Economics and management of enterprises

Shifting cultivation management to increase economic efficiency in potato farms

Economic Annals-XXI

Economic Annals-ХХI: Volume 194, Issue (11-12), Pages: 73-80

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Yuminarti, U., Isaskar, R., Widati, A. W., & Fahriyah (2021). Shifting cultivation management to increase economic efficiency in potato farms. Economic Annals-XXI, 194(11-12), 73-80. doi: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea.V194-09

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Umi Yuminarti
PhD (Economics),
Lecturer,
Program of Sosial Economic Agriculture,
Papua University
Jl. Gn. Salju, Amban, Kec. Manokwari Bar., Kabupaten Manokwari, Papua Bar, 98314, Indonesia
u.yuminarti@unipa.ac.id
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6181-3177

Riyanti Isaskar
PhD (Economics),
Lecturer,
Program of Sosial Economic Agriculture,
Brawijaya University
Jl. Veteran, Ketawanggede, Kec. Lowokwaru, Kota Malang, Jawa Timur, 65145, Indonesia
riyanti@ub.ac.id
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9069-6042

Agatha Wahyu Widati
PhD (Economics),
Lecturer,
Program of Sosial Economic Agriculture,
Papua University
Jl. Gn. Salju, Amban, Kec. Manokwari Bar., Kabupaten Manokwari, Papua Bar, 98314, Indonesia
agathawidati@yahoo.co.id
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3460-4668

Fahriyah
PhD (Economics),
Lecturer,
Program of Sosial Economic Agriculture,
Brawijaya University
Jl. Veteran, Ketawanggede, Kec. Lowokwaru, Kota Malang, Jawa Timur, 65145, Indonesia
fahriyah.fp@ub.ac.id
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9049-876X

Shifting cultivation management to increase economic efficiency in potato farms

Abstract. Farming shifting is one of the cultivation strategies to find the ideal environment. Shifting agriculture is caused by limited knowledge of farmers on environmental conditions for growing plants. This study aims to describe the input variables and shifting cultivation management on the efficiency of potato farming. The research method used is descriptive statistics. The study involved 51 potato farmers in Minyeimemut and Arion villages of Hingk sub-district, Manokwari District, West Papua, Indonesia. Potato commodities cultivated by Arfak farmers are still using a shifting cultivation system. Analysis of the data by quantitative descriptive method with the help of Frontier 4.1 software and the Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) approach to reduce the stochastic frontier cost function. The results showed that the average potato production was 296.08 Kg/Season. The average area of land cultivated by farmers is 0.15 Ha, the average use of seeds is 44.41 kg, and the average workforce is 33.08 Working Days (HOK). The cultivation activities of potato farmers show 4.33 years of shifting. Economic efficiency shows potato farming of 0.08548 which means it has a fairly economical category.

Keywords: Shifting Cultivation; Variable Rate Technology; Conventional Farming; Economic Efficiency; Potato Farming

JEL Classifications: Q10; Q11; Q13; Q17

Acknowledgements and Funding: The authors received no direct funding for this research.

Contribution: The authors contributed equally to this work.

Data Availability Statement: The dataset is available from the authors upon request.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea.V194-09

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Received 16.08.2021
Received in revised form 19.09.2021
Accepted 29.09.2021
Available online 27.12.2021

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