Economic Efficiency of Maize at Dairi District North Sumatra Province

Abstract

Dairi Regency has the potential to increase its maize production. One of the problems in maize farming is its low productivity because of its low efficiency of input use. The objectives of this research are:(1) analyzing factors influencing maize production, and (2) analyzing the economic efficiency of maize farming at Dairi District. The analysis methods used are the Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier production function utilizing Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) to analyze technical efficiency, the dual cost function to analyze allocative efficiency. This research used cross-section data. The research findings showed thatfactors like seed and fertilizers (SP-36 and Phonska) were positively and statistically significant on maize production (level of significance at 5 %), the use of urea and herbicide also havea positive and statistically significant influence on maize production (level of significance at 10 %). Furthermore, labor use hasa positive, but not statistically significant effect on maize production. The efficiency analysis revealed that the maize farmers had economic inefficiency. The low frequency of extension visits was a substantial contributorto this technical inefficiency. Agricultural extension is deemed essential to significantly increase the technical efficiency.

Technical, Economic, and Allocative Efficiency of Corn Farming In South Lampung Regency

“…This shows that, increasing the number of seeds by 1% will increasing corn production by 0.373 %. These results are in accordance to research by Situmorang et al (2020); Nursan (2016); Rohi et al (2018); Abdulai et al (2015); Bati et al (2017);and Sahara et al (2019), that corn output is positively impacted by the amount of seeds. The recommended use of corn seed is 20 kg/ha (Paeru & Dewi, 2017), but the average use of seed by farmers is 17.46 kg/ha.…”

Analisis Keuntungan Dan Faktor–faktor Yang Mempengaruhi Produksi Budidaya Tambak Bandeng Di Ujungpangkah Kabupaten Gresik

“…Penelitian mengenai efisiensi usahatani dengan menggunakan metode yang sama pernah dilakukan oleh Hidayati (2018), Noer et al (2018), (Puspitasari et al, 2017), Fauzan (2016), Kuwornu et al (2013), Etwire et al (2013), dan Khai & Yabe (2011). Penelitian lain dilakukan oleh Situmorang et al (2020) menganalisis efisiensi ekonomi usahatani jagung di Kabupaten Dairi Provinsi Sumatera Utara dengan menggunakan dengan hasil penelitian yang menunjukkan petani jagung di Kabupaten Dairi memiliki rata-rata efisiensi teknis sebesar 0,68 (belum efisien), disebabkan karena penggunaan pupuk phonska yang berlebihan yaitu 184,92 kg. Rata-rata efisiensi alokatif sebesar 0,60 (belum efisien) dan rata-rata efisiensi ekonomi sebesar 0,38 (belum efisien).…”

“…Nilai efisiensi teknis sebuah kelompok dihitung menggunakan persamaan ( 7 Keterangan: EE = Efisiensi ekonomi ET = Efisiensi teknis Nilai EA berkisar antara 0 dan 1. Petambak dikatakan efisien apabila nilai estimasi ≥ 0,70 dan diklasifikasikan belum efisien apabila nilai estimasi < 0,70 (Situmorang et al, 2020).…”