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dc.creatorAlam, M.F.
dc.creatorMurshed-e-Jahan, K.
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-29T09:09:33Z
dc.date.available2018-10-29T09:09:33Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifierhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13657300802332976#.VMOwDdKUcZM
dc.identifier.citationAquaculture Economics and Management 12:188-206
dc.identifier.issn1365-7305
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/1585
dc.description.abstractThis paper evaluates resource allocation efficiency of prawn-carp polyculture systems by making use of the data of 105 farmers of Bangladesh. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) was employed to estimate the efficiency. Mean technical efficiency (TE), allocative efficiency (AE) and cost efficiency (CE) were 85%, 58%, and 49%, respectively. Fifty percent of prawn-carp farmers displayed full TE whereas only 9%were cost efficient. Actual input application largely deviated from the technical and cost-efficient levels. TEs and AEs showed a positive and negative correlation with pond size, respectively. Labor, fingerlings and feed were overused while organic and inorganic fertilizers were underused in general. Adjustments in actual input allocations were necessary to make use consistent with TE and CE levels. The study concludes that mere achievement of technical efficiency in prawn-carp production may be a short-run concern; the farmers have to be economically efficient in the long-run.
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dc.languageEn
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Ltd.
dc.sourceAquaculture Economics and Management
dc.titleResource allocation efficiency of the prawn-carp farmers of Bangladesh
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAlam, M.F.; Mushed-e-Jahan, K. (2008). Resource allocation efficiency of the prawn-carp farmers of Bangladesh. Aquaculture Economics and Management 12:188-206
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.coverage.countryBangladesh
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.identifier.worldfish1804
cg.subject.agrovoccarp
cg.subject.agrovocCrustacea
cg.subject.agrovocfarmers
cg.subject.agrovocfish culture
cg.subject.agrovocpolyculture
cg.subject.agrovocprawns and shrimps
cg.subject.worldfishnatural resource management
cg.subject.worldfishCrustaceans
cg.subject.worldfishfish farming
cg.subject.worldfishprawns
cg.identifier.statusLimited access
cg.identifier.ISIindexedISI indexed
cg.contribution.worldfishauthorMurshed-e-Jahan, K.
cg.description.themeSustainable aquaculture
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/13657300802332976en_US
cg.identifier.urlhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13657300802332976#.VMOwDdKUcZM


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