| dc.description.abstract | Land is the main input in agricultural
production and also a wealth-
generating asset for farmers. There are
three common forms of agricultural
land ownership:owned land, rented
land, and sharecropped (kedokan) land,
where each of them are directly affects
the farming performance. The purpose
of this study was to analyze the effect
of land ownerships on farm production,
labor use, and farm economic
efficiency. The sample used in this study
were 150 farmers equall y distributed in
each ownership group from a
population of 1039 farmers. Cobb-
Douglas production function, F-test,
and RC ratio were used to estimate
production function, the difference in
labor use, and farm economic
efficiency. The results showed that
rented land has the highest productivity
followed by owned and sharecropped
(kedokan) land. Meanwhile, the
sharecropped (kedokan) land has the
lowest labor use, followed by rented
and owned land. However, in term of
profitability, owned land is the highest
followed by rented and sharecropped
land. The results also showed that
sharecropped (ngedok) as an informal contract farming between farmer and landlord was the best economic
choice for the landlord. Furthermore, to improve farmers welfare, the
landless farmers should be facilitated to own their own land. | en_US |
