Socio-economic factors and profitability of muslim-owned patin fish cage operators: a preliminary analysis

Mohamed Hisham Yahya, . and Sharifah Aishah Syed Ali, . and Mohd Daud Awang, . and Hasri Mustafa, . and Alazzabi Waled Y. E., . Socio-economic factors and profitability of muslim-owned patin fish cage operators: a preliminary analysis. pp. 212-219. ISSN 2462-1757

This study seeks to investigate the socioeconomic factors that affected the profitability of fish farming among Muslim-owned cage operators that produce patin (catfish) for sale to household consumers. The analysis was based on surveys on 50 fish cage operators from the Pahang river Temerloh. Majority of them were married with the education level of secondary school. Multiple regression analysis shows that age educational level and marital status had positive and non-significant relationships with profitability. Besides that economic factors such as the number of cages capital investment marketing and labour size had positive and significant relationships with profitability. The findings also show that although marketing was significant to profitability the significance level was not higher than the number of cages capital investment and labour size. This paper is significant because it provides evidence to small businesses including farmers and their family that capital investments the number of cages marketing and labour size are crucial for increasing the profitability. The findings are also significant for the fish farmers and government in terms of allocating funds to fish farmers and training labours to increase work opportunities satisfy consumers demand and contribute to the economy.

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Abstract

This study seeks to investigate the socioeconomic factors that affected the profitability of fish farming among Muslim-owned cage operators that produce patin (catfish) for sale to household consumers. The analysis was based on surveys on 50 fish cage operators from the Pahang river Temerloh. Majority of them were married with the education level of secondary school. Multiple regression analysis shows that age educational level and marital status had positive and non-significant relationships with profitability. Besides that economic factors such as the number of cages capital investment marketing and labour size had positive and significant relationships with profitability. The findings also show that although marketing was significant to profitability the significance level was not higher than the number of cages capital investment and labour size. This paper is significant because it provides evidence to small businesses including farmers and their family that capital investments the number of cages marketing and labour size are crucial for increasing the profitability. The findings are also significant for the fish farmers and government in terms of allocating funds to fish farmers and training labours to increase work opportunities satisfy consumers demand and contribute to the economy.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Socioeconomic systems
AGROVOC Term:	Fish cages
AGROVOC Term:	Aquaculture
AGROVOC Term:	Economic analysis
AGROVOC Term:	Surveys
AGROVOC Term:	Data analysis
AGROVOC Term:	Business cycles
AGROVOC Term:	Sustainability
AGROVOC Term:	Consumers
AGROVOC Term:	Farmers
Depositing User:	Mr. AFANDI ABDUL MALEK
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 00:55
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10556

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