Measuring technical, allocative and cost efficiency of pangas (Pangasius hypophthalmus: Sauvage 1878) fish farmers of Bangladesh

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1487-1500

  Alam, Ferdous ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Pangas; Tobit regression

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION; FISH CULTURE; FISHERY PRODUCTION; POND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TELEOST;

BANGLADESH;

PANGASIUS HYPOPHTHALMUS;

EID: 80052838010     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2010.02741.x     Document Type: Article

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