Economics of production and marketing of fish in Dang district of Nepal

Authors

  • Sabina Poudel Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Science, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7089-8413
  • Samaya Gairhe Monitoring and Evaluation Division, Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Nepal
  • Anjan Bhatta Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Science, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA
  • Jeevan Lamichhane National Agricultural Technology Information Centre, Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Nepal
  • Krishna Aryal Department of Soil Science and Agri-Engineering, Agriculture and Forestry University, Nepal
  • Susan Subedi Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/janr.v5i1.50515

Keywords:

Benefit cost ratio, fish, marketing, production function

Abstract

A study was carried out to analyze the economics of fish production and marketing in Dang district of Nepal. Structured survey was done with 75 respondents (45 producers, 5 wholesalers, 10 retailers, and 15 consumers) in three different sites of Dang district (viz: Lamahi Municipality, Rapti Rural Municipality and Gadhawa Rural Municipality). The initial investment, cost of production and returns, production function, price spread,and marketing margin, and ranking of production and marketing problems of fish were done by index ranking techniques. Financial analysis showed that the total initial investment per hectare of fishpond was found to be NRs. 9, 68,394 with the annual production cost of NRs. 6, 93,483. The total return was found to be NRs. 932,088 and net profit realized per hectare was NRs. 238,604. Out of total cost, about 73.70% was variable cost and the remaining 26.30% was fixed cost. Of the total variable cost, the cost of feed (58.63%) was significantly higher followed by the cost of fingerlings (12.94%), labor (11.37%), manure and fertilizer cost (8.33%) fuel/ energy (4.46%) and maintenance cost (4.27%) respectively. The benefit cost ratio (B/C ratio) was found to be 1.82 which implies that the fish enterprise was found to be profitable in the study area. The research also revealed that the producer’s share was 78.17% with price spread of 71.57 and marketing efficiency of 90.81%. The value sum of the estimated parameters associated with all the inputs is 0.52 which indicates the decreasing return to scale. Lack of technological know-how and unavailability of inputs on time are the major production problems. Inefficient price information system and competition with the Indian fish are the major marketing problems. Thus, for sustainable production and marketing of fish government should focus primarily on technological dissemination and better pricing policy.

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Published

2022-12-27

How to Cite

Poudel, S., Gairhe, S., Bhatta, A. ., Lamichhane, J. ., Aryal, K., & Subedi, S. . (2022). Economics of production and marketing of fish in Dang district of Nepal. Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources, 5(1), 63–72. https://doi.org/10.3126/janr.v5i1.50515

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