Sustainability factors for agroforestry coffee plantations in Pangalengan based on the coffee farmer's perspective

Abstract

Coffee as one of the most traded agricultural commodities in the world increases its need over time, including the supply of coffee from Indonesia. Indonesia, as the seventh largest country in the world in terms of coffee exporters, demands its coffee plantations to improve their quality and productivity even with limited land. One coffee-producing area in Indonesia with the highest productivity in West Java is Pangalengan District in Bandung Regency. Coffee in Pangalengan is grown with an agroforestry system that benefits not only its economic value but also the land conservation in that area. By facing various challenges, agroforestry coffee in Pangalengan must be maintained to remain sustainable. This research aims to find out what factors influence the sustainability of agroforestry coffee in Pangalengan from the perspective of coffee farmers as the main actors in the upstream coffee supply chain. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews by sampling 70 coffee farmers in Pangalengan and analyzed using qualitative descriptive analysis. From the results of the study, it was found that 24 factors influence the sustainability of agroforestry coffee plantations in Pangalengan which are divided into five sustainability dimensions: Environment (3 factors), Social (4 factors), Economy (5 factors), Technology (6 factors) and Institutional Governance (6 factors).