Does the climate change adaptation affect technical efficiency? Empirical evidence from potato farmers in East Java, Indonesia

Under climate change, maintaining technical efficiency in farming is crucial for smallholder farmers to enhance their yield and productivity; therefore, it is essential to implement climate change adaptation strategies to sustain this technical efficiency. This study investigates the impact of diver...

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Main Authors: Nuhfil Hanani AR, Moh Shadiqur Rahman, Fahriyah Fahriyah, Dodyk Pranowo, Hery Toiba, Rosihan Asmara, Sujarwo Sujarwo, Mohammad Ilyas Shaleh, Mohammad Wahyu Firdaus, Mahfudlotul 'Ula, Dwi Retnoningsih
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Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23322039.2024.2426528
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author Nuhfil Hanani AR
Moh Shadiqur Rahman
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Dodyk Pranowo
Hery Toiba
Rosihan Asmara
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Mohammad Ilyas Shaleh
Mohammad Wahyu Firdaus
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Dwi Retnoningsih
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description Under climate change, maintaining technical efficiency in farming is crucial for smallholder farmers to enhance their yield and productivity; therefore, it is essential to implement climate change adaptation strategies to sustain this technical efficiency. This study investigates the impact of diversifying climate change adaptation strategies on the technical efficiency of 217 potato farmers in East Java, Indonesia. Stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) was employed to measure farming technical efficiency, while a two-stage residual inclusion approach (2SRIA) was used to estimate the impact of climate change adaptation on this efficiency. This research identifies six common adaptation strategies: adjusting planting dates, cultivating drought-tolerant varieties, intercropping, altering input usage, conserving land, and improving irrigation systems. The empirical findings reveal a significant positive correlation between diversifying climate change adaptation strategies and enhanced technical efficiency among potato farmers. This suggests that employing more adaptation strategies will significantly improve farmers’ technical efficiency. Analyzing each adaptation strategy, the research highlights the positive impact of adjusting planting dates, adopting drought-tolerant varieties, implementing land conservation, and improving irrigation systems on technical efficiency. By contrast, intercropping and altering input usage adversely affect technical efficiency. This finding implies the need to promote climate change adaptation based on farmers’ specific characteristics.
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spelling doaj-art-8c940fd014df441ea3bc160518519b1f2025-01-11T05:42:16ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Economics & Finance2332-20392024-12-0112110.1080/23322039.2024.2426528Does the climate change adaptation affect technical efficiency? Empirical evidence from potato farmers in East Java, IndonesiaNuhfil Hanani AR0Moh Shadiqur Rahman1Fahriyah Fahriyah2Dodyk Pranowo3Hery Toiba4Rosihan Asmara5Sujarwo Sujarwo6Mohammad Ilyas Shaleh7Mohammad Wahyu Firdaus8Mahfudlotul 'Ula9Dwi Retnoningsih10Agriculture Socio-Economic Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University, Malang, IndonesiaAgriculture Socio-Economic Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University, Malang, IndonesiaAgriculture Socio-Economic Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University, Malang, IndonesiaDepartment of Agroindustrial Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, IndonesiaAgriculture Socio-Economic Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University, Malang, IndonesiaAgriculture Socio-Economic Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University, Malang, IndonesiaAgriculture Socio-Economic Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University, Malang, IndonesiaAgriculture Socio-Economic Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University, Malang, IndonesiaAgriculture Socio-Economic Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University, Malang, IndonesiaAgriculture Socio-Economic Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University, Malang, IndonesiaDepartment of Tropical Agriculture and International Cooperation, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, TaiwanUnder climate change, maintaining technical efficiency in farming is crucial for smallholder farmers to enhance their yield and productivity; therefore, it is essential to implement climate change adaptation strategies to sustain this technical efficiency. This study investigates the impact of diversifying climate change adaptation strategies on the technical efficiency of 217 potato farmers in East Java, Indonesia. Stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) was employed to measure farming technical efficiency, while a two-stage residual inclusion approach (2SRIA) was used to estimate the impact of climate change adaptation on this efficiency. This research identifies six common adaptation strategies: adjusting planting dates, cultivating drought-tolerant varieties, intercropping, altering input usage, conserving land, and improving irrigation systems. The empirical findings reveal a significant positive correlation between diversifying climate change adaptation strategies and enhanced technical efficiency among potato farmers. This suggests that employing more adaptation strategies will significantly improve farmers’ technical efficiency. Analyzing each adaptation strategy, the research highlights the positive impact of adjusting planting dates, adopting drought-tolerant varieties, implementing land conservation, and improving irrigation systems on technical efficiency. By contrast, intercropping and altering input usage adversely affect technical efficiency. This finding implies the need to promote climate change adaptation based on farmers’ specific characteristics.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23322039.2024.2426528Climate change adaptationpotato farmingtechnical efficiencytwo-stage residual inclusion approachadaptation strategiesEconomics and Development
spellingShingle Nuhfil Hanani AR
Moh Shadiqur Rahman
Fahriyah Fahriyah
Dodyk Pranowo
Hery Toiba
Rosihan Asmara
Sujarwo Sujarwo
Mohammad Ilyas Shaleh
Mohammad Wahyu Firdaus
Mahfudlotul 'Ula
Dwi Retnoningsih
Does the climate change adaptation affect technical efficiency? Empirical evidence from potato farmers in East Java, Indonesia
Cogent Economics & Finance
Climate change adaptation
potato farming
technical efficiency
two-stage residual inclusion approach
adaptation strategies
Economics and Development
title Does the climate change adaptation affect technical efficiency? Empirical evidence from potato farmers in East Java, Indonesia
title_full Does the climate change adaptation affect technical efficiency? Empirical evidence from potato farmers in East Java, Indonesia
title_fullStr Does the climate change adaptation affect technical efficiency? Empirical evidence from potato farmers in East Java, Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Does the climate change adaptation affect technical efficiency? Empirical evidence from potato farmers in East Java, Indonesia
title_short Does the climate change adaptation affect technical efficiency? Empirical evidence from potato farmers in East Java, Indonesia
title_sort does the climate change adaptation affect technical efficiency empirical evidence from potato farmers in east java indonesia
topic Climate change adaptation
potato farming
technical efficiency
two-stage residual inclusion approach
adaptation strategies
Economics and Development
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23322039.2024.2426528
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