Analisis Efisiensi Teknis dan Faktor Penentunya pada Usahatani Kentang (Solanumtuberosum L.) di Kota Pagar Alam, Provinsi Sumatera Selatan

Abstract

This study aims to determine and analyse  the level of technical efficiency and the factors influencing technical efficiency of a  potato farming in North Dempo, sub-district Pagar Alam City, South Sumatera Province using 51 farmers who are censused.  Frontier production function, estimated using the MLE method, is used to determine  the level of technical efficiency. Meanwhile,  multiple regression estimated using OLS  approach is used to determine factors influencing technical efficiency level. The research showed that, land area, seed, organic  fertilizer, ZA fertilizer, Ponska fertilizer, and  fungiside were significantly affect potato  production. The research finds that the level  of technical efficiency of potato farming  was, on the average, 81.336 percent. The  research also shows that the intensity of ex tension and farmers’ experience affect significantly and negatively technical inefficiency while formal education, age, and land ownership status do not.