ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY FOR USE OF PRODUCTION AND INCOME FACTORS IN LOCAL CORN FARMING IN WEWIKU DISTRICT OF MALAKA REGENCY,EAST NUSA TENGGARA, INDONESIA

Abstract

ABSTRACT Corn (Zea Mays L.) is the second food commodity after rice as a source of calories or rice food, besides that also as animal feed. This study aims to (i) Analyze the influence of production factors (land area, seeds, labor, and pesticides) on corn production in Wewiku District, Malaka Regency; (ii) Analyzing the level of economic efficiency using the factors of production of corn farming in Wewiku District, Malaka Regency; (iii) Analyzing income earned by farmers from Corn farming in Wewiku District, Malaka Regency. The study was conducted in Alkani Village and Seserai Village Kecmatan wewiku Malaka Regency with a survey method and the number of respondents was 90 farmers. The results showed that the analysis with the production function of the Cobb-Douglas model of variable land area, seeds, labor, fertilizers and pesticides together pushed significantly towards local maize production. The influence of each factor of production shows that local maize production has a significant effect on land area and pesticide variables, while seeds, labor and fertilizers are not real to local maize production. Economically the use of variable land area and pesticides on local corn ushatani is not yet efficient, and the use of variable seeds, labor and fertilizers is inefficient. The income of local corn farming in Wewiku District in the planting period from November 2018 to February 2019 is Rp 2,698,355 / 0,155 ha / MT. KEY WORDS Efficiency, income, corn, farming