Identifying Socio-economic Factors Affecting the Trout Farming (Case Study; Fars Province)

Subject Areas : Agricultural Economics Research

Saeed Yazdani ¹ (Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Development, University of Tehran)
Hamed Rafiee ² (Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Development, University of Tehran)
Seyedeh Fatemeh Hashemi Dashtaki ³ (M.Sc. Student, Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Development, University of Tehran)

Received: 2021-05-16 Accepted : 2023-03-06 Published : 2023-04-21

Keywords: Fish farming, Socio-economic variables, Tobit regression,

Abstract :

The present study was conducted to identify Socio-economic factors affecting trout farming in Fars province. The results indicate that on average, fish farming was not technically and environmentally efficient. Also, the results of Tobit regression indicate that the education, participation in training classes, aquaculture experience, and income have a positive and significant effect and the farm`s area has a negative and significant effect on technical efficiency. The results also indicate that education, participation in training classes, and income have a positive and significant effect on environmental efficiency. The attitude towards sustainability was significant and had a positive effect on environmental efficiency. since changing the attitude towards sustainability have a significant effect on environmental protection, so it is suggested to teach about environmental effects along with economic issues in training classes to improve the attitude and awareness of sustainability.

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