ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF ORGANIC MILKFISH AQUACULTURE AT GUIMARAS ISLAND
Rodrigo Paglomutan Jr | Erwin Dumagpi
Discipline: agricultural sciences
Abstract:
This study was conducted to determine the economic analysis of 19 milkfish aquaculture
operators in Guimaras to ascertain profitability, sustainability, and productivity of organic
intensive aquaculture. Majority of the milkfish growers were sole proprietors and uses extensive
production system. Financial performance was measured using Return on Investment (ROI) and
Payback Period (PBP) and inferentially described using Pearson‘s Chi-Square. The organic
intensive milkfish aquaculture production system significantly gained the highest ROI and lowest
in PBP, followed by extensive, semi-intensive and inorganic intensive aquaculture system which
significantly gained the lowest return on investment and significantly highest in payback period.
The intensive milkfish aquaculture system that introduced organic feeds commensurate a
significant higher productivity and profitability compared to other milkfish aquaculture system.
Greater efforts are made with respect to the sourcing of organic raw materials for the feed
industry for sustainability of the growth of the aquaculture sector in the province and Philippines
but its formulations must be further improved for better feed conversion efficiency and to
minimize environmental impacts.
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