Concern for product quality and safety among small-scale dried fish producers in coastal regions: implications for improved efficiency and product loss and waste reduction

Dried fish is an essential sector with high micronutrient content and livelihood support to the coastal communities, but with limited evidence of productivity analysis in the sector globally. The present study analyses input use efficiency using three non-parametric measures- radial, non-radial, and...

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Autores principales: Bayan, Baban, Shenoy, Neetha, Aditya Parmar, Aditya, Ratha, Baishnaba, Panemangalore, Arun, Rossignoli, Cristiano
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Publicado: Springer nature link 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177759
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author Bayan, Baban
Shenoy, Neetha
Aditya Parmar, Aditya
Ratha, Baishnaba
Panemangalore, Arun
Rossignoli, Cristiano
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Bayan, Baban
Panemangalore, Arun
Ratha, Baishnaba
Rossignoli, Cristiano
Shenoy, Neetha
author_facet Bayan, Baban
Shenoy, Neetha
Aditya Parmar, Aditya
Ratha, Baishnaba
Panemangalore, Arun
Rossignoli, Cristiano
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description Dried fish is an essential sector with high micronutrient content and livelihood support to the coastal communities, but with limited evidence of productivity analysis in the sector globally. The present study analyses input use efficiency using three non-parametric measures- radial, non-radial, and two-stage double bootstrap data envelopment analysis (DEA). It also examines the effect of producers’ concern for product quality and safety (CPQS) index on efficiency. The study uses cross-sectional data of 266 small-scale dried fish producers in the coastal belts of Odisha. The analysis highlights that dried fish producers produce 43–55% below the production frontier, indicating higher input spending relative to the realized value of finished products. The CPQS index is positively and significantly associated with efficiency score, implying that Producers’ concerns for quality and safety are essential for input-use efficiency. Education and prior training exposure correlate significantly with technical efficiency, suggesting that educated and trained producers use inputs more judiciously and avoid loss and waste. Storage ability and direct selling of produce to consumers, as additional indicators of quality products, also correlate with technical efficiency, pointing out that inefficient producers often ignore quality and hygiene. The results underscore the need for interventions. Training and awareness programs about resource use and maintaining quality and hygiene can help producers increase net income, reduce production costs, and ensure a sustainable source of micronutrient-rich food.
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spelling CGSpace1777592026-01-07T08:24:13Z Concern for product quality and safety among small-scale dried fish producers in coastal regions: implications for improved efficiency and product loss and waste reduction Bayan, Baban Shenoy, Neetha Aditya Parmar, Aditya Ratha, Baishnaba Panemangalore, Arun Rossignoli, Cristiano fish odisha dry fish input use efficiency coastal region concern for product quality bootstrap dea Dried fish is an essential sector with high micronutrient content and livelihood support to the coastal communities, but with limited evidence of productivity analysis in the sector globally. The present study analyses input use efficiency using three non-parametric measures- radial, non-radial, and two-stage double bootstrap data envelopment analysis (DEA). It also examines the effect of producers’ concern for product quality and safety (CPQS) index on efficiency. The study uses cross-sectional data of 266 small-scale dried fish producers in the coastal belts of Odisha. The analysis highlights that dried fish producers produce 43–55% below the production frontier, indicating higher input spending relative to the realized value of finished products. The CPQS index is positively and significantly associated with efficiency score, implying that Producers’ concerns for quality and safety are essential for input-use efficiency. Education and prior training exposure correlate significantly with technical efficiency, suggesting that educated and trained producers use inputs more judiciously and avoid loss and waste. Storage ability and direct selling of produce to consumers, as additional indicators of quality products, also correlate with technical efficiency, pointing out that inefficient producers often ignore quality and hygiene. The results underscore the need for interventions. Training and awareness programs about resource use and maintaining quality and hygiene can help producers increase net income, reduce production costs, and ensure a sustainable source of micronutrient-rich food. 2025-11-11T03:47:21Z 2025-11-11T03:47:21Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177759 en Limited Access Springer nature link Baban Bayan, Neetha Shenoy, Aditya Aditya Parmar, Baishnaba Ratha, Arun Panemangalore, Cristiano Rossignoli. (10/10/2025). Concern for product quality and safety among small-scale dried fish producers in coastal regions: implications for improved efficiency and product loss and waste reduction. SN Business and Economics, 5.
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odisha
dry fish
input use efficiency
coastal region
concern for product quality
bootstrap dea
Bayan, Baban
Shenoy, Neetha
Aditya Parmar, Aditya
Ratha, Baishnaba
Panemangalore, Arun
Rossignoli, Cristiano
Concern for product quality and safety among small-scale dried fish producers in coastal regions: implications for improved efficiency and product loss and waste reduction
title Concern for product quality and safety among small-scale dried fish producers in coastal regions: implications for improved efficiency and product loss and waste reduction
title_full Concern for product quality and safety among small-scale dried fish producers in coastal regions: implications for improved efficiency and product loss and waste reduction
title_fullStr Concern for product quality and safety among small-scale dried fish producers in coastal regions: implications for improved efficiency and product loss and waste reduction
title_full_unstemmed Concern for product quality and safety among small-scale dried fish producers in coastal regions: implications for improved efficiency and product loss and waste reduction
title_short Concern for product quality and safety among small-scale dried fish producers in coastal regions: implications for improved efficiency and product loss and waste reduction
title_sort concern for product quality and safety among small scale dried fish producers in coastal regions implications for improved efficiency and product loss and waste reduction
topic fish
odisha
dry fish
input use efficiency
coastal region
concern for product quality
bootstrap dea
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177759
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