caa a22 4500 605464642 CHVBK 20210128100259.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10499-014-9860-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10499-014-9860-9 Productivity growth, technical change and efficiency change of the Malaysian cage fish farming: an application of Malmquist Productivity Index approach [Elektronische Daten] [Abdullahi Iliyasu, Zainal Mohamed, Mazuki Hashim] The demand for animal protein especially fish is expanding due to the population growth, increased incomes and changes in eating habits and life styles. The capture fisheries in Malaysia which supply over 70% of the fish used for food are over-exploited, and the yield has become stagnant over the last decades and in some cases it has even declined. In addition, the balance of trade for the past decade has been negative signaling a threat to the economic growth. However, aquaculture has the potential to meet these challenges if it is well practiced. This can be done through improving productivity of fish farms. The study aims to compute the total factor productivity (TFP) growth and its components. In addition, it aims to identify the sources of TFP growth in aquaculture. Malmquist Productivity Index using data envelopment analysis and regression model has been employed to analyze the data. The TFP growth was estimated to be greater than one, indicating progress in the productivity. According to the results obtained in this study, technological change is the more important contributor to TFP growth. Nevertheless, efficiency changes also play a vital role in improving aquaculture production. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2014 Cage fish farming nationallicence Malmquist Productivity Index nationallicence Data envelopment analysis (DEA) nationallicence Total factor productivity (TFP) nationallicence Aquaculture nationallicence Iliyasu Abdullahi Department of Agribusiness and Information Systems, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia aut Mohamed Zainal Department of Agribusiness and Information Systems, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia aut Hashim Mazuki Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Malaysia, Putrajaya, Malaysia aut Aquaculture International Springer International Publishing 23/4(2015-08-01), 1013-1024 0967-6120 23:4<1013 2015 23 10499 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10499-014-9860-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10499-014-9860-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Iliyasu Abdullahi Department of Agribusiness and Information Systems, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mohamed Zainal Department of Agribusiness and Information Systems, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hashim Mazuki Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Malaysia, Putrajaya, Malaysia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Aquaculture International Springer International Publishing 23/4(2015-08-01), 1013-1024 0967-6120 23:4<1013 2015 23 10499