Analysis Technical Efficiency of Rice Farming in Murung Raya Regency, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Rice is a processed product from paddy, which is a very important food commodity in Indonesia. BPS (2022), Central Kalimantan is recorded to have a rice harvest area of 125,310.54 ha with a production of 400,444.04 tons. The productivity of Murung Raya Regency is the lowest compared to other districts in Central Kalimantan. The objectives of this study are: 1) to analyze what production factors affect the yield of rice farming products in rice fields; 2) to know the condition of agricultural technical efficiency; and 3) to know what factors affect technical inefficiency. The data collection method used was through a survey with a simple random sampling method, on 100 paddy rice farmers as respondents. The data analysis used is the cobb-douglas production function, the OLS approach, and the MLE approach to see efficiency. Through analysis and discussion, it is known that the production factors of land area, seeds, solid fertilizers, liquid fertilizers, pesticides and labor were found to have a real effect on rice production. The distribution of technical efficiency of rice farming is in the category of efficiency. Even though it is efficient, the production of rice paddy is still relatively low due to the impact of climate change and infertile soil. On average, rice farmers in the research area are technically efficient, and the variables that affect technical inefficiencies are age and farmer education.