Analysis of Irrigation Management Performance in Tanah Laut Regency

The management and planning of irrigation assets in Tanah Laut Regency is still in the unfavorable category in 2020, so it is necessary to recalculate irrigation performance in 2022 for strategies to improve irrigation performance. The purpose of this study was to determine irrigation performance factors, performance improvement strategies, and institutional management system implementation for all strategies. The research was conducted by collecting primary, secondary and other supporting data, then taking into account the performance of the existing irrigation system by considering physical facilities and infrastructure, plant productivity, supporting facilities, personnel organizations, documentation and associations of farmers using water. Furthermore, the target of distributing questionnaires to respondents in this study was farmers to irrigation stakeholders, accompanied by interviews with irrigation experts. Questionnaire data is tabulated using the Relative Importance Index (RII) method to determine the dominant factor of the institutional model that fits all existing aspects. Based on the results of the questionnaire, it is known that the dominant factors for irrigation in Tanah Laut Regency consist of planting productivity, irrigation institutions, staffing organizations, physical facilities, P3A, documentation and supporting facilities. While the irrigation evaluation from the field review obtained a value of 53.23% in the bad category and needs attention.