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The Impact of the Farming Insurance Program on the Efficiency of Lowland Rice Farming in Rias Village, South Bangka Regency Rati Purwasih; Rostiar Sitorus; Eni Karsiningsih; Yulia
JURNAL PANGAN Vol. 32 No. 1 (2023): PANGAN
Publisher : Perum BULOG

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33964/jp.v32i1.573

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The rice farming insurance program (AUTP) aims to support farmers in their rice production. This study aimed to analyze the effect of farmers’ participation in the AUTP program on the technical efficiency of lowland rice farming in Rias Village. The sample was determined using purposive sampling, which included 30 AUTP participants and 30 non-AUTP participants. The data was analyzed using the stochastic frontier production function and independent sample t-test. The results showed that the total surface area of farming, the amount of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer significantly affected rice production (α = 5 percent). Average value of technical efficiency of lowland farming was 0.50 (AUTP participating farmers) and 0.34 (non-AUTP participating farmers), which was below the threshold of the average technical efficiency (0.70). Thus, lowland rice farming was technically inefficient. The lowland rice farming of AUTP participants was slightly more efficient than non-AUTP participant farmers, but was not enough to redeem efficiency. Farmers’ age, education, number of family of farmers, duration of farmers joined a farmers group and farmers’ participation in the AUTP programs had significant effects on TE in lowland rice farming (α = 5 percent). Intensive assistance from the agricultural extension workers regarding the technical management of lowland rice farming would be beneficial. 
The Influence Of Socioeconomic Factors On Sustainable Pepper Agroforestry Systems Annisa Ambar Justitia; Yudi Sapta Pranoto; Rostiar Sitorus
INDONESIAN JOURNAL OF SMALL SCALE FARMING Vol. 1 No. 2 (2025): Volume 1, Number 2, 2025
Publisher : Faculty of Agriculture Udayana University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24843/ijoss.2025.v01.i02.p05

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Pepper production in Central Bangka Regency declined from 2019 to 2023 because pepper cultivation practices have not yet been implemented according to GAP (Good Agricultural Practices). The agroforestry system is one approach to addressing this issue. However, many pepper farmers have not widely applied this system, so it is necessary to understand farmers' attitudes toward the successful implementation of a sustainable pepper agroforestry system. This study aims to describe pepper farmers' attitudes toward the agroforestry system as a solution for sustainable agriculture and analyze the socioeconomic factors influencing their adoption of a sustainable pepper agroforestry system in Central Bangka Regency. METHODS: The research method used is quantitative with a descriptive approach and multiple linear regression analysis. Primary data were collected through questionnaires from 105 pepper farmers selected by purposive sampling. FINDINGS: The results show that the attitude of pepper farmers towards the agroforestry system falls into the ‘agree’ category, with an average variable achievement rate of 80.27%. The cognitive and conative attitude components fall into the strongly agree category, while the affective component falls into the agree category. Socioeconomic factors have a significant simultaneous effect on the attitude of pepper farmers in implementing a sustainable pepper agroforestry system, contributing 64.2%. Partially, the variables of age, formal education, income, and culture have a significant effect on the attitude of pepper farmers in implementing a sustainable pepper agroforestry system, while the variables of non-formal education and farming experience do not have a significant effect. CONCLUSION: The attitude of pepper farmers towards the agroforestry system is in the strongly agree category, consisting of cognitive, affective, and conative components. Socioeconomic factors simultaneously have a significant effect on the attitude of pepper farmers in implementing a sustainable pepper agroforestry system. Meanwhile, partially, the socioeconomic factor variables that influence the attitude of pepper farmers include age, formal education, income, and culture.