Goal dalam penelitian ini adalah memberikan masukan dalam upaya peningkatan pendapatan petani jagung di Desa Patokpicis dengan beralih menggunakan benih hibrida. Penelitian ini penting dilakukan karena terdapat perbedaan pendapatan antar petani jagung yang didasarkan pada keputusan petani dalam mempertimbangkan jenis benih yang digunakan. Keputusan untuk menggunakan benih hibrida dapat meningkatkan produksi dan pendapatan petani di Desa Patokpicis. Kenyataannya tidak semua petani di Desa Patokpicis menggunakan benih hibrida, terdapat beberapa petani yang tetap menggunakan benih lokal. Keputusan petani untuk menggunakan benih hibrida berpeluang meningkatkan pendapatan usahatani dibandingkan keputusan menggunakan benih lokal, sehingga perlu diteliti lebih lanjut. Dengan menggunakan analisis perbandingan pendapatan usahatani, analisis regresi logistik, dan analisis fungsi pendapatan dapat menyimpulkan sejauh mana faktor-faktor yang berpengaruh terhadap keputusan petani dalam menggunakan benih hibrida dapat meningkatkan pendapatan petani.

Small farmers' participation in the high-value product market aims to improve quality and income. They are involved in the contract farming for supply improvement, increased production, risk reduction, and profit enhancement. Contract farming types are various as well as the motives of the actors. This study aims to analyze contract farming in broiler farms in Malang Regency, East Java Province. The methods of analyses are logit function, technical efficiency, and performance index. Implementation of contract farming benefits the broiler farms. The farms are technically efficient. Incomes of the farmers are higher due to relatively lower production costs. Contract farming program is still the best option for farmers in order to increase income. Keywords : contract farming, technical efficiency, performance ABSTRAKPartisipasi peternak kecil pada pasar produk bernilai tinggi, dengan tujuan meningkatkan standar kualitas, meningkatkan dan menstabilkan pendapatan adalah alasan rasional untuk memperluas contract farming karena kualitas persediaan, kuantitas produksi meningkat, transfer risiko dari petani ke perusahaan dan tujuan keuntungan meningkat. Contract farming dapat berfungsi sebagai sebuah alat manajemen risiko oleh karena terjadi sharing antara pelaku yakni perusahaan (inti) dan peternak. Partisipasi perusahaan dan peternak dalam program contract farming akan memberikan implementasi kontrak yang bervariasi, sebagai akibat adanya motif pemenuhan kontrak sehingga hal ini merupakan hal yang sangat penting untuk analisis. Penelitian bertujuan untuk menganalisis pelaksanaan contract farming usaha ternak ayam broiler di Kabupaten Malang Jawa Timur. Metode analisis digunakan fungsi logit, efisiensi teknis dan indeks kinerja. Temuan mengungkapkan bahwa penerapan contract farming memberikan manfaat pada peternak ayam broiler serta pelaksanaan usaha ternaknya efisien secara teknis. Pendapatan peternak kontrak lebih tinggi dengan biaya produksi yang lebih rendah, sehingga program contract farming masih merupakan pilihan terbaik bagi peternak dalam rangka peningkatan pendapatan. Kata kunci : contract farming, efisiensi teknis, kinerja PENDAHULUANUsaha ternak ayam potong (broiler atau ras pedaging) merupakan ternak yang memberikan kontribusi terbesar dalam penyediaan daging nasional untuk memenuhi kebutuhan protein hewani masyarakat. Potensi ini harus dimanfaatkan untuk memberdayakan peternak di pedesaan melalui pemanfaatan sumber daya secara

In order to achieve maize self-sufficiency in Indonesia, efficiency ought to be increased. Therefore, this study is aimed to assess technical efficiency of wide range of farmers. It is done in order to formulate a policy to increase the productivity of maize. The study was conducted in regions that produce maize. Sample farmers were determined to be nonproportionate stratified random sampling by land class strata, namely wetland and dry land. Analysis methods utilized in this research are Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Analysis Frontier Stochastic (SFA). As for assessment of factors affecting technical efficiency analysis, Tobit regression models is utilized. The results of this research exhibits that the technical efficiency (TE) utilizing SFA approach gained an average of 0.78. On the other hand, the DEA approach obtained an average of 0.9. SFA approach exhibits lower TE value and evenly distributed among farmers compared to DEA approach, where no value is less than 0.6. Factors affecting TE are education, land ownership, extension frequency, and demonstration plot. Based on DEA approach also obtained the fact that most farmers are on the conditions of increasing returns to scale.

This research estimates the effect of production input on rice production and the effect of socioeconomic factors on the technical efficiency of rice farms in the program of the Integrated Crop Management Field School (ICMFS). Data were collected from 78 rice farmer household heads from two randomly chosen villages in Indonesia. The results show that seed, fertilizer, pesticide and labor significantly positively affect rice production. Socioeconomic factors such as farmer age, education and experience, the number of household members and the frequency of visiting the ICMFS field laboratory had significant positive effects on the level of technical efficiency. Thus, the ICMFS, by continuing to increase ICMFS program to the people of rural areas and by taking into account socioeconomic status of farmers, can improve rice farming production and efficiency.

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