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Comparative analysis of technical efficiency for different productionculture systems and species of freshwater aquaculture in PeninsularMalaysia

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This study estimated the bias-corrected technical efficiency (BCTE) of different culture systems andspecies of freshwater aquaculture in Malaysia using bootstrapping data envelopment analysis (DEA). Datawere collected from 307 respondents from three states in Peninsular Malaysia using a well-structuredquestionnaire as well as oral interviews. The findings indicate that all technical efficiency scores for allculture systems and species are below the optimal level (i.e. one). In addition, the results show thatfarmers’ experience, contact with extension workers and household size have a positive and statisticallysignificant impact on technical efficiency. This implies that farmers who have long tenure in fish farmingand also the opportunity to meet with extension workers are operating close to the production frontier(technically efficient). On the other hand, the age of the farmers has a negative and statistically signifi-cant impact on technical efficiency. Although educational level and farm status have a positive impact ontechnical efficiency, they are statistically insignificant. Furthermore, all the inputs used in the productionprocess of different culture systems and species contained slacks and need to be reduced accordingly.Feed, the major input in fish production and constituting over half of the production costs, is equallyover-utilized. Thus, the government, in collaboration with research institutes and universities, shoulddesign a feeding formula for fish depending on species, culture systems and stages of growth. This couldhelp to reduce production costs, increasing the farmers’ income, as well as providing much needed animalprotein to consumers at an affordable rate.

Keywords:Bootstrapping data envelopment analysis(DEA)Technical efficiencyTechnical inefficiencyFreshwater aquacultureMalaysia

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Aquaculture Reports

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: Elsevier., 2016

Deskripsi Fisik

Aquaculture Reports 3 (2016) 51–57

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English

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KIMIA

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