TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF SUPERIOR VARIETY RICE SEED FARMING IN TABALONG DISTRICT OF SOUTH KALIMANTAN PROVINCE, INDONESIA

This study aims to analyze the factors that influence the production of superior variety rice seed farming, the level of technical efficiency of superior variety rice seed farming and analyze the factors affecting the level of technical inefficiency of rice seed breeders of superior variety in Tabalong Regency. This research was conducted in the Districts of Jaro, Muara Uya and Benua Lawas, Tabalong Regency, starting from October 2022-January 2023. The analytical tool used is the frontier stochastic approach with the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method. The results showed that the production of superior varieties of rice seed farming in Tabalong Regency, South Kalimantan Province was significantly influenced at a 1% significant level by organic fertilizers, inorganic fertilizers, pesticides, and labor, while land area was significantly affected at 5% significant level. The average technical efficiency value at the research location is 0.8742. The factors of technical inefficiency, length of farming and level of education have a negative effect on the level of technical inefficiency.