, not only working with their computers. Sometime what happened in the field is so much different with the theory they learned.

EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT

CROP MODELS FOR ESTIMATING

THE POTENTIALS TO INCREASE

THE WATER USE EFFICIENCY

UNDER CLIMATE VARIABILITY

The interest in techniques to improve water use

efficiency (WUE) such as controlled deficit

irrigation is rising due to the emergence of

strong competition for fresh water in order to

comply with the increased demand for food

worldwide. Additionally, the use of crop models

in conjunction with complex decision support

systems becomes more and more widespread

making it essential to reliably predict WUE as

ratio of water consumption and yield. The

objective of this paper is the assessment of the

problems that occur when certain crop models

are applied to maximize the WUE. The crop

models FAO-33, DAISY, and APSIM were used to

calculate the risk in yield reduction in view of

different sources of uncertainty, such as

climate, while a stochastic framework for

decision support for the planning of water

supply in irrigation was employed. The

stochastic framework consists of: (i) a weather

generator for simulating regional impacts of

climate change; (ii) a new tailor-made

evolutionary optimization algorithm for optimal

irrigation scheduling with limited water supply;

and (iii) the above mentioned models for

simulating water transport and crop growth in a

sound manner. The results present stochastic

crop water production functions (SCWPF) for

different crops which can be used as basic tool

to assess the impact of climate variability on the

risk for the potential yield. Case studies from

India, Oman, Malawi, and France are provided

to evaluate the differences in modeling water

stress and yield response for the different crop

models. (Sebastian Kloss, Niels Schütze, Sabine

Walser)

DINNER AT GRAND QUALITY HOTEL

Hosted by China’s Delegates

Production Team: Adolf Tommy Sitompul

Emir Faridz

John P Pantouw

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