Socioeconomics and production efficiency of tilapia hatchery operations in the Philippines

Bimbao, Gaspar B.; Paraguas, Ferdinand J.; Dey, Madan M.; Ambekar, Jalindar D.

doi:10.1080/13657300009380260

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“…(Fare et al 1985;Kirkly et al 1995Kirkly et al , 1998Jaforullah and Devlin 1996;Coelli et al 1998;Dey 2000;Dey et al 2005). Several recent studies have applied stochastic frontier technique for determining efficiency in aquaculture in the developing Asian countries Leung 1996, 1997;Jayaraman 1998;Sharma andLeung 1998, 2000a, b;Iinuma et al 1999;Sharma 1999;Sharma et al 1999;Bimbao et al 2000;Dey et al 2005;Irz and McKenzie 2003;Chiang et al 2004;Singh et al 2009) and African countries (Ekunwe and Emokaro 2009;Kareem et al 2008).…”

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Technical efficiency in tilapia farming of Bangladesh: a stochastic frontier production approach

2011

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Genetically improved farmed tilapia is increasingly getting popular in Bangladesh. It has high production potential. Its dominant production technology ranges from extensive to improved extensive particularly in the rural areas. This study estimates levels and determinants of farm-level technical efficiency of tilapia farmers of Bangladesh using stochastic frontier production function involving a model for technical inefficiency effects. Data from fifty tilapia farmers of Jessore district are used in the analysis. The mean technical efficiency level of the tilapia farmers is 78%, and thus, the farmers operate 22% below the frontier production. Inefficiency effect is significant, and age, education, income, culture length, pond age, pond depth, water colour and pond tenure, as a group, are significant determinants of technical inefficiency. By operating at full technical efficiency levels, tilapia yield can be improved from the current level of 7.36-8.96 tons per hectare. The decision to add or not to add inputs is sometimes taken arbitrarily and not based on technology requirement. There is a lack of understanding of the technology practices. Fisheries extension efforts are required for proper understanding of the technology practices, further adoption and spread. For promotion of tilapia production, quality feed and seed at affordable price needs to be ensured.

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Technical efficiency in tilapia farming of Bangladesh: a stochastic frontier production approach

2011

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“…Despite the restrictive nature of C-D, which has led to it being criticized by several practitioners, it has been used in several studies of aquaculture production function specifications (e.g., Gunaratne & Leung, 1996;Gunaratne & Leung, 1997;Sharma & Leung, 1998;Iinuma et al, 1999;Sharma, 1999;Bimbao et al, 2000;Dey et al, 2000;Sharma & Leung, 2000a, 2000bIrz & McKenzie, 2003) and captures the production behavior of freshwater aquaculture production. In Dey et al (2000) and Bimbao et al (2000), the appropriateness of C-D was tested against an alternative, modified transcendental logarithmic (translog) function. Both studies concluded that C-D captures the production behavior of the data.…”

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“…Since Farrell's (1957) seminal article on efficiency measurement, and the subsequent development of several approaches to efficiency and productivity measurement, frontier techniques have been widely used to determine farm level efficiency in developing countries' agriculture. 3 Although, in recent years, several frontier studies have been conducted in the aquaculture sector in Asia 4 (Gunaratne & Leung, 1996;Gunaratne & Leung, 1997;Jayaraman, 1998;Sharma & Leung, 1998;Iinuma et al, 1999;Sharma, 1999;Sharma et al, 1999;Bimbao et al, 2000;Dey et al, 2000;Sharma & Leung, 2000a, 2000bIrz & McKenzie, 2003), they are still relatively scarce compared with such studies done for agriculture and other industries.…”

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“…(Jaforullah & Devlin, 1996;Coelli et al, 1998;Kirkley et al, 1998). Most of the applications of frontier analysis in Asian aquaculture (Gunaratne & Leung, 1996;Gunaratne & Leung, 1997;Sharma & Leung, 1998;Iinuma et al, 1999;Sharma, 1999;Bimbao et al, 2000;Dey et al, 2000;Sharma & Leung, 2000a, 2000bIrz & McKenzie, 2003) used the stochastic frontier production approach. Only Sharma et al (1999) used the DEA approach to estimate technical, allocative, and economic efficiencies in Chinese polyculture fish farms.…”

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Technical Efficiency of Freshwater Pond Polyculture Production in Selected Asian Countries: Estimation and Implication

Dey

Paraguas

Srichantuk

et al. 2005

Aquaculture Economics & Management

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& The research documented in this article estimates the levels and determinants of farm-level technical efficiencies (TE) in freshwater pond polyculture systems in China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam. The levels of country-specific TE were estimated for different production intensity levels by estimating stochastic production frontier functions involving the model for technical inefficiency effects. The results were compared with estimates from past studies of aquaculture TE. It was found that yield, input levels, and TE increases in line with intensity levels. TE estimates ranged from 42% among extensive farms in Vietnam to 93% among intensive farms in China. For low intensity farms, increased technical efficiency, and the resulting increased productivity, could be achieved by increasing human capital (through effective and efficient training and extension), provision of basic infrastructure (such as roads), easier access to seed supplies, and security of tenure or a well-defined system of land use rights. Increasing technical efficiency and productivity among intensive farms will result more from the continuous development of new technology and cross-country technology transfer. However, the realization of these potential increases in TE depends on governments in these countries continuing to provide adequate support for freshwater aquaculture development.

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“…[7,9,[22][23][28][29][30]. Several recent studies have applied stochastic frontier technique for determining efficiency in aquaculture in the developing Asian countries [21,[23][24][25][31][32][33][34][35] and African countries [4,[36][37][38][39][40].…”

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Technical Efficiency of Tilapia Production in Malawi And China: Application of Stochastic Frontier Production Approach

Phiri¹,

Yuan²

2018

J Aquac Res Development

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Socioeconomics and production efficiency of tilapia hatchery operations in the Philippines

Cited by 22 publications

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Technical efficiency in tilapia farming of Bangladesh: a stochastic frontier production approach

Technical efficiency in tilapia farming of Bangladesh: a stochastic frontier production approach

Technical Efficiency of Freshwater Pond Polyculture Production in Selected Asian Countries: Estimation and Implication

Technical Efficiency of Tilapia Production in Malawi And China: Application of Stochastic Frontier Production Approach

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