Technical inefficiency, cost frontiers and learning-by-doing in Norwegian farming of juvenile salmonids

Sandvold, Hilde Ness

doi:10.1080/13657305.2016.1224659

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“…Kobayashi et al () suggested that the lessons learned from shrimp and salmon industries would be critical for dealing with serious diseases in the emerging aquaculture sectors in Asia and Africa. Evidence from the salmon industry suggests that existing smolt producers were able to generate technical efficiencies through learning by doing (Sandvold , ). However, under conditions of high technology competition and rapid evolution, firms with older vintage capital have less time for learning by doing due to technological leapfrogging by newer firms (Nilsen ).…”

Section: Spread Of New Aquaculture Technologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In aquaculture, nutritionally balanced feed formulations, efficient aeration devices, genetically superior fingerlings, superior production systems, and better disease management have contributed to increases in aquaculture yields (Engle ; Asche ; Kumar et al ; Kumar and Engle ). These innovations increased the supply of aquaculture products and increased the economies of scale and scope, while reducing the cost of production and consumer prices (Asche et al ; Nilsen ; Sandvold , ).…”

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Factors Driving Aquaculture Technology Adoption

Kumar

Engle²,

Tucker

2018

J World Aquaculture Soc

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103

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Technology adoption has played a key role in the global development and increase in agricultural productivity. However, the decision to adopt a new technology on farms is complex. While the factors that drive the adoption of new technologies have been well studied in agriculture, less attention has been paid to drivers of technology adoption in aquaculture. Aquacultural technologies have developed and advanced rapidly in recent decades, but not all technologies have been adopted readily by farmers. This review paper summarizes some of the critical factors that influence aquaculture technology adoption decisions such as: (1) method of information transfer, (2) characteristics of the technology, (3) farm characteristics, (4) economic factors, and (5) sociodemographic and institutional factors. Fish farmers have tended to adopt technologies that are perceived to be more advantageous than others in terms of productivity, cost efficiency, and ease of management. Price of aquaculture products and profit expectations from business ventures were key economic factors influencing adoption decisions. Given the wide array of species, production practices, and global nature of aquaculture, the intensity and the extent of adoption of technologies depend on the nature of the industry in which they are adopted and their economic, social, political, and regulatory environments.

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Section: Spread Of New Aquaculture Technologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Characteristics Of the Technologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors Driving Aquaculture Technology Adoption

Kumar

Engle²,

Tucker

2018

J World Aquaculture Soc

182

103

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“…A variety of other variables, such as farm size appear as significant in some studies (Arita & Leung, 2014) but were not significant in others (Iliyasu et al, 2014). In more recent studies, Sandvold (2016) found that older producers were somewhat more efficient at producing salmon smolts in Norway, and water use was found to affect efficiency of catfish and red tilapia production in tanks in Malaysia (Iliyasu & Mohammad, 2015).…”

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Effects of regulations on technical efficiency of U.S. baitfish and sportfish producers

Senten

Dey

Engle³

2018

Aquaculture Economics & Management

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The stringency of the regulatory environment has been shown to negatively affect the growth of aquaculture. A technical efficiency analysis of baitfish/sportfish production in the United States was performed using a stochastic production frontier model and a jointly estimated maximum-likelihood procedure (Frontier 4.1). Determinants of inefficiency were assessed for their relationship to farm efficiency. Mean technical efficiency for U.S. baitfish and sportfish producers was found to be 77%. Several regulatory variables were found to be significant in explaining the variation in levels of efficiency, including the number of annual renewals of permits and licenses and the amount of manpower required to comply with regulations. Results support the hypothesis that the current regulatory environment in the United States has reduced efficiency and economic competitiveness of baitfish and sportfish producers.

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“…The historical development of the salmon industry into the intensive production system known today is attributed to having gained a high level of control over the production environment (Asche, 2008;Torrissen et al, 2011). Typically, most improvements happen with suppliers, such as targeted feed, improved fingerlings and production technology (Sandvold, 2016;Tveterås & Heshmati, 2002), or downstream in the supply chain in the form of improved logistics or transaction methods (Landazuri-Tveterås et al, 2018;Oglend and Straume, 2020;Straume, 2017). Moreover, market size was increased by reaching new customers through reduced prices, new product development, new distribution channels and sales outlets (Asche & Bjørndal, 2011;Braekkan & Thyholdt, 2014;Braekkan et al, 2018).…”

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Differentiation in the Atlantic salmon industry: A synopsis

Cojocaru

Iversen

Tveterås

2020

Aquaculture Economics & Management

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The value chain for farmed salmon has experienced substantial changes over the past decades as a result of innovation in production technology, logistics, distribution and marketing that have helped facilitate the rapid production growth. The high level of control over the production environment in principle makes it possible for Atlantic salmon to be tailored on a number of product attributes or dimensions in response to requirements from different customer groups. However, when compared to meat production, differentiation in farmed salmon remains limited, pointing to a still immature industry. Based primarily on interviews with Norwegian producers, we offer an overview of the prominent differentiation strategies today and discuss barriers to further differentiation.

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Technical inefficiency, cost frontiers and learning-by-doing in Norwegian farming of juvenile salmonids

Cited by 25 publications

References 20 publications

Factors Driving Aquaculture Technology Adoption

Factors Driving Aquaculture Technology Adoption

Effects of regulations on technical efficiency of U.S. baitfish and sportfish producers

Differentiation in the Atlantic salmon industry: A synopsis

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