ABSTRACT
Bali is one of the 17,504 Indonesian islands and one of the 34 provinces. Indonesia is an agricultural country, with Bali that is known as the rice granary. Accordingly, the agricultural production became a mainstay in this island, in addition to the tourism industry. In the mid of the twentieth century, as consequence of ongoing population growth and land conversion, Balinese farmers were having difficulties in meeting the evergrowing demand for rice. The Government constructed large dams to increase water supplies based on the available hectares of paddy fields. However, due to this also the problem of insufficient water in the dry season developed. Bali's Subak irrigation is known as a gathering of farmer organizations with determination and high spirits to work together in the efforts to obtain water for producing food crops, especially rice and secondary crops. The format of Subak irrigation system management is remarkably homogenous throughout Bali.
