Threat of ecology aspect towards people's cocoa plantations management sustainability at Aceh Timur Regency

Abstract

Cocoa plantations at Aceh Timur regency face many problems in its management. Currently, there is not yet existing condition data of cocoa plantations so that it becomes obstacles in management to achieve cocoa plantations sustainibilility. This research is aim to identify key factors of ecology aspect impact towards plantations management sustainability of people's cocoa at Aceh Timur Regency. The method used in this study is to intergrate descriptive qualitative approach, quantitatif and analysis system Rap-kakaoatim approach constitutes modification of Multidimensional Scalling (MDS). MDS utilized to assess sustainability status indexs and key factors that give lack influence of sustainability in people's cocoa plantations management. The analysis result shows that status people's cocoa plantations management is lack of sustainability by ecology dimension and institutional, from the side of economy is adequate sustainability, and with socio cultural dimension is extremely sustainable. From ecology dimension, key factor that influence people's cocoa plantations sustainability are cocoa plantations rejuvenation, shade plantations and HPT attack. Those three factors are able to give positive effect towards cocoa plantations production if its condition inclines however on the contrary it can decline cocoa plantation production if its existence decreases. To intensify sustainability indexs of ecology aspect can be carried out by insentive distribution to the farmers of cocoa and Field School Program PHT (SLPHT) for controlling HPT.