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Singh, Kehar; Dey, Madan Mohan; Rabbani, Abed G.; Sudhakaran, Pratheesh O.; Thapa, Ganesh. |
Freshwater aquaculture is an important and promising sector of the economy of Tripura State. The biophysical potential for growth in freshwater aquaculture in the state is still far from exhaustion and a faster development is required to meet the growth in demand for fish. This paper has assessed the level of technical efficiency and its determinants of small-scale fish production in the West Tripura district of the state of Tripura, India. The study is based on the cross-sectional primary data collected from 101 fish farmers through a multi-stage random sampling method. The paper has employed stochastic production frontier approach, and has followed both one-stage and two-stage procedures to analyze the determinants of TE. The TE ranges between 0.21 and... |
Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy. |
Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57394 |
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