Technical efficiency of paddy farming in West Java: a combination of synthetic and organic fertilisers versus conventional farming

Hendrani, Yanuarita; Nugraheni, Siwi; Karliya, Noknik

dc.date.accessioned	2022-02-14T14:08:19Z
dc.date.available	2022-02-14T14:08:19Z
dc.date.issued	2022-02-08
dc.identifier	doi:10.17170/kobra-202201195572
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/13613
dc.language.iso	eng	eng
dc.rights	Namensnennung 4.0 International	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject	mixed fertilisers	eng
dc.subject	smallholder farmers	eng
dc.subject	stochastic frontier analysis	eng
dc.subject	poverty	eng
dc.subject	Indonesia	eng
dc.subject.ddc	630
dc.title	Technical efficiency of paddy farming in West Java: a combination of synthetic and organic fertilisers versus conventional farming	eng
dc.type	Aufsatz
dcterms.abstract	In developing countries, agriculture’s burden is not just ensuring enough food for the people but also securing net income for the farmers to alleviate poverty and to conserve the environment at the same time. Consumption shift towards staples, particularly during economic crisis or pandemic, requires a policy that could make food growers respond to the demand appropriately. Initially, from soil science, an argument asserts that mixing organic and synthetic fertilisers can increase yield/productivity and be safe for the environment. Previous studies showed that, on average organic farming produced lower yield compared to conventional farming using synthetic fertilisers. The objective of this study was to investigate if the farming method using mixed fertilisers could outperform the conventional method. This study used the 2014 household survey data of paddy farmers in West Java, part of a more extensive survey on main agricultural sub-sectors conducted by Statistics Indonesia every ten years. Applying the Stochastic Frontier Analysis and the Generalised Linear Model, this study found that the combination of organic and synthetic fertilisers could yield an efficiency level as high as 9% over the conventional method. The Logit model results also showed that improving efficiency reduced the likelihood of farmer households being in a state of poverty. Therefore, the government should encourage farmers to apply the mixed fertiliser method rather than using only synthetic fertilisers.	eng
dcterms.accessRights	open access
dcterms.creator	Hendrani, Yanuarita
dcterms.creator	Nugraheni, Siwi
dcterms.creator	Karliya, Noknik
dc.subject.swd	Indonesien	ger
dc.subject.swd	Kleinbauer	ger
dc.subject.swd	Mehrnährstoffdünger	ger
dc.subject.swd	Frontier-Funktion	ger
dc.subject.swd	Armut	ger
dc.subject.swd	Einkommen	ger
dc.subject.swd	Grundnahrungsmittel	ger
dc.type.version	publishedVersion
dcterms.source.identifier	eissn:2363-6033
dcterms.source.issue	No. 1
dcterms.source.journal	Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics (JARTS)	eng
dcterms.source.pageinfo	51-62
dcterms.source.volume	Vol. 123
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