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