Land transformation issues have been threatening the future of agriculture within the past decades. However, there are some areas that show their ability in maintaining their agricultural land. This paper aims to explore the farm management system resulted from the presence of legal pluralism that might contribute to future agricultural development. Data were gained through focus group discussions, observations, and in-depth interviews with various key informants. Systems thinking approach was used in this study, and data were iterated and modeled by using Causal Loop Diagram to give a better illustration of the phenomenon. We found that the integration between customary and legal law, which is manifested in the people’s farming praxis, is the main factor in sustaining the agricultural sector. The customary laws were reinforced by the local government, which made the government’s role crucial in allowing its citizen to continuously practice their beliefs in maintaining their agricultural lands. These conclusions are helpful in understanding the complexities underlying land transformation issues, which contributes to the literatures in related fields and improves the policy on agricultural land preservation in Indonesia and other developing countries.

AbstrakAgroindustri gula memiliki peran yang penting dan strategis bagi ekonomi masyarakat Indonesia sejak zaman penjajahan Belanda sampai dengan saat ini. Produksi gula mengalami stagnasi sejak tahun 1994, ditandai dengan produksi yang menurun sementara permintaan terus bergerak naik. Sementara itu, impor gula terus dilakukan dan cenderung meningkat seiring dengan permintaan yang terus bertambah. Artikel ini menganalisis kompleksitas persoalan yang mengakibatkan berbagai dinamika dalam agroindustri gula terutama stagnasi produksi gula nasional. Metode yang digunakan adalah dengan menggunakan pendekatan analisis sistem berdasarkan data sekunder dan literatur mengenai berbagai indikator yang terkait dengan agroindustri gula. Hasil pembahasan menunjukan bahwa dinamika agroindustri gula Indonesia yang cenderung mengalami kemunduran diakibatkan oleh inefisensi usahatani tebu, inefisiensi usaha pabrik gula/PG, dan distorsi oleh pasar gula internasional. Inefisiensi usahatani tebu berdampak langsung kepada inefisiensi PG dalam rantai agroindustri gula. Sementara itu, persoalan kompetisi penggunaan lahan antara tanaman padi dan tebu secara tidak langsung berimplikasi kepada inefisiensi PG. Inefisiensi agroindustri gula kemudian menjadi lebih kompleks dengan adanya distorsi harga gula di pasar internasional yang menjatuhkan harga gula dunia. Guna mengatasi dinamika persoalan di atasm pengembangan industri tebu sebaiknya dilakukan oleh pihak swasta dengan mengoptimalkan lahan pertanian di luar Jawa.Kata Kunci: tebu, analisis sistem, impor gula, usahatani, hargaAbstractSugar agroindustry has an important and strategic role for Indonesia since from the Dutch colonial era until present. Sugar production has been stagnating since 1994, indicated by decreasing production while demand continues to rise. Meanwhile, sugar import continues and tended increasing in line with growing demand. This article analyses the problems complexity of that have resulted various dynamics in sugar agroindustry, especially the stagnation of national sugar production. The method used is a systems analysis approach which based on secondary data and literature review on various indicators related to sugar agroindustry. The result show that the dynamics of Indonesia's sugar agroindustry which tends to decline caused by inefficiency in sugarcane farming, inefficiency of sugar factories/PG, and distortion by the international sugar market. Inefficiency in sugarcane farming has a direct impact on the inefficiency of PG in the sugar agroindustry chain. Meanwhile, the issue of land use competition between rice and sugar cane, indirectly has implications for PG inefficiency. Sugar agroindustry inefficiency then became more complex with the distortion of sugar prices on the international market which dropped international sugar prices. In order to overcome the problems, the development of sugarcane industry should be carried out by private sector by optimizing agricultural land outside Java.Keywords: sugarcane, system analysis, imported sugar, farming, price

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This study aims to analyse the level of gardeners’ satisfaction and performance in PT Trisna Naga Asih which is located in Cijambe village, Subang district. This research was a quantitative research with survey methods. The samples are 62 gardeners of PT Trisna Naga Asih. The data analysis used was descriptive analysis by index analysis of Three Box Method. The result of this study indicates that the level of employee’s work and performance are classified as moderate. Job satisfaction is dominated by some supervision answer, the opportunities to progress and working conditions. While the employees’ performance is classified as high when answering cost effectiveness, moderate in the relationship between employees and low in quantity, but overall is classified as moderate. The suggestion that can be given are increasing wages, increasing work facilities, monitoring and improving coordination and openness between employees and the company

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