The Center for Irrigation, Water Resource, Land dan Development

The growing demand for irrigation water in the face of increasingly limited supply of water in the past decades highlights the importance of management input in the use of irrigation water. Learning such development, Andalas University has since 1982 been involved in various efforts trying to improve the performance of irrigation systems in, particularly, West Sumatra province.

At the beginning, such researchers were executed by a group of teaching staff of Andalas University loosely organized in what was known as "Kelompok Kerja Irigasi Universitas Andalas (Irrigation Working Group of Andalas University) or in Indonesian abbreviation, KKI-Unand. KKI-Unand became Pusat Studi Irigasi-Universitas Andalas or PSI-Unand on July 4, 1989 through the issuance of the decision of the Rector of Andalas University No.562/XIV/A/Unand/1989. Furthermore, Since the issues of irrigation water has grown widely and related with other resources, in 1998, the name of center is changed became The Center for Irrigation, Water Resources, Land and Development or in Indonesia abbreviation called PSISDALP Unand.

The Center is an autonomous and self-supporting institution within the bailiwick of Andalas University. The core personnel of PSI consist of teaching staff of the Andalas University. Some free lance researchers, depending on the needs, may work with the Center on a contractual basis.

PSISDALP-Unand aims at helping the government in formulating and implementing policies, especially in the area of irrigation, water resources, land and development problems. In doing so, PSISDALP-Unand enhances the ideas that perceive the target beneficiaries more as the subjects of the policies rather than merely as the objects. Involving these beneficiaries in the processes of development is deemed as a consequence of the perception, and, inevitably, something that PSISDALP-Unand is striving for.

To fulfill those objectives, PSISDALP-Unand strives to carry out the following tasks:

• Conducting researches, be they pure, applied, or action, relevant to irrigation development.
• Conducting training supportive to efforts in irrigation development, as well as in agricultural development in general.
• Administering and / or participating in seminars and workshops, as an effort to disseminate the findings of the researches executed by PSISDALP-Unand.
• Facilitating other research institutions or individuals in executing researches that are of the interests of PSISDALP-Unand.

Organizer:

Helmi, Ph.D. (Director)
Melinda Noer, M.Sc. (Secretary)
Rudi Febriamansyah, Ph.D (Research Coordinator)
Windumar (Administration staff)

Research Members

1. Osmet, M.Sc. (kandidat DR.);
2. DR. Endry Martius, M.Sc.;
3. Eri Gas Ekaputra, M.S. (kandidat DR.);
4. Yonariza, M.Sc. (Ph.D. cand.);
5. Ifdal, M.Sc.;
6. Faidil Tanjung, M.S.;
7. DR. Ade Supomo;
8. DR. Nursyirwan Effendi,
9. DR. Emriadi;
10. DR. Ardinis Arbain
11. MySyahrawati, SP., M.Si.;
12. Rian Hidayat, SP.;
    

GRADUATE PROGRAM (M.Sc. in INRM)

MASTER DEGREE in
INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (INRM)

The Integrated Natural Resources Management (INRM) Study Program has emerged from the need to study natural resources management from integrated perspective for sustainable development. This has been a response to develop and impart knowledge and skills necessary to deal with the realities of natural resources management in Asian countries which are facing conditions of degradation. The continuing trend of natural resources degradation has been threatening sustainability of these resources, productivity and quality of life of present and future generations, particularly the poor.
There are a number of major issues of natural resources management in Asian countries. On the outset, it was commonly felt that natural resources degradation in Asia (South and Southeast Asia) is going on at alarming level and this is true for all kind of natural resources, from sanctuary, forest, upland, river basin and water resources, and down to coastal resources. 
All of the issues mentioned above indicated that natural resources management could not be managed from a single perspective and interest. The issue then is how to manage natural resources in an integrated manner so that there is a balance between use and conservation. To this, capacity building in integrated natural resources management is an urgent need.       
For this purpose, Graduate Program Andalas University, in cooperation with the Asian Institute of Technology and the support from the Ford Foundation, initiates a Master Degree Program in Integrated Natural Resources Management (INRM). INRM draws on and integrates theories and perspectives in established disciplines of rural regional development, ecology, economics, laws, and development planning into a distinctive framework of problems, issues, and questions concerning balancing the use and conservation of natural resources. The INRM study program, therefore, is an interdisciplinary in subject foci and approach.

