Study of the business sustainability of sheep as leading export commodity in Jember regency

Research has been carried out to study the business sustainability of sheep as a leading export commodity in Jember Regency. The study was conducted to reveal the readiness of sheep breeders to avoid resource depletion and extinction of germplasm and to avoid the large number of quality breeds sold, which could weaken the sustainability of the source of sheep breeds in Jember. The data obtained were analyzed using Multi Dimensional Scaling (MDS) on 50 attributes from 5 dimensions (ecological dimensions, economic dimensions, social dimensions, technological dimensions, and institutional dimensions). The MDS method used to calculate the sheep business sustainability index is a development of the Rap-fish (Rapid Appraisal-Farming) method. The results showed that the export of sheep in a fairly sustainable status with the key factors that must be considered in sustainability are the factors of seeds and availability of technology packages, the role of government and the existence of farmer groups.