ABSTRAKPengembangan padi semi organik di Kecamatan Cigombong cukup berprospek. Namun, produktivitas padi semi organik di Kecamatan Cigombong masih tergolong rendah karena inefisiensi dalam penggunaan input atau faktorfaktor produksi. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah 1) menganalisis faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi produksi usahatani padi semi organik di Kecamatan Cigombong; 2) menganalisis efisiensi teknis usahatani padi semi organik di Kecamatan Cigombong; dan 3) menganalisis tingkat pendapatan yang diperoleh dalam usahatani padi semi organik di Kecamatan Cigombong. Metode penelitian menggunakan fungsi produksi stochastic frontier dengan metode Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE). Penelitian dilakukan di Kecamapatan Cigombong pada Bulan Januari 2013 hingga Desember 2013. Pengambilan sampel dilakukan secara purposive. Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian merupakan jenis data cross section dan diperoleh melalui wawancara langsung kepada petani sampel.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa variabel luas lahan (X1), benih (X2), kompos (X3), urea (X4). dan tenaga kerja (X5) berpengaruh nyata terhadap produksi dengan nilai koefisien positif. Variabel luas lahan, kompos, dan urea berpengaruh nyata terhadap produksi padi semi organik pada tingkat kepercayaan 95%, benih berpengaruh nyata pada tingkat kepercayaan 90%, dan tenaga kerja berpengaruh nyata pada tingkat kepercayaan 85%. Hasil penelitian juga menunjukkan bahwa usahatani padi semi organik yang dilakukan oleh petani responden di Kecamatan Cigombong tergolong efisien secara teknis (nilai mean efisiensinya sebesar 0,78). Status kepemilikan lahan merupakan sumber inefesiensi teknis yang berpengaruh nyata meningkatkan efisiensi teknis. Selain itu, usahatani padi semi organik di Kecamatan Cigombong tergolong menguntungkan (keuntungan Rp 3.233.498,09) dan layak diusahakan (nilai R/C ratio atas biaya tunai sebesar 1,42 dan nilai R/C ratio atas biaya total sebesar 1,24). Kata kunci: Efisiensi Teknis, Padi Semi Organik, Stochastic Frontier ABSTRACTThe development of semi-organic rice in Cigombong Sub-district is quite prospective. However, semi-organic rice productivity in Cigombong Sub-district is still relatively low due to the inefficiencies in the use of inputs or production factors. The aims of this study are 1) to analyze the factors that influence the production of semi-organic rice farming in Cigombong Sub-district; 2) to analyze the technical efficieny of semi-organic farming in Cigombong Sub-district; and 3) to analyze the income of semi-organic farming in Cigombong Sub-district. Stochastic Frontier Production function with Maximum likelihood estimation method is used to analyze the problems. The research was done in Cigombong Subdistrict between January 2013 -December 2013. Purposive sampling was used to take the research sample. This research used cross section data by direct interview to the sample farmers.The research shows that land variable, seed, compost, urea and labour have positive significant effects on semi-organic rice production. Land variable, compost, da...

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<p>Fluctuations in Indonesian Robusta coffee exports occurred along with a declining trend in coffee exports compared to major competitor countries over the past fifteen years.  This research aimed to analyze the dynamics of the competitiveness of Indonesian Robusta coffee exports and the level of competition among the major competitor countries such as Vietnam and India. The methods used are <em>Revealed Comparative Advantage</em> (RCA), <em>Dynamic Revealed Comparative Advantage</em> (DRCA), and <em>Rank Spearman Correlation</em>. These methods were selected to analyze changes in competition level within 15 years’ time dimension (2000–2015) as well as to analyze the relationships among competing countries, which may affect Robusta coffee market of each country. The analysis showed that Indonesia's coffee competitiveness tends to increase compared to the two major competitors of Robusta coffee exporter of the world such as Vietnam and India. However, Indonesia's coffee competitiveness is still a half below Vietnam. The Indonesian coffee rivalry against Vietnam and India is not significantly correlated due to the different markets of export destination countries.<em>  </em>Increasing competitiveness and the strength of competition in export market can be done through quality improvement and continuity of domestic Robusta coffee in accordance to the demand of world consumers.</p>

Pujon, Malang is the largest milk producer in East Java. Nevertheless, the productivity and farm size are at low level. It indicates that entrepreneurial competencies of dairy farmers at poor level. This research presents the results from depth interview with 105 dairy farmers in Malang Regency, East Java. Based on this information, it can be concluded that entrepreneurial competencies of respondents are at low level on strategic skills, and middle level on leadership and technical management skills, Entrepreneurial competencies are generated positively by personal orientation (interest of dairy farmers in group activities, and risk taking behavior, and demographic characteristic (working experience). It has a positive relationship to successful business. Interest of dairy farmers in group activites improvement could up grade the personal orientation, entrepreneurial competencies, and successful business.

