Economic Performance Differentials of Coastal vs. Noncoastal Pond Aquaculture Farm in Bangladesh

Economic Performance Differentials of Coastal vs. Noncoastal Pond Aquaculture Farm in Bangladesh | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Economic Performance Differentials of Coastal vs. Noncoastal Pond Aquaculture Farm in Bangladesh Badiuzzaman Badiuzzaman, Md Takibur Rahman, MA Sattar Mandal, and 2 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4832693/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Under Review Version 1 posted 11 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Due to the advantageous tidal movements and water exchange in coastal ponds, pangasius and tilapia farmers in Bangladesh benefit from higher water quality and nutrient levels, leading to higher quality fish at lower feed and water exchange costs. Therefore, the economic performance of coastal farms may be higher than for non-coastal farms. This study investigates the differences in technical efficiency and other economic performance indicators between coastal and non-coastal pond aquaculture farms. Data from 121 coastal and 479 non-coastal farms were analyzed using meta-frontier Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Propensity Score Matching (PSM). Results show coastal farms are more efficient than non-coastal ones due to their advantageous locations. Locating new aquaculture farms to coastal regions could increase average output with the same inputs, follow industry best practices, save costs, and achieve higher returns on investment, reaching break even at lower prices and quantities than non-coastal farms. JEL Code : D24, Q12, Q22,& Q120 Coastal Non-Coastal Efficiency Performance and Pond aquaculture Figures Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Tables 1 to 4 are available in the Supplementary Files section. Supplementary Files Table1Distributionoffarmsacrossregionsandfspecies.docx Table2Descriptivestatisticsofthevariablesperfarm.docx Table3GroupandmetafrontierTEscoresandTGR.docx Table4Performancedifferentialsfarms.docx Declaration.docx Cite Share Download PDF Status: Under Review Version 1 posted Editorial decision: Revision requested 30 Aug, 2024 Reviews received at journal 30 Aug, 2024 Reviews received at journal 27 Aug, 2024 Reviews received at journal 26 Aug, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 15 Aug, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 12 Aug, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 12 Aug, 2024 Reviewers invited by journal 10 Aug, 2024 Editor assigned by journal 10 Aug, 2024 Submission checks completed at journal 31 Jul, 2024 First submitted to journal 31 Jul, 2024 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. 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