Efisiensi Teknis Cabai Merah di Indonesia | Efisiensi Teknis Usahatani Cabai Merah Indonesia

Indonesian. There is a disparity in red chili production between actual and potential which causes the available supply to be inadequate to cover the high demand. Production problems could not only be identified through production factors but also other factors that contribute to the issue. Technical efficiency is an analytical method that measuring production factors and out-of-production factors simultaneously. This study aims to measure the level of technical efficiency of red chili farming, to analyze the factors that influence red chili production, and to analyze the factors that influence the technical efficiency of red chili farming. This study employs secondary data from the 2013 Agricultural Census Results of the 2014 Horticultural Crop Farming Household Subsector Survey (ST2013 SHR), Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS). Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) is a method of estimating the level of technical efficiency of red chili farming and the factors that affect it. The results revealed that the average level of technical efficiency of Indonesian red chili farms was 0.6525. This level implies that Indonesian red chili farms still have the opportunity to be improved. Seeds, N-element fertilizers, P-element fertilizers, manures, pesticides and labor are factors that can affect red chili production. Education, technologies, participation in farmer groups, planting seasons, land types, cropping systems and certified seeds are factors that can raise the technical efficiency of red chili farming while access to credit and subsidies can reduce the technical efficiency of red chili farming. Assistance in the use of subsidies and credit is a policy the government could take in enhancing the technical efficiency of Indonesian red chili farms besides the technology use and dry season planting. nbsp;

English. The rising price of red chili is associated with the production availability at the farm level. Meanwhile, the price increase has not been sufficient to impact on farmers' income positively. Production problems can not only be explained through production factors but other factors also contribute. Technical efficiency is an analytical method that measures production factors and external factors directly. Spatial measurement may lead to policy bias. Therefore, this study aims to measure and analyze the factors that affect the level of technical efficiency of Indonesian red chili. This study applied the Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) method to measure and analyze the factors affecting the technical efficiency of Indonesian red chili. All production inputs, including seeds, chemical fertilizers, organic fertilizers, pesticides, labor, and harvest areas, affect the improvement of Indonesian red chili production. Inefficiency factors that can increase the level of technical efficiency of red chili are education, technology, farmer groups, planting season, land type, cropping system, and the utilization of certified seeds. While access to credit, cooperative membership, and subsidies can reduce the level of technical efficiency of Indonesian red chili. The average technical efficiency level of Indonesian red chili is 0,6525. A reassessment of subsidy policies and access to credit and development of agricultural institutions are possible policies that could be considered by the government to improve the production and technical efficiency level of Indonesian red chili.