<p align="center"><strong><em>ABSTRACT</em></strong></p><em>The objective of this study is to analyze the price transmission of Gayo Arabica coffee from farmers to exporters. This study utilizesECM (error Correction Model) to investigate price transmission based on monthly price data in farmer and exporter level from Januari 2008 until December 2014. The result showed that price transmission test ECM-EG model showed that in short term, the price transmission is assymetric and symetric in long term.The symmetrical price transmission between farmers and exporters in the long term, showed that there was no misuse of market power, Therefore, price changes that occur at the farmer level in the long term were transmitted perfectly towards exporter. Asymmetric price transmission in the short term is commonly caused by cost adjustment factors and marketing agency behaviors in the pricing mechanism and the performance of each level / marketing agencies. Therefore, the need for setting prices of Gayo Arabica coffee, especially at the producers (farmers) level and the government's role in monitoring the price according to the quality of coffee, and inform the development of the market price (the local and the world) to the farmers.</em>

ABSTRAKRumah tangga petani di perdesaan umumnya terlibat pada berbagai kegiatan, baik pada usahatani maupun nonusahatani. Hal ini berpengaruh terhadap curahan kerja petani yang berdampak pada pendapatan rumah tangga. Oleh karena itu perlu dipelajari pola curahan kerja petani, peluang kerja pada kegiatan nonusahatani, dan faktor yang mempengaruhi curahan kerja, pendapatan, dan pengeluaran rumah tangga petani. Pertanyaan kunci penelitian adalah: 1) Bagaimana pola curahan tenaga kerja di wilayah produksi padi dan mengapa produksi padinya sangat rendah, dan 2)apakah peluang kerja non-usahatani berpengaruh terhadap curahan kerja usahatani dan factor apa saja yang mempengaruhi curahan kerja, pendapatan dan pengeluaran petani. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis curahan kerja dan faktor yang mempengaruhi pendapatan dan pengeluaran rumah tangga petani padi. Penelitian dilakukan di Kabupaten Sigi, Sulawesi Tengah, pada Desember-Januari 2015-2016, menggunakan data cross secction dengan pendekatan ekonomi rumah tangga dalam model persamaan simultan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan kegiatan nonpertanian berperan penting bagi perekonomian perdesaan, terutama terhadap rumah tangga petani padi, khususnya di Kabupaten Sigi. Perannya tidak hanya dalam kontribusi pendapatan tetapi juga alokasi curahan kerja rumah tangga. Curahan tenaga kerja pria lebih tinggi dibandingkan dengan wanita, baik pada kegiatan pertanian maupun nonpertanian. Sementara itu, kontribusi pendapatan rumah tangga petani dari nonpertanian lebih besar dibandingkan dengan usahatani. Konsumsi pangan adalah pengeluaran tertinggi dalam rumah tangga petani.Kata kunci: alokasi waktu kerja, rumah tangga petani, usahatani padi, nonpertanian ABSTRACT Farmers' household in the village involve in many activities both farming and non-farming activities. This involvement affect the time allocation for farming, which in turn will have impacts to the household income. Therefore, there is a need to study the time allocation pattern of farmers, non-farming job opportunities and other factors that affect the working time allocation, income and farmers' household expenditures. The research question are: (1) how the work flow patterns in the allocation of household farmers in rice production area and why rice productivity is low? (2) whether job opportunities in non farm business influence the flow of work in farming and what factors affect the flow of work, household income and farmers expenditure?. The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors that affect the working time allocation, income, and expenditure of farmers in the rice production area. The research was conducted in Sigi, Central Sulawesi Province on December 2015 -Pebruary 2016, using cross sectional data in the household based economic approach applying a model of simultaneous equations. The results showed that non-farm activities have played important roles in the rural economy, especially domestic rice farmer household. They are not only contribute to household income but also in to working time allocat...

<em>The purpose of this study was to analyze the structure of transaction cost and analyze farmers profit on Arabica Gayo Coffee Warehouse Receipt System (WRS) in Central Aceh District. Transaction Costs Analysis (TCA) was used to analize transaction cost structure at selling delay activity and financing activity on WRS. While the ratio of transaction costs to farmers' profit was used to determine the level of effectiveness of WRS. The research was conducted at PT. Ketiara Warehouse, West Aceh district, Aceh. The selected samples were all 4o farmers of Arabica Gayo WRS in Central Aceh Regency. The highest transction cost was on delay selling activity (64,07%) than transaction cost on warehouse receipt financing activity (35,93%). Implementation of the warehouse receipt system in PT. Ketiara provided more benefits to the participants because average percentage ratio between the cost of the transaction with the benefit of &lt;10 percent.  Transaction costs and effectiveness of WRS need more attention and focus on the improvement of these two things to maximize the implementation and sustainability of Gayo Arabica Coffee WRS in Central Aceh District.</em>