Efficiency Scale of Balinese Salacca Farming
I Made Tamba, Ida Ayu Made Dwi Susanti, Luh Putu Kirana Pratiwi

Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar

Abstract

Balinese salacca planting centers are spread across several districts in Bali. This is an effort to expand and develop Balinese salacca as a commodity that has economic, social, and cultural value. The expansion of Balinese salacca plantations, which is being carried out by many people and/or the thinning of old plants, is allegedly changing the proportion of production factors used. This condition will have an impact on achieving the scale of efficiency in Balinese salacca farming. This research aims to analyze (1) the technical efficiency and (2) scale of efficiency of Balinese salacca farming. This survey research approach was carried out in Balinese salacca production centers in Bali Province. A total of 139 respondents were determined using a quota sampling technique. Data collection was carried out through interviews with respondent farmers using a questionnaire. The collected and tabulated data was analyzed using data envelopment analysis (DEA model) to determine the technical efficiency and scale of efficiency. The average technical efficiency of Balinese salacca farming was 0.93. The highest technical efficiency of Balinese salacca farming was obtained in the planting area stratum >50 acres and the lowest in the planting area stratum <25 acres. The average efficiency scale for Balinese salacca farming was obtained at 0.87. The efficiency scale for Balinese salacca farming is highest in the planting area >50 strata, and the lowest Balinese salacca farming efficiency scale is in the planting area <25 strata. Based on the results of this research, it is recommended that Balinese salacca farmers with a planting area of <50 acres reorganize the proportion of use of production factors in accordance with the proportion of production factors used in Balinese salacca farming with a planting area of >50 acres.

Keywords: scale of efficiency, technical efficiency, balinese salacca farming, data envelopment analysis

Topic: Agricultural Socio-economics