The Legal Politics of Irrigation Management in Developing Agroindustry in Facing the Industrial Revolution 4.0

Abstract

Water has a very important role in increasing agricultural productivity. Irrigation provides a significant contribution in providing water. The problems are (1) which regulations can be used as a basis for irrigation management in line with the Regional Government Law after Law No. 7 of 2004 concerning Water Resources was declared non-binding based on MK Decision; (2) how to form the regulations that can encourage optimal irrigation management in developing agricultural industries? Specifically, this study uses analytical descriptive method, with a normative juridical approach where legal materials in primary, secondary, and tertiary as the main analysis material. The results of the study on Law No. 11 of 1974 concerning Irrigation, PP No. 23 of 1982 concerning Irrigation, PP No. 20 of 2006 concerning Irrigation, Law No. 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government jo Law No. 9 of 2015 show that existing regulations cannot be used as a basis for irrigation management, and are not in line with the Regional Government Law. The formation of regulations is carried out through a comprehensive, integrated and harmonized legal construction.