Title: Food Crop Agricultural Efficiency and Rural Poverty: Empirical Evidence in East Java
Author: Abid Muhtarom,
Universitas Airlangga
Item Type: Thesis (Dissertation)
Abstract
This study discusses food crop farming in twenty-nine districts in East Java, where many people are involved in this field. This study defines two stages of equivalence. In this study used two model approaches, namely the first Model Analysis was carried out using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and the second model Partial Least Square (PLS). Research results Increasing agricultural productivity or efficiency is important to be done with various strategies, both agricultural intensification and extensification. Improving the quality of rural community resources is very necessary. Good quality resources will increase the absorption of high technology and will increase the productivity of farmers and workers in other sectors in rural areas, the government budget for development must continue to be increased both in nominal terms and the accuracy of allocation so that it is absorbed into rural communities effectively and efficiently so that it can improve the welfare of rural communities and control the prices of basic necessities in the region is also important to do. Bank Indonesia and in collaboration with local governments to form Regional Inflation Control Teams (TPID) must work better in maintaining stable inflation because the rural poor are relatively vulnerable to price increases.
Keywords: Efficiency, Poverty, Rural Agricultural Crops, DEA, and PLS.