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An intra-farm study of production factors and productivity for shrimp farms in Bangladesh: an index approach
dc.creator | Gordon, D.V. | |
dc.creator | Bjørndal, T. | |
dc.creator | Dey, M.M. | |
dc.creator | Talukder, R.K. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-19T09:24:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-10-19T09:24:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
dc.identifier | http://www.jstor.org/stable/42629672 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Marine Resource Economics 23:411-424 [open access] | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0738-1360 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/1380 | |
dc.description.abstract | The production characteristics of shrimp farming in Bangladesh are reported based on a panel of farms for the period 1998 to 2002. The data allow for a profit decomposition based on the Törnqvist index, where differences in relative profits can be explained by differences in productivity, prices, and pond size. The indices indicate that pond size is the most important factor in determining profitability and that the largest farms are the most profitable. However, productivity measured as profit per hectare is only weakly positively correlated with pond size. In fact, the smallest ponds rely more on productivity in generating profit relative to the most profitable farm. These results indicate that small farms are disadvantaged not because they lack the skills to manage, but because the farms are too small. The challenge for Bangladeshi policy makers is to devise methods and procedures to allow small farmers to expand pond size. | |
dc.format | application/pdf | |
dc.language | En | |
dc.publisher | The MRE Foundation | |
dc.rights | CC BY 4.0 | |
dc.source | Marine Resource Economics | |
dc.title | An intra-farm study of production factors and productivity for shrimp farms in Bangladesh: an index approach | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Gordon, D.V. et al. (2009). An intra-farm study of production factors and productivity for shrimp farms in Bangladesh: an index approach. Marine Resource Economics 23:411-424 | |
dc.description.version | Peer Review | |
cg.coverage.country | Bangladesh | |
cg.coverage.region | Southern Asia | |
cg.identifier.worldfish | 1836 | |
cg.subject.agrovoc | agriculture | |
cg.subject.agrovoc | Crustacea | |
cg.subject.agrovoc | farmers | |
cg.subject.agrovoc | prawns and shrimps | |
cg.subject.worldfish | policy | |
cg.subject.worldfish | Crustaceans | |
cg.subject.worldfish | shrimp | |
cg.contributor.affiliation | University of Calgary | |
cg.contributor.affiliation | University of Portsmouth | |
cg.contributor.affiliation | University of Arkansas | |
cg.contributor.affiliation | Bangladesh Agriculture University Mymensingh | |
cg.identifier.status | Limited access | |
cg.identifier.ISIindexed | ISI indexed | |
cg.contribution.worldfishauthor | Dey, M.M. | |
cg.description.theme | Miscellaneous | |
cg.identifier.url | http://www.jstor.org/stable/42629672 |
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