has involved 247 workers consisted of foremen
artisan, and workers. They get amount of salary of
Rp 100.000,00 per working day for the foreman, Rp
90.000,00 for artisan and Rp 80.000,00 for the
workers. The employment budget is Rp
84,700,000.00.
4.2 Rural Non-Farm Employment
Opportunities
The success of farming sought to raise non-farm
economic activities in rural areas. In harvest season I
(2015-2017), the yield of rice harvest in
Bandungrejo village reached 167,397 kilograms or
worth as much as Rp 528,137,525.00. After
deducting the cost of harvest, the net income of
HIPPA reached Rp 462,616,825.00. This income is
14% of all the farmers' income from rice
productivity. Therefore it is estimated that rice
production in Bandungrejo village reaches 1,195,693
kilograms or worth Rp 2,989,232,500.00 in harvest
season I period (2015-2017).
From these data, the income of farmers from one
rice harvest could reach Rp 2,989,232,500.00. The
existence of farmers' income encourages the growth
of non-farm activities in rural areas to serve the
farming and the livelihoods of the villagers. Non-
farm activities are conducted by single women and
men or together as a family. Some of the non-farm
work done by farmers in this village are: a) work
related to agricultural activities such as trading of
agricultural products, trading of chemical fertilizers
and agricultural medicines; b) work that is not
directly related to agricultural activities such as
opening a shop to sell the necessities of daily living,
as a traveling trader selling food, fruits, vegetables,
making home industries and others; c) as workers
who have nothing to do with the agricultural sector
such as construction workers and other unskilled
laborers; d) work in the field of transportation such
as motorcycle taxis, renting a car and others.
Trade of agricultural products, especially rice is
done by the rich farmers as a cooperation consisting
of husband and wife. Usually they buy rice from
farmers during the harvest season. The purchase of
rice is done on the farm after they finished to be
harvested, the rice threshed and then inserted in
sacks and weighed. At harvest time, traders wait on
cropland ready for harvest. Traders usually buy raw
rice on farms and then processed to rice. For that the
trades hire labors from the village. The number of
rice traders in this village is approximately 50
people. Therefore farmers do not have difficulty to
sell crops. Rice buyers usually employ villagers
between 3-5 people to process raw rice into rice. The
work includes hauling, drying, and grinding raw rice
into rice. The existence of rice traders can absorb
labor in the countryside. Trading daily necessities by
opening stalls to sell nine basic commodities, selling
stationary, etc. are trading activities for the villagers.
But traders usually give credit or loans to their
neighbors. Credit in the stalls generally occurs in the
rainy season from November, December, January
and February due to agricultural land, especially
when the moors located on the outskirts of rivers are
submerged in water thus decreasing farmer
activities.Many female farm laborers are
unemployed, but male farm workers can still work to
do hoeing or as laborers in the village. To meet the
needs of regular daily shopping they open stalls as
vendor of food, fruits, vegetables, and cake sellers in
the village. Trading the finished food becomes a
lucrative activity for women in particular. They
usually serve the farm workers who work in the field
or moor. Similarly, fruit and vegetables traders
peddle their goods around the village.
Some villagers raise cattle for investment. Those
who raise livestock are nurturing it with traditional
systems but some are cooperating with investors.
Those who cooperate with investors from Tuban
breed their cattle with advanced maintenance
system. The intensity of farming activities in one
year provides income for the villagers to encourage
the growth of rural non-farm economic activities in
services such as village builders, motorcycle taxis,
and others.
5 CONCLUSIONS
The success of HIPPA in managing agricultural
irrigation that has impacts on the success of farming
with high crop productivity can open up rural
employment opportunities both in agriculture and
non-agriculture sectors for rural families. Some
employment opportunities in the countryside are : a)
employment opportunities related to agricultural
activities; b) employment opportunities related to the
existence of HIPPA in managing agricultural
irrigation; c) employment opportunities related to
maintenance, construction of agricultural irrigation
facilities; d) non-farm job opportunities such as the
emergence of traders selling agricultural medicines,
pesticides and others, the emergence of rice traders
who processed raw rice into rice; the emergence of
shop that provides goods - everyday necessities, the
emergence of street vendors who peddle food,
vegetables, fruits and others; e) employment