PERILAKU PETANI DALAM PENGALOKASIAN SUMBERDAYA UNTUK MENCAPAI PENDAPATAN MAKSIMUM DI KECAMATAN SIGI BIROMARU KABUPATEN DONGGALA (Suatu Analisis Linear Programming)

Abstract

The conversion in the use of rice land to non-agriculture purposes in Sigi Biromaru
District increased each year. One initiative of government to increase production in limited
land is intensification and diversification of agriculture. In spite of, the program application is
not evenly distributed in the field. So that, the farmer activity on allocating resources
optimally has not been achieved that they did not obtaine a maximum income. The research is
aimed: (1) to study a rational of the farmer in a allocating resources, (2) to study a resources
optimal allocation, and (3) to observe the respond from a resources optimal allocation of the
farmer household, if there is economic and technical efficiency changes in the agriculture
enterprises. Based on the data analysis, it can be concluded that: (1) the farmer in rural
village of Pakuli is more rational than farmer in urban village of Jono Oge village, (2)
Although both sampled villages have the same resources optimal allocation, but productivity
of resources was achieved by farmers in Pakuli higher than farmers in Jono Oge village, (3)
maximum income was achieved, if simultaneous changes is made in technical efficiency ,
credit ceiling and form products sold (in hulled rice) to encounter input and output price
fluctuation.