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Abstract
This research estimates the effect of production input on rice production and the effect of socio-economic factors on the technical efficiency of rice farms in the program of the Integrated Crop Management Field School (ICMFS). Data were collected from 78 rice farmer household heads from two randomly chosen villages in Indonesia. The results show that seed, fertilizer, pesticide and labor significantly positively affect rice production. Socio-economic factors such as farmer age, education and experience, the number of household members and the frequency of visiting the ICMFS field laboratory had significant positive effects on the level of technical efficiency. Thus, the ICMFS, by continuing to increase ICMFS program to the people of rural areas and by taking into account socio-economic status of farmers, can improve rice farming production and efficiency.
Highlights
Rice is a basic need for the people of Indonesia and the main product produced by most farmers; increasing rice production to achieve food self-sufficiency is an important goal for the country
Parigi Moutong organized Integrated Crop Management Field School (ICMFS), but the resulting productivity remains below the expected productivity
Sample units consisted of Household Heads (HH) that lived in the villages and farmed rice
Summary
Rice is a basic need for the people of Indonesia and the main product produced by most farmers; increasing rice production to achieve food self-sufficiency is an important goal for the country. Indonesia should be able to independently meet the needs of the community. Achieving this increase might best be done through an increase in productivity potential and the potential availability of new land that could be used as irrigated land for rice. The policy of the central government in the development of rice farms, including efforts to increase rice production, is focused on the application of the Integrated Crop Management Field School (ICMFS). Productivity of rice in Parigi Moutong Regency is 5.24 tons/ha, below the potential of >7 tons/ha for rice. Production inputs of seeds, fertilizer, pesticide and labor may affect agricultural production in Indonesia (Effendy, 2010; 2015)
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