EFISIENSI PENGGUNAAN LAHAN DAN PUPUK DALAM USAHATANI PADI DI KOTA BAU-BAU PROPINSI SULAWESI TENGGARA

2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Sulhan
Keyword(s):  
Efficiency Index ◽  
Marginal Value

Penelitian ini menggunakan metode survei dengan melibatkan 120 Rumah Tangga Petani (RTP) yang ditentukan secara acak sederhana dari 170 RTP. Data yang dikumpulkan adalah tingkat penggunaan lahan dan pupuk urea pada setiap RTP. Alat analisis yang digunakan adalah Fungsi Produksi Cobb-Douglas dengan tujuan untuk mendapatkan tingkat elastisitas penggunaan lahan dan pupuk urea (bi). Selanjutnya untuk mengetahui tingkat efisiensi penggunaan lahan dan pupuk urea digunakan alat analisis Efficiency Index (EI). EI adalah rasio antara Marginal Value Product (MVP) dan Marginal Factor Cost (MFC). Jika EI = 1, maka tingkat penggunaan lahan dan pupuk urea efisien; jika EI > 0, tingkat penggunan lahan dan pupuk urea belum efisien; dan jika EI < 0, tingkat penggunaan lahan dan pupuk urea tidak efisien. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penggunaan lahan dan pupuk urea dalam usahatani padi di Bau-Bau memiliki EI > 1 yang berarti bahwa tingkat penggunaan kedua faktor produksi tersebut masih kurang karena dari setiap penambahan satu unit faktor produksi tersebut akan memberikan penerimaan yang lebih besar daripada besarnya biaya yang dikeluarkan. Oleh karenanya penggunaan kedua faktor produksi tersebut belum efisien sehingga disarankan untuk ditingkatkan penggunaannya.

Harvest Field Sizing as a Technique to Remove Undersize French Prunes

HortScience ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 452a-452
Author(s):  
Richard Buchner ◽  
Seeley Mudd ◽  
Bruce Carroll ◽  
Mark Gilles
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Content ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Market Value ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Soluble Solids ◽  
Field Size ◽  
Test Machine ◽  
Test Field ◽  
Marginal Value ◽  
High Sugar Content

Overall profitability is a major goal in successful prune production and a major component in any prune management system. Large prune crops in 1996 and 1997 have stimulated considerable interest in undersize fruit. Undersize prunes currently have marginal value and may represent a net loss because of costs to haul, dry, and to market order payments on low value prunes. One technique to control delivery size is to field size at harvest. Field sizing involves installing size-sorting devices on harvesters, which allow small prunes to fall out while valuable fruit is collected. Field sizing is considered a “risky” strategy because of the potential to remove prunes with economic value. During the 1997 harvest, 21 infield harvest sizing evaluations were made in prune orchards throughout Tehama county. The first evaluation occurred on 12 Aug. 1997, at the start of prune harvest. The final evaluation was done on 5 Sept. 1997, at the tail end of harvest. The objective was to sample throughout the harvest period to test field sizing under various sugar, size, and fruit pressure scenarios. The test machine was 1-inch bar sizer. Of the 21 sample dates, undersize fruit was clearly not marketable in 20 of the 21 samples. Discarded fruit averaged 133 dry count per pound. Only one sample out of 21 may have had market value at 86 dry count per pound. Although small in size, these prunes had very high sugar content contributing to their dry weight. In this evaluation, a 1-inch bar sizer did a good job of separating fruit with and without market value under the 1997 price schedule. As harvest date becomes later and soluble solids increase, the chances of sorting out marketable prunes also increases.

An Analysis of Actual Energy Savings in an Indian Cement Industry Through an Energy Efficiency Index

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 829-840 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Saidur ◽  
M. T. Sambandam ◽  
M. Hasanuzzaman ◽  
D. Devaraj ◽  
S. Rajakarunakaran
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Efficiency Index ◽  
Cement Industry

An Efficient Sixth-Order Convergent Newton-Type Iterative Method for Nonlinear Equations

2012 ◽  
Vol 220-223 ◽  
pp. 2585-2588
Author(s):  
Zhong Yong Hu ◽  
Fang Liang ◽  
Lian Zhong Li ◽  
Rui Chen
Keyword(s):  
Iterative Method ◽  
Nonlinear Equations ◽  
Newton’S Method ◽  
Newton's Method ◽  
Efficiency Index ◽  
Sixth Order ◽  
Type Method ◽  
Second Derivatives ◽  
Better Than

In this paper, we present a modified sixth order convergent Newton-type method for solving nonlinear equations. It is free from second derivatives, and requires three evaluations of the functions and two evaluations of derivatives per iteration. Hence the efficiency index of the presented method is 1.43097 which is better than that of classical Newton’s method 1.41421. Several results are given to illustrate the advantage and efficiency the algorithm.

A Relationship Between the Factor Indivisibility and the Output Elasticity of the Indivisible Factor

2021 ◽  
pp. 232102222098516
Author(s):  
Dipankar Das
Keyword(s):  
Production Function ◽  
Limit Point ◽  
Mathematical Proof ◽  
Wage Equation ◽  
Marginal Value ◽  
Output Elasticity ◽  
New Type ◽  
First Time ◽  
Jel Classifications

The paper puts forth a notion and derives a special type of production function where labour is an indivisible factor and is in the integer space. Thus, Newtonian calculus is not an appropriate method of deriving the marginal value because limit point does not exist. This shows that indivisibility determines the output elasticity. In the first part, the paper propounds a notion regarding how indivisibility determines curvature of the production function. In the second part, the paper incorporates the findings within a production function and derives a new type accordingly. Moreover, it formally derives the standard wage equation considering all the entitlements of labour, namely (a) normal wages, (b) interest and (c) rent of ability. So far, no such mathematical proof is there to support this wage composition. This paper, for the first time, derives this wage equation considering indivisibility of labour. JEL Classifications: J23, J24, J31, D24, C61, E24, L8

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