Sustainability index of the shrimp farming in Takalar Regency, Indonesia

Abstract. This study aimed to determine the sustainability index in the development of shrimp culture in Takalar Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The indicators of the sustainability index were based on the ecological aspects (the suitability and environmental carrying capacity), economic aspects (levels of production and income), social aspects (labor absorption rate), as well as legal and institutional aspects. An analytical method was applied for measuring the sustainability Index of shrimp farming. The results showed that the sustainability index of each categories; the ecological aspects were in a fair sustainable category (69.26), with the traditional farming support as the contributing variable; the economic aspects were in a fair sustainable category (67.16) with a labor absorption rate in the traditional farming technology as the contributing variable; social and cultural aspects were in a fair sustainable category (65.10), with the number of households working in the cultivation using traditional technology as the contributing variable; as well as legal and institutional aspects were in a less sustainable category (42.75), with the availability of farm management rules as the contributing variable.

Key Words: environmental carrying capacity, region, technology, aspects, developmen