Socio-economic factors and profitability of muslim-owned patin fish cage operators: a preliminary analysis
2021
Mohamed Hisham Yahya | Sharifah Aishah Syed Ali | Mohd Daud Awang | Hasri Mustafa | Alazzabi, Waled Y. E.
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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