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Farmer training to simultaneously increase productivity of soybean and rice in Indonesia

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EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1108/IJPPM-10-2018-0367

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Farmer field school; Farmers' knowledge and skills; Java - Indonesia; Joint production; Rice and soybean; Curve of product transformation

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effect of enhanced knowledge and technology innovations, which were resulted from training, on the simultaneous production of rice and soybean in Java, Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach A model of product possibility frontier with two outputs produced using the same resources was employed. Based on the model, supply responses of soybean and rice were derived. Aggregate data consisting of 12 regions during the ten years of 2000-2009 were compiled from relevant agricultural institutions at the provincial level. Findings Improvement in farmers' capacity has been able to increase production of soybean and rice simultaneously. Farmers' capacity increased after completion of the school. Knowledge and skill gained from the school have been applied to both rice and soybean farming. Other economic factors also affected the supply response of both commodities. Originality/value An analysis of joint production using a concept of product transformation curve can measure the impact of training on multi products.

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