Soybean farming in Indonesia, as well as in other countries in the world, has an important role in providing food for the population, food ingredients for the food and beverage industry, and feed ingredients. Some policies have been implemented by the government to increase the profitability, efficiency and competitiveness of soybean farming. This study used the Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM) method to assess the competitiveness of soybean farming and evaluate the effectiveness of government policies in soybean farming. The results showed that soybean farming had a competitive advantage and comparative advantage. The results of the sensitivity analysis indicate that output price policy is an effective instrument to increase the profitability and competitiveness of soybean farming in Indonesia.Keywords: Government policy, Competitiveness, Sensitivity analysis, PolicyAnalysis MatrixJEL Classification: Q1, Q18
This study aims to determine the level of technical efficiency of paddy and maize farming in Gorontalo Province in 2019. The data used comes from the 2019 Ubinan Survey conducted by BPS Gorontalo Province. The total samples studied were 833 farming units, consisting of 392 paddy farming units and 441 maize farming units. The analysis method used is Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The results showed that most of the paddy and maize farming in Gorontalo Province in 2019 had not yet reached the full level of technical efficiency. The average level of technical efficiency in paddy farming was 68.7 percent, while the average level of efficiency in maize farming was only 56.7 percent.
Rice is a staple food in East Java, and the average consumption is 100 kg/capita/year. However, rice productivity has declined dramatically in recent years. Food security can be reached by improving the technical efficiency of rice farming, especially in rice farming centers such as East Java Province. This study aims to measure technical efficiency and its determinants using two limit tobit. And it also aims to examine the effect of the technical efficiency of rice farming on food security using logit regression. Technical efficiency will be measured by using data envelopment analysis (DEA). The results show that the technical efficiency of rice farming is very low in East Java. Government assistance, irrigation, and extension have a significant effect on technical efficiency. Meanwhile, membership of farmer organization has no effect on technical efficiency. Around 69% of farmers can be categorized as food secure households. The estimation of logit regression shows that household size, income, land size, education, age, and gender significantly influence food security in East Java. Meanwhile, credit and technical efficiency did not have any significant effect.
AbstractIndonesia is one of the countries affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, so many victims died. Seeing an increase in Covid-19 cases, the government made a physical distancing policy to reduce the spread of Covid-19. However, this policy has an impact on hampered economic activity. Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) in 2020, the number of poor people in March 2020 was 26.42 million people, an increase of 1.63 million people compared to September 2019. In addition, the Indonesian economy in the second quarter of 2020 compared to the second quarter of 2019 experienced a growth contraction of 5.32 percent (y-on-y). One of the groups of people who feel the impact of the Covid-19 on the family's economic condition is a group of people with disabilities. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, many people with disabilities have lost their jobs. In addition, some of them have succeeded in developing cooperatives. Currently, there are many Cooperatives for Persons with Disabilities. However, their work is lacking in demand due to declining demand in the market. Therefore, this is the background for community service activities to increase business volume through optimizing the use of digital platforms at the Indonesian Disability Cooperative. With business assistance for people with disabilities, it can help improve the skills of people with disabilities and help promote their products so that they can expand the marketing reach of products for people with disabilities. Thus, the income of persons with disabilities will increase.Keywords: Cooperatives, Disability, Digital Platform, Covid-19AbstrakIndonesia merupakan salah satu negara yang terdampak pandemi Covid-19, sehingga banyak korban meninggal. Melihat adanya peningkatan kasus Covid-19, pemerintah membuat kebijakan pysical distancing untuk mengurangi penyebaran Covid-19. Namun, kebijakan tersebut berdampak pada aktivitas perekonomian yang terhambat. Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) pada tahun 2020, jumlah penduduk miskin pada Maret 2020 sebesar 26,42 juta orang, meningkat 1,63 juta orang terhadap September 2019. Selain itu, ekonomi Indonesia triwulan II-2020 terhadap triwulan II-2019 mengalami kontraksi pertumbuhan sebesar 5,32 persen (y-on-y). Salah satu kelompok masyarakat yang merasakan dampak adanya Covid-19 terhadap kondisi perekonomian keluarga yaitu kelompok masyarakat penyandang disabilitas. Sejak adanya pandemi Covid-19, banyak dari para penyandang disabilitas yang kehilangan pekerjaannya. Disamping itu, sebagian dari mereka telah berhasil mengembangkan koperasi. Saat ini telah banyak Koperasi Penyandang Disabilitas. Namun demikian, hasil karya mereka sepi peminat karena permintaannya yang menurun di pasar. Oleh karena itu, hal tersebut menjadi latar belakang kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat dalam rangka peningkatan volume usaha melalui optimalisasi penggunaan plaftom digital pada Koperasi Disabilitas Indonesia. Dengan adanya pendampingan usaha untuk penyandang disabilitas, maka dapat membantu meningkatkan keterampilan para penyandang disabilitas serta membantu memasarkan produknya sehingga dapat memperluas jangkauan pemasaran produk para penyandang disabilitas. Dengan demikian, maka pendapatan para penyandang disabilitas akan meningkat.Kata Kunci: Koperasi, Disabilitas, Platform Digital, Covid-19
