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Technical Efficiency Analysis and The Determinants of Inefficiency Factors of Beef Cattle Fattening inGorontalo District. Beef cattle farming in Gorontalo Province generally is managed by household farmers. However, smallholder cattle operations have several problems like low productivity, small bussiness scale and traditional management. The objectives of this study are to estimate level of technical efficiency of beef cattle production and to assess the effect of socio-economic factors on the technical efficiency. Thirty respondents in Tolangohula Sub district, Gorontalo District, Gorontalo Province were selected by accidental sampling method and analyzed using stochastic frontier production function. Results of the analysis showed that the beef cattle farming was feasible but the level of technical efficiency was low with an average efficiency index of 0.690. There were chances to increase in efficiency by 31%. Factors that affected the production of beef cattle were labors, forages and feeder cattleweight while the inefficiency was determined by the ownership status of the beef cattle and the intensity of the extension. Therefore, an access to resources such as technical training and access to an increased number of cattles through a capital increase needed to be developed. Keywords: beef cattle, technical efficiency, Gorontalo ABSTRAKSecara umum budidaya penggemukan sapi potong di Provinsi Gorontalo dikelola oleh peternak rakyat dengan ciri-ciri diantaranya produktivitas usaha rendah, skala usaha kecil dan pengelolaan tradisional. Usaha ini menjadi unggulan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan konsumsi daging sapi. Tujuan penelitian adalah menganalisis tingkat efisiensi teknis dan faktor penentu inefisiensi usaha penggemukan sapi potong. Pengambilan data dilaksanakan di Kecamatan Tolangohula, Kabupaten Gorontalo pada bulan Oktober-November 2013. Penelitian menggunakan data primer yang diperoleh dari 30 peternak yang dipilih dengan metode accidental sampling. Data kemudian dianalisis menggunakan fungsi produksi stokhastic frontier. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa usaha penggemukan sapi potong layak diusahakan namun capaian efisiensi teknis usaha sapi potong masih rendah dengan nilai indeks efisiensi ratarata sebesar 0,690. Faktor yang mempengaruhi produksi sapi potong yaitu tenaga kerja, pakan hijauan dan bobot bakalan. Sementara inefisiensi usahatani ditentukan oleh status kepemilikan sapi dan intensitas penyuluhan. Oleh karena itu, akses terhadap sumber informasi seperti pelatihan teknis dan akses terhadap peningkatan jumlah sapi melalui peningkatan modal perlu terus dikembangkan. Kata kunci: efisiensi teknis, penggemukan sapi potong, faktor-faktor penentu inefisiensi etani

<p>Produksi padi dan jagung dapat ditingkatkan melalui optimalisasi lahan dengan pola tumpangsari. Tidak optimalnya produktivitas padi dan jagung dalam pola tanam tumpangsari mungkin disebabkan oleh kombinasi varietas yang kurang tepat. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengidentifikasi kombinasi varietas padi dan varietas jagung yang tepat dalam pola tanam tumpangsari, untuk memperoleh produktivitas yang tinggi. Penelitian dilakukan di Desa Durian, Kecamatan Gentuma Raya, Gorontalo, pada MT 2018/2019, menggunakan rancangan acak kelompok factorial, empat ulangan. Faktor pertama adalah varietas padi, yaitu P1 (Inpago-11), P2 (Inpari-42), P3 (Ponelo), dan P4 (Situbagendit). Faktor kedua adalah varietas jagung, yaitu J1 (Bima-20), J2 (NK-22), J3 (HJ-21) dan J4 ((JH-27), ditambah perlakuan padi monokultur dan perlakuan jagung monokultur. Ukuran petak 12,5 m x 12,5 m. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan kombinasi padi varietas Ponelo dan jagung varietas HJ-21 memberikan hasil tertinggi, masing-masing 4,17 t/ha padi dan 8,32 t/ha jagung. Nisbah kesetaraan lahan tertinggi (2,24) dihasilkan dari kombinasi perlakuan tumpangsari padi varietas Ponelo dengan jagung varietas HJ-21. Padi varietas Ponelo adalah varietas local setempat, sehingga diharapkan mudah untuk diadopsi oleh petani.</p>

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The objectives of this study were to analyze the competitiveness of the beef cattle farming in Gorontalo District, to analyze the impact of government policies on competitiveness and to analyze the impact of changes in input and output factors of production to competitiveness. Primary data were obtained from 60 respondents were selected using non-probability sampling method. The analysis methods used were Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM) and sensitivity analysis. The results of the analysis showed that the commodity beef cattle in Gorontalo District has a weak competitiveness. The impact of policy to the beef cattle farming showed that the farmers are not protected by government policies (EPC<1). The impact of changes in input and output of production on the competitiveness showed that: 1) the increase in the price of domestic meat and the world respectively 8.44%  and 10% will increase the competitiveness, 2) an increase in the price of feeder cattle at 3.28%, forage feed costs by 10% and labor costs by 10% will impact beef cattle farming do not have a competitive advantage but still have a comparative advantage, and 3) increase in meat production about 12.72% will increase the competitiveness of beef cattle.