The challenges to revitalizing the upstream sector of the white sugar industry in East Java

Abstract Revitalizing the upstream sector of the plantation white sugar industry in East Java Province is the key to increasing sugar production in Indonesia. This upstream sector of this industry produces sugarcane as raw material for sugar factories. This research aims to identify the challenges in revitalizing the upstream sector of the plantation white sugar industry in East Java Province. The research methods used in this research are systematic literature review (SLR) and system analysis. Revitalizing the upstream sector of the plantation white sugar industry in East Java Province cannot be separated from the significant challenges of: (1) increasing sugarcane production and rendemen of smallholder farmers, and (2) enhancing institutions. The programs to increasing sugarcane production and rendemen must focus on: (1) improving the quality of sugar cane seedling, and implementing ideal planting patterns as recommended, (2) enhancing soil conditions, and (3) optimizing cutting-loading-transporting processes. As sugestion, revitalization must begin with enhancing partnerships between sugar factories and smallholder farmers.