The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sun, 01/23/2011
Bali’s Udayana University School of Agriculture is seeking to develop a model for agrotourism in Bali highlighting a tradtional Balinese farming system called subak.
Udayana agriculture professor and project leader I Wayan Widia said the university was conducting research with support from the National Education Ministry.
The research, he said, involved hundreds of farmers in three subak locations in Denpasar, Gianyar and Tabanan, and was expected to complete this year.
“The results of the research will be used as material for a doctoral dissertation,” Windia said, as reported by Antara on Sunday.
“It will also be used as input for the Bali administration to help develop agriculture in collaboration with development of the tourism sector,” he added.
Under the subak system, Balinese farmers regulate water usage for irrigating rice paddies and plantations in a fair and effective manner. The subak system also incorporates various traditional and religious activities to support agricultural communities in Bali.
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