Total credits for Masters Degree : 42 credits , which is distributed in to 4 (four) Semesters. In the first year, students have to pass a number of course credits (compulsory and elective courses), and in the second year students is preparing his/her research proposal, Thesis, Seminar of Draft Thesis, and Thesis Defense.

This Master Program is offered for those who want to increase their knowledge and capabilities working in the area of natural resource management. This program is suitable for the fresh graduates and staff of government institutions, NGO, university or research organizations with working experiences in relevant field area. The fundamental feature of INRM as a science is that it is interdisciplinary which resides at the intersection of several independent sciences (e.g. physical sciences, spatial science, political science, and social sciences).

English

• Integrated Natural Resource Management and Development
• Economic Principles for Natural Resource Management
• Ecological Principles for Natural Resources Management
• Legal Pluralisms, Natural Resources Management and Development
• Integrated Natural Resources Planning and Policy
• State Laws related to Natural Resource Management
• Economic of Water Resource
• Spatial Analysis
• System Analysis for Integrated Natural Resources Management
• Social tools for understanding Natural Resources Management Issues and Problems
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Natural Resource Development and Conservation

Visiting Professor from Asian Institute of Technology (Bangkok):

• Ganesh P. Shivakoti, Ph.D. (Michigan University, USA)
• Edward L. Webb, Ph.D. (University of Hawaii, USA)
• Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt, Ph.D. (Hiedelberg University, Germany)
• Rajendra P. Shrestha., Ph.D. (AIT., Thailand)

Lecturers from Andalas University:

• Prof.Takdir Rahmadi, SH (Unand), LL.M (Dalhousie Univ. Canada), Dr (UNAIR)
• Prof.Budjang Rusman, Ir (Unand), MS dan Dr (UNPAD)
• Prof.Hazli Nurdin, Drs (Unand), M.Sc dan Ph.D (Univ. Of South Wales, Sydney)
• Ardinis Arbain, Drs (UGM), M.Sc dan Ph.D (Univ. Heidelberg Germany)
• Syarifuddin Karimi, SE (Unand), MA (Univ. Of Philippine), Ph.D (Florida State Univ.)
• Emriadi, Drs (Unand), MS (ITB), Ph.D (Jerman)
• Helmi, Ir (Unand), M.Sc (Ateneo de Manila Univ., Philippines), Ph.D (Wye College of London)
• Rudi Febriamansyah, Ir (IPB), M.Sc (Ateneo de Manila Univ., Philippines), Ph.D (Univ. Of Melbourne)
• Sukanda Husein, SH (Unand), LL.M (Canada)
• Dian Fiantis, Ir (Unand), M.Sc (Univ. Gent, Belgium), Ph.D (UPM)
• Asdi Agustar, Ir (Unand), M.Sc dan Ph.D (UP Los Banos, Philippines)
• Agustian, Ir (Unand), Ph.D (Univ. De Nancy)
• Syafrimen Yasin, Ir (Unand), M.Sc (Univ. Gent, Belgium), Ph.D (Jerman)
• Aprisal, Ir (Unand), M.Si (Unand), Dr (IPB)
• Hermansyah, Ir (Unand), MS (IPB), M.Sc (Simane Univ.), Ph.D (Tottri Univ.)
• Nusyirwan Effendi Drs (UI), M.Sc dan Ph.D (Bielefelb Univ.)
• Ade Saptomo, SH (UGM), LL.M (Univ. Laiden), Dr (UGM)

1. A Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate discipline
2. GRA > 2.75.
3. Institutional TOEFL score > 500.
4. Research and writing experiences
5. Two Letters of recommendation from two qualified persons
   

• Registration : from 1 June to 31 August 2004
• Entry Test : 6 - 7 September 2004
• Final Result : 13 September 2004
• 1st Semester : October 2004

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Centre for Irrigation, Water Resources, Land and Development (PSI-SDALP) Andalas University

Gedung PSLH,

Kampus Unand Limau Manis
Padang, Indonesia

 

Fax./Phone: 62-751-74389  
e-mail: [email protected] or

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Contact person:
Rian (mobile : +62 08163250648)
Windumar (mobile : +62 081363444404)