Open AccessAnalisis Keberlanjutan Usahatani Perkebunan Kelapa Rakyat Kabupaten Indragiri Hilir
Author(s) -
Yogy Rasihen,
Andriyono Kilat Adhi,
Suprehatin Suprehatin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jurnal agribisnis indonesia : journal of indonesian agribusiness/jurnal agribisnis indonesia (journal of indonesian agribusiness)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2579-3594
pISSN - 2354-5690
DOI - 10.29244/jai.2021.9.2.177-187
Subject(s) - sustainability , agricultural science , business , index (typography) , agriculture , agroforestry , agricultural economics , economics , ecology , biology , computer science , world wide web
Coconut plantation is one of the strategic commodities in the national economy and community welfare. The problems related to smallholding coconut farmers, namely the reduction in area and coconut production every year. Research needs to be conducted to determine the sustainability status of smallholings’ coconut farmer plantations through the MDS method bin Indragiri Hilir Regency. Data were collected from 45 respondents in each sub-district, namely Indragiri Hilir Regency, namely Enok, Keritang, Mandah, and Pulau Burung Districts, and analyzed with the Multidimensional Scalling (MDS) method covering economic, environmental and socio-cultural dimensions. Primary data were obtained from direct interviews with farmer respondents and several experts who concentrated on the coconut which were selected purposively, secondary data obtained from the Central Statistics Agency, Agriculture and Plantation Service, and other kinds of literature that support this research. The results of the ordination Rap-technique on the MDS method showed that the index value of the sustainability of the smallholder coconut plantations in Indragiri Hilir Regency ranged from 25,01 to 50,00 which was categorized as less sustainable. In particular, the sustainability index is 48.01, 33,76, and 28,06 for the economy, ecology and socio-culture, respectively. The sustainability of smallholdings’ coconut plantation farming in each dimension has a different sustainability index, the different sustainability index indicates a need for different policies to improve the sustainability status of smallholder coconut plantations in Indragiri Hilir Regency.