Irwan  Karim, Agustiati  , Abd.  Hakim, 
    Analysis of Salt Farming Business Effeciency in Palu City,
    The Social Sciences,
    Volume 14,Issue 12,
    2019,
    Pages 406-412,
    ISSN 1818-5800,
    sscience.2019.406.412,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2019.406.412)
    Abstract: The objectives of this study were two fold-firstly to find out the influence of production factors-land
areas, capitals and work time allocation towards the salt production in Palu city and secondly to find out the
efficiency levels of the use of production factors. This study was conducted in Palu city. The research subjects
were 50 farmers out of 160 population selected by using a random sampling technique. The research data were
collected by using questionnaire, interview and observation. Then, they were analyzed with Cobb Douglas
production function, effort efficiency and profit analysis. The results showed that the production factors such
as pond sizes, capitals and work time allocation influenced the salt production, the rule of business scale that
occurred on the salt farming business has increased based on the scale, none of the use of production factors
on the salt farming was efficient and the profits of salt farming in Palu city have still been possible to be
improved.
    Keywords: Efficiency;production factors;salt farming business;Palu city;factors;production