Technical efficiency analysis of pearl lobster (Panulirus ornatus) farming in East Lombok Regency using a Stochastic Frontier Approach

Pearl lobster is a fishery and marine commodity that has a high export value and the world demand for pearl lobster is still high. This is an opportunity for cultivators to increase pearl lobster production and productivity. The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors that affect the production of pearl lobster farming, analyze the level of technical efficiency and analyze the factors that affect the technical inefficiency of pearl lobster farming in East Lombok Regency. This research was conducted in Jerowaru and Pare Mas Villages, Jerowaru District, East Lombok Regency, which was determined by multi stages and purposive sampling method. This research includes descriptive research with a quantitative analysis approach. Respondents in this study were 45 pearl lobster cultivators who were determined by proportionally random sampling metod. Analysis of the data used in this study using the analysis of the Cobb Douglas production function stochastic frontier analysis (SFA). The results showed that the production of pearl lobster farming in East Lombok Regency was influenced by factors of cage area, feed, labor and pearl lobster seeds. The level of technical efficiency of pearl lobster farming cultivation is efficient, which a value is 87.86 percent. Then the factors that affect the technical inefficiency of pearl lobster farming in East Lombok Regency are age and education level, which have a negative effect.