EFFICIENCY OF PRODUCTION FACTOR OF RED ONION FARMING IN INDONESIA

Abstract

The agricultural sector is one sector that can support the economy of Indonesia. Horticultural crops such as red onions are agricultural sub-sector hold an important role in economic growth and the needs of Indonesian society. The goal in this research are to analyze the factors that significantly affect the production of red onion, analyze the technical efficiency level of the use of production factors and the factors that have an influence on the technical inefficiency. The results showed that the factors that significantly affect the production of red onion are land, seed, Za fertilizer, SP - 36 fertilizer, Phonska fertilizer and pesticide of furadan. The average level of technical efficiency of the use of production is 0,926, therefore farmers still have a chance to achieve full efficiently by 0,074 or 7.4%. While the factors that have a positive influence on the level of inefficiency are family number and education