The Role of Using Production Factors and Efficiency Rice Farming of Inpago Unsoed 1 Varieties in Banyumas, Central Java

Abstract

Consumption of rice follows the trend of population growth. Indonesia always imports rice to sufficient this consumption. Land area for rice plants is decreasing due to various reasons, including rice fields used as housing, the younger generation is not interested in farming, the productivity of rice is decreasing and others. To overcome the reduction in paddy fields and reduced rice productivity, it has been found that the Inpago Unsoed 1 rice variety can be cultivated in both paddy and dry land. Inpago Unsoed 1 is an upland rice variety that is fluffier, fragrant and has high productivity (7.2 tonnes per hectare). The research objectives were 1) knowing the costs and income of Impago Unsoed 1, 2) estimating the effect of production factors on the product, 3) the efficiency of using production factors in Impago Unsoed 1. The research method was survey method, research location was Banyumas Regency, Determination of respondents using simple random sampling. Methods of data analysis to determine the amount of costs and revenues using cost and income analysis. Meanwhile, to determine the role of production factors on the product, using the Cobb Douglas production function. The results showed that the cost of farming Inpago Unsoed 1 was lower than the revenue, which resulted in positive income. The role of additional production factors, such as land area and labor, will increase rice productivity. However, the addition of seed production factors and insecticides does not increase rice productivity. Several factors of fertilizer production also show a role in increasing rice productivity