Path Analysis Model of Factors Affecting Production Performance and Productivity of Intensive System White Shrimp in Indonesia

¹ Doctoral Program of Aquaculture Department, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Bogor Agriculture University, 16680, Indonesia
² Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Bogor Agriculture University, 16680, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: iisd@apps.ipb.ac.id

Abstract

The intensive system is expected to increase production and productivity in white shrimp cultivation. However, several latent variables such as social, economic and technical aspects have little known influence on shrimp production performance and productivity. This research aimed to evaluate the path analysis model factors that influence production performance and productivity in intensive white shrimp cultivation systems using structural equation models. The method used was a survey of 50 shrimp pond industry managers in Indonesia as respondents who were selected by purposive sampling to be interviewed in depth. The path analysis model uses SEM-PLS 3.0 software with two testing stages. The first stage is a model measurement test and the second stage is a model structure test. The results show that economic aspects and technical aspects have a positive and significant direct effect on changes in production performance and productivity in intensive system white shrimp cultivation, while social aspects have a significant indirect effect with technical aspects as a mediating variable. This study provides a new contribution to the influence of technical mediation aspects that influence social aspects on production performance and productivity in intensive system white shrimp cultivation in Indonesia.