Performance and nature of genetically improved farmed tilapia: A bioeconomic analysis

Aquaculture Economics and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 83-106

  Dey, Madan Mohan ^a   Eknath, A E ^b   Sifa, Li ^c   Hussain, M G ^d   Thien, Tran Mai ^e   Van Hao, Nguyen ^f   Aypa, S ^g   Pongthana, Nuanmanee ^h  

^a WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^b Center for Medical Ethcs   (Norway)

^c SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BANGLADESH FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Bangladesh)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR AQUACULTURE NO 1   (Viet Nam)

^f Research Institute for Aquaculture No 2   (Viet Nam)

^g Former division chief of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources   (Philippines)

^h Department of Fisheries   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Average vs. efficient farms; GIFT strain of Nile tilapia; On farm trials; Stochastic yield frontier; Tobit estimates

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012434726     PISSN: 13657305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13657300009380262     Document Type: Article

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