Perubahan Struktur Perekonomian Sektor Perkebunan Indonesia1995-2000 : Pendekatan Analisis Dekomposisi Struktur (Structural Decomposition Analysis)

Indonesia has experienced steady economic growth in 1980s-1990s, then faced devastating during 2000s. The cricis affected to economic structure. However explanation of the effect especially to estate crops has not clear. This reserach is directed to respon these questions (1) how has the estate sector changed?, and (2) what are source of economic growth of the sectors?. We use Input-output table 1995 and 2000 form Statictic Indonesia to response these questions.Based on tha analysis we find that the economic cricis affect to lower ranking in backward linkage but has higher ranking in forward linkage for estate crops. In another side, the manufactur of estate sector has higher ranking for backward linkage but lower ranking for forward linkage. Then, there is increasing of output during economic cricis for estate sector (includes estate crops and its manufacture). The source of the increasing are final domestic demand and export rather than technological change. This research suggest that to improve the estate crops buy improving the technology

The Effects of Land Ownership on Production, Labor Allocation, and Rice Farming Efficiency

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 equally 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 sharecroppedkedokan)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 sharecropping(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