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Vol. 27 No. 2 (2025)

The Linkage Between Livelihood Assets and Technical Efficiency of Cocoa Farmer Households in East Java Province, Indonesia

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3280/ecag2025oa18223
Submitted
luglio 26, 2024
Published
2025-09-24

Abstract

The study aims to investigate the linkage between the livelihood assets of cocoa farming households and the technical efficiency of cocoa farmers in East Java Province. The survey method was used to achieve the research objectives. Analysis data was divided into 3 parts, including the concept of livelihood assets with pentagonal assets used to analyze the level of livelihood assets of cocoa farmer households, stochastic frontier production used to estimate the technical efficiency of cocoa farming, and the linkage between livelihood assets and technical efficiency is analyzed using Pearson correlation. The results show that the livelihood assets of cocoa farmer households in both Banyuwangi and Trenggalek Regencies are included in the moderate category with an average score of 3.17 and 3.33. The technical efficiency of cocoa farming in Banyuwangi is 60.74% while Trenggalek is 80.12%. The linkage between livelihood assets and technical efficiency in Banyuwangi is weak, while Trenggalek is moderate.

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