Technical efficiency of tilapia growout pond operations in the Philippines

Aquaculture Economics and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 33-47

  Dey, Madan M ^a   Paraguas, Ferdinand J ^a   Bimbao, Gaspar B ^b   Regaspi, Prescilla B ^c  

^a WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^b Former Research Associate of ICLARM   (Philippines)

^c Bur of Fish and Aquatic Resources   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Philippines; Stochastic production frontier; Technical efficiency; Tilapia pond culture

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; FISH CULTURE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 0034467489     PISSN: 13657305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13657300009380259     Document Type: Article

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