Quantifying pond and labor productivity of small-holder aquaculture farmers in the central dry-zone of Myanmar

Chertkov, Georgi

Quantifying pond and labor productivity of small-holder aquaculture farmers in the central dry-zone of Myanmar

dc.contributor.author	Chertkov, Georgi	de
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-08T08:59:28Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-08T08:59:28Z
dc.date.created	2020-08-12
dc.date.issued	2019
dc.description.abstract	To date, aquaculture in developing countries is still largely based on unimproved fish species. As a result, indigenous fish species often show poor growth rate, high fish mortality, and may have high labor production costs. By introducing Genetic Improvement of Farmed Tilapia (GIFT) in Myanmar, WorldFish aims to increase pond and labor productivity such that smallholder farmers earn more from aquaculture from their scarce land, capital and labor resources. The case study presented below purposely selected fish farmers for a micro-economic and partially technical study on labor and pond productivity in aquaculture. Quantitative and qualitative research methods were used to obtain very detailed data allowing me to estimate pond and labor productivity under existing smallholder farmers conditions in Myanmar. The research region was the Central Dry Zone of Myanmar, an area close to those hatcheries which have been identified by World Fish and national research partners. The case study assesses the current productivity and income from pond aquaculture derived by smallholders and provides crucial baseline information for the planned study during 2020/21 to assess the food security, productivity, and income effects of introducing improved tilapia to these smallholder farmers. Information collected during the study regarding problems faced by smallholder aquaculture farmers in the Central Dry Zone will be useful to ensure better delivery of future projects and objectives. Investment scenarios included in the case study aim to provide a demonstration of how future changes to the practices of smallholder aquaculture farmers could impact their profitability. A more productive smallholder aquaculture sector in Myanmar could help to reduce the availability and prices for fish which is a major source of protein and micronutrients for the people of Myanmar.	en
dc.identifier.swb	1726818128
dc.identifier.uri	https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/6527
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-17864
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.rights.license	cc_by	en
dc.rights.license	cc_by	de
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/
dc.subject	Aquaculture	en
dc.subject	Econometrics	en
dc.subject	Labor	en
dc.subject	Myanmar	en
dc.subject	Fisheries	en
dc.subject.ddc	630
dc.subject.gnd	Aquakultur	de
dc.subject.gnd	Myanmar	de
dc.subject.gnd	Fischzucht	de
dc.title	Quantifying pond and labor productivity of small-holder aquaculture farmers in the central dry-zone of Myanmar	de
dc.type.dcmi	Text	de
dc.type.dini	MasterThesis	de
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	en
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	de
local.bibliographicCitation.publisherPlace	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.export.bibtex	@mastersthesis{Chertkov2019, url = {https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/6527}, author = {Chertkov, Georgi}, title = {Quantifying pond and labor productivity of small-holder aquaculture farmers in the central dry-zone of Myanmar}, year = {2019}, school = {Universität Hohenheim}, }
local.export.bibtexAuthor	Chertkov, Georgi
local.export.bibtexKey	Chertkov2019
local.export.bibtexType	@mastersthesis
local.faculty.number	2	de
local.institute.number	490	de
local.opus.number	1786
local.university	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.university.faculty	Faculty of Agricultural Sciences	en
local.university.faculty	Fakultät Agrarwissenschaften	de
local.university.institute	Institute for Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences in the Tropics and Subtropics	en
local.university.institute	Institut für Agrar- und Sozialökonomie in den Tropen und Subtropen	de
thesis.degree.level	master

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