The Impact of Government Food Policy on Farm Efficiency of Beneficiary Small-Scale Farmers in Indonesia

Enhancing self-sufficiency and national food security have been strategic policy goals of the Indonesian government. From 2015 to 2019, a program called Upsus Pajale had implemented provide input subsidies extension assistants farmers for three commodities: rice, maize, soybeans, accelerate productivity increase production. The study was done by interviewing 374 beneficiary farmers. objectives were explore production efficiency farmers’ perspectives on programs. By conducting stochastic frontier function estimation, results show that mean level 0.866. This revealed land size, seed cost, labor cost found be important determinants technical efficiency. In addition, inefficiency model indicated age associations significant positive effect scores, whereas education negative effect. Contrarily, none instruments appear essential Furthermore, research prioritized their habits profitability when deciding which crop cultivate pests main concerns. Hence, government should focus enhancing development improved seedling pest management control encourage establishment association share experience transfer information technology improve