Efficiency Analysis of Pond Fish Culture System in Negeri Kedah and Pulau Pinang: Data Envelopment Analysis Approach

Authors

  • Rozana Samah School of Economics, Finance and Banking, College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia
  • Roslina Kamaruddin School of Economics, Finance and Banking, College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia
  • Lim Hock Eam School of Economics, Finance and Banking, College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia

Keywords:

aquaculture, data envelopment analysis, pond culture system, technical efficiency.

Abstract

Aquaculture is the solution to the issue of over-exploited for capture fisheries and demand of fish that growing faster. In addition, the available resources keep decreasing and there is a need to fully utilize the resource efficiently in order to achieve sustainable development of aquaculture. Thus, this study estimates the technical efficiency of pond fish culture system in Malaysia. This study employs Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach to analyze the technical efficiency of 121 aquaculture farmer in the states of Kedah and Pulau Pinang and also investigates the determinants affecting the technical efficiency by employing Tobit regression model. The estimated result reveals a mean of technical efficiency was 0.76, which implies that the farmer

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Published

2016-05-11

How to Cite

Samah, R., Kamaruddin, R., & Eam, L. H. (2016). Efficiency Analysis of Pond Fish Culture System in Negeri Kedah and Pulau Pinang: Data Envelopment Analysis Approach. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 27(1), 154–166. Retrieved from https://www.gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/5669

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Vol. 27 No. 1 (2016)

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