@article{Firdausy:206548,
      recid = {206548},
      author = {Firdausy, Carunia and Tisdell, Clem},
      title = {Economic Returns from Farming Different types of Seaweed  (Eucheuma) and for Farms of Different Sizes in Nusa Penida,  Bali, Indonesia},
      address = {1991-12},
      number = {1743-2016-140795},
      series = {Research Reports in the Economics of Giant Clam  Mariculture},
      pages = {21},
      year = {1991},
      abstract = {Investment in seaweed (Eucheuma) culture by small farmers  in Indonesian coastal areas is now considerable, but there  appears to be no estimates of the economic returns from  this activity. After providing background information on  seaweed farms, cost of establishing a seaweed farm and farm  revenue from seaweed farming, we estimate the economic  returns from seaweed farming using data obtained from Bali.  It is estimated that the economic rate of returns in  investment in seaweed farming in Bali is very high and the  pay-back period for this activity on most farm surveyed was  less than a year. Currently small farmers can depend on  this culture as their main source of household income in  areas ecologically suitable for this culture provided  market-access is not too difficult. This culture would also  seem to be environmentally less damaging than many existing  mariculture activities, e.g. shrimp farming. In addition,  it is relatively labour-intensive and does not require  significant quantities of processed or imported inputs such  as fertilisers, chemicals, fuel and food. Indications are  that seaweed farming is likely to be economically more  attractive than giant clam mariculture in Bali.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/206548},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.206548},
}