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Technical efficiency of tilapia growout pond operations in the Philippines
Type: Journal Article
The determination of efficient production levels for tilapia growout operations, given the existing technology, is necessary to examine alternative options to increase productivity. If farmers are not making efficient use ...
Food safety standards and regulatory measures : implications for selected fish exporting Asian countries
Type: Journal Article
Developing Asian countries continue to record an impressive trade surplus in fish products. However, raising consumer concerns about a range of food safety matters and increasingly stringent regulatory standards related ...
Ex-ante impact assessment for research on natural resources management: methods and application to aquatic resource systems
Type: Journal Article
Under a particular representation of the impact path way of natural resource management (NRM) research, economic surplus techniques can also be used for ex ante impact assessment. The method is applied to the case of the ...
Aquaculture Productivity convergence in India: A Spatial Econometric Perspective
Type: Journal Article
This paper provides an illustration of evaluating productivity convergence using spatial econometric modelling framework for the aquaculture sector in India. Productivity has been measured using Total Factor Productivity ...
Carp production in Asia: past trends, current status and future prospects
Type: Book Chapter
This chapter focuses on the status and future of carp production in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. The analysis is largely based on primary data collected through surveys of 2 025 carp fish ...
Change and diversity in smallholder rice-fish systems: Recent evidence and policy lessons from Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
Efforts to unlock the genetic potential of both rice and fish, when combined with improvements in the management of rice-fish systems, can potentially increase agricultural productivity and food security in some of the ...
The farming practices and economics of aquaculture in Thailand
Type: Journal Article
The paper reviews freshwater and coastal aquaculture practices in Thailand, and compares the productivity, costs, and benefits across various types of cultivation and various intensities of production. The paper is based ...
The Economics of Shrimp farming in Selected Asian Countries
Type: Book Chapter
This paper discusses the status of shrimp farming and evaluates the level of profitability, the relative competitiveness in the production and trade of shrimp, and the technical efficiency of shrimp production in the major ...
The role of species and systems in the development and growth of aquaculture in Asia: needs and prospects
Type: Book Chapter
This paper reviews the current practices in Asian aquaculture and emerging trends in species and systems against a backdrop of changing structure of demand, supply and trade. It examines key issues concerning the role of ...
Problem formulation and options assessment: science-guided deliberation in environmental risk assessment of transgenic fish
Type: Book Chapter
This chapter provides an overview of problem formulation and options assessment (PFOA) for scientists, risk assessment specialists, industry representatives and other interested public stakeholders who may be involved in ...