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An analysis of productivity growth and factors influencing it in the Iranian rainbow trout aquaculture

Rainbow trout culture is an important contributor to the aquaculture industry in Iran. This study number of the factors including the socio-economic factor was considered for analysing the factors affecting TFP growth in trout aquaculture. The Malmquist index is then employed to measure the TFP grow...

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Main Authors: Hassanpour, Behrooz, Ismail, Mohd Mansor, Mohamed, Zainal Abidin, Kamarulzaman, Nitty Hirawaty
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Language:English
Published: INSInet Publication 2010
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spelling my.upm.eprints.130112015-09-14T08:05:42Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13011/ An analysis of productivity growth and factors influencing it in the Iranian rainbow trout aquaculture Hassanpour, Behrooz Ismail, Mohd Mansor Mohamed, Zainal Abidin Kamarulzaman, Nitty Hirawaty Rainbow trout culture is an important contributor to the aquaculture industry in Iran. This study number of the factors including the socio-economic factor was considered for analysing the factors affecting TFP growth in trout aquaculture. The Malmquist index is then employed to measure the TFP growth. The panel tobit model was used in order to identify the important factors affecting the TFP growth. A pooled-tobit estimator, which is adopted in the study, is used to examine the determinants of TFP growth. The study was conducted to utilize panel data of 207 trout farms in the country over a five-year period from 2003 to 2007. The results of this study revealed that TFP growth of rainbow trout farming has an increasing trend over the period at an average annual rate of 3.7%. Based on the marginal effects analysis derived from the pooled-tobit regression, the factors affecting TFP growth positively were ranked, and these includes suitable water temperature (13-18oC), extension workshop, and fry supply inside farm. On the other hand, the negatively ranked are number of illiterate labours, number of labours with lower than diploma and the number of fry used per area unit. INSInet Publication 2010-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13011/1/An%20analysis%20of%20productivity%20growth%20and%20factors%20influencing%20it%20in%20the%20Iranian%20rainbow%20trout%20aquaculture.pdf Hassanpour, Behrooz and Ismail, Mohd Mansor and Mohamed, Zainal Abidin and Kamarulzaman, Nitty Hirawaty (2010) An analysis of productivity growth and factors influencing it in the Iranian rainbow trout aquaculture. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 4 (10). pp. 5428-5440. ISSN 1991-8178 http://ajbasweb.com/old/ajbas_octoberr_2010.html
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description Rainbow trout culture is an important contributor to the aquaculture industry in Iran. This study number of the factors including the socio-economic factor was considered for analysing the factors affecting TFP growth in trout aquaculture. The Malmquist index is then employed to measure the TFP growth. The panel tobit model was used in order to identify the important factors affecting the TFP growth. A pooled-tobit estimator, which is adopted in the study, is used to examine the determinants of TFP growth. The study was conducted to utilize panel data of 207 trout farms in the country over a five-year period from 2003 to 2007. The results of this study revealed that TFP growth of rainbow trout farming has an increasing trend over the period at an average annual rate of 3.7%. Based on the marginal effects analysis derived from the pooled-tobit regression, the factors affecting TFP growth positively were ranked, and these includes suitable water temperature (13-18oC), extension workshop, and fry supply inside farm. On the other hand, the negatively ranked are number of illiterate labours, number of labours with lower than diploma and the number of fry used per area unit.
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author Hassanpour, Behrooz
Ismail, Mohd Mansor
Mohamed, Zainal Abidin
Kamarulzaman, Nitty Hirawaty
spellingShingle Hassanpour, Behrooz
Ismail, Mohd Mansor
Mohamed, Zainal Abidin
Kamarulzaman, Nitty Hirawaty
An analysis of productivity growth and factors influencing it in the Iranian rainbow trout aquaculture
author_facet Hassanpour, Behrooz
Ismail, Mohd Mansor
Mohamed, Zainal Abidin
Kamarulzaman, Nitty Hirawaty
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title An analysis of productivity growth and factors influencing it in the Iranian rainbow trout aquaculture
title_short An analysis of productivity growth and factors influencing it in the Iranian rainbow trout aquaculture
title_full An analysis of productivity growth and factors influencing it in the Iranian rainbow trout aquaculture
title_fullStr An analysis of productivity growth and factors influencing it in the Iranian rainbow trout aquaculture
title_full_unstemmed An analysis of productivity growth and factors influencing it in the Iranian rainbow trout aquaculture
title_sort analysis of productivity growth and factors influencing it in the iranian rainbow trout aquaculture
publisher INSInet Publication
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