Analysis of efficiency in cashew fruit production and marketing in East Flores Regency

• Published in: Agro Ekonomi (Indonesia) Vol. 6; no. 1
• Main Authors: Yusuf (Balai Pengkajian dan Teknologi Pertanian Naibonat (Indonesia)), Masyhuri, Maksum, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: ANACARDO; CASHEWS; CIRCUIT DE COMMERCIALISATION; CORRIENTES DE MERCADEO; EFFICACITE; EFFICIENCY; EFICACIA; FACTEUR DE PRODUCTION; FACTORES DE PRODUCCION; FARMING SYSTEMS; FONCTION DE PRODUCTION; FUNCIONES DE LA PRODUCCION; MARGE DE DISTRIBUTION; MARGEN DE DISTRIBUCION; MARKETING CHANNELS; MARKETING MARGINS; NOIX DE CAJOU; NUSA TENGGARA; PRODUCTION FACTORS; PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS; SISTEMAS DE EXPLOTACION; SYSTEME D'EXPLOITATION AGRICOLE
• ISSN: 0215-8787

Cashew fruit (Anacardium occidentale L.) is one of important annual industrial plants. The commodity is very prospective in international market. World supply keeps increasing resulting from relatively high increase of the price. Therefore, production increase has become the farmers' objective besides profit and high in marketing. The research was conducted in 4 villages in Tanjung Bunga Sub-district in East Flores Regency. The aim of this research was to recognize the factors that influence the production of cashew fruit, the factors that influence the efficiency of input using of cashew fruit farming, the factors that influence the profit of cashew fruit farming, the factors that influence marketing margin from producer level to consumer and the factors that influence the efficiency of the log of cashew fruit plant. The data used were primary data taken from 120 samples of farmers and 18 cashew fruit traders and secondary data from related offices. To analyze the data, multiple linear regression was employed using Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method with the help of Shazam program and SPSS. Result of the analysis suggested that first, there were six factors that influenced the production of cashew fruit including acreage, population of plants, number of labor, urea fertilizer, participation of farmers, and intensity of extension; second, price allocative of cashew fruit farming was inefficient; third, profit of cashew fruit farming was influenced very much by price of urea fertilizer, price of KCl fertilizer and pice of herbicide; fourth, the factors that influenced marketing margin was the price at producer level and production volume; fifth, short marketing-channels had not been able to be efficient merketing channels