The Relationship between Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases of Fish Farm Household Members and Production Efficiency: The Case of Ghana

Martinson Ankrah Twumasi, Dennis Asante, Jesse Nuamah Brako, Zhao Ding () and Yuansheng Jiang ()
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Martinson Ankrah Twumasi: College of Economics, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Dennis Asante: College of Medicine & Public Health, Rural and Remote Health, Flinders University, Renmark, SA 5341, Australia
Jesse Nuamah Brako: Akim Oda Government Hospital, Akim Oda City P.O. Box 16, Eastern Region, Ghana
Zhao Ding: College of Economics, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Yuansheng Jiang: College of Economics, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 5, 1-13

Abstract: Prior studies explored the production and technical efficiency of fish farms and farmers from the perspectives of factors such as credit access and cooperative membership. We focused on the chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) of household members and their quantitative impacts on fish farm production efficiency, based on data of earthen pond fish farms from two regions (Bono East and Ashanti) in Ghana. A data envelopment analysis (DEA) and the IV Tobit technique were employed for the study’s analysis. From the study’s observations, we draw the following conclusions. We found that the NCDs of household members indeed reduce farm production efficiency, and the heterogeneous impact of the NCDs of female members on farm production efficiency was more prominent than that of male members. Insights from this study suggest that the national government should provide farmers with the necessary medical care through the provision of subsidized health insurance, which can facilitate access to healthcare services. Moreover, NGOs and governments should encourage health literacy, i.e., organizing programs aimed at educating farmers on NCDs and their impact on agriculture.

Keywords: data envelopment analysis; human diseases; aquaculture production efficiency; Ghana (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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