Sustainability Of Sugar Cane Farming In The Province East Java Indonesia

ABSTRACT The sustainability of sugar cane farming is a problem and a question at the moment. In order to determine the sustainability of sugarcane farming carried out by farmers, research was conducted on the sustainability of sugarcane farming in terms of the 5 dimensions of ecology, economics, socio-cultural, technological and institutional. The research was carried out using the MDS (Multi Dimension Scaling) method, which will obtain a sugarcane farming sustainability index value. Research locations in 4 locations Sidoarjo Regency, Tulungagung, Ngawi, Situbodo. Data was taken from 120 samples, 30 samples from each district. The results of the MDS-Rapfish analysis showed that sugarcane farming in East Java was quite sustainable with an index of 52.73%. Sustainability index for Sidoarjo Regency 67.12%, Tulungagung 52.98%, Ngawi 44.63%, Situbondo 56.23%. Keywords: Sustainability, Sugarcane Farming, Sugarcane Farmer Business