The Improvement Production and Efficiency of Upland Rice in Boyolali District Central Java, Indonesia

This study aims to determine the economic efficiency of the upland rice farming system in Boyolali Regency. The proportional sampling method was used to select 30 farmers that planted upland rice using the Jajar Legowo (Legowo Row Planting System, LRPS), and another 30 that use the Conventional Planting System (CPS) only. Data collection was approached using the proportional sampling method and then computed following the descriptive statistics and stochastic production frontier analysis. The results showed that LRPS and CPS farmers achieved an average economic efficiency of 97%, and 71%, respectively. This showed that the use of LRPS is associated with technical and allocative efficiency, while CPS is technically inefficient. Therefore, to increase the general economic efficiency of farmers, it is necessary to change the planting system from CPS to LRPS.