Social value of the irrigation water utilization improvement program

Nasta Inah; Erwin Saraswati; Abdul Ghofar

doi:10.21744/ijbem.v6n2.2139

Authors

Nasta Inah
nastain@pu.go.id
Universitas Brawijaya, East Java, Indonesia
Erwin Saraswati Universitas Brawijaya, East Java, Indonesia
Abdul Ghofar Universitas Brawijaya, East Java, Indonesia

Keywords:

CfW, irrigation water utilization, P3-TGAI, PKT, SROI

Abstract

The Cash for Work (CfW) program or known as Padat Karya Tunai (PKT) is an innovation by the central government and village governments to provide productive activities to reduce poverty and to implement sustainable development. The purpose of this study was to analyze the performance effectiveness of the irrigation water utilization improvement program (P3-TGAI) from the perspective of social, economic, and environmental impacts based on the SROI method. This research is qualitative research with a case study approach. Evaluation will be carried out from 2021 to 2022. The validity test of the data using triangulation and member checking. The research site is located in Tirtomulyo Village, Kretek District, Bantul Regency. The results of the research show that the irrigation water utilization improvement program (P3-TGAI) has proven to have created broader social values, not limited to purely technical aspects. The calculation of the SROI ratio shows that every IDR 1 invested generates IDR 1.66 of social value. Thus, the program can be said to be effective so that it can be further implemented.

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