workshop: value chains - sustaining ethical aquaculture trade (seat)
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Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT)
Value chain component
Froukje KruijssenScience Week 2011
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Introduction to the project• SEAT = Sustaining Ethical
Aquaculture Trade• Project duration: August 2009 –
July 2013• Countries: Bangladesh, China,
Thailand, Vietnam• Species: tilapia, pangasius
catfish, marine shrimp, freshwater prawn
• Partners: universities (Asia and Europe), international organizations, total 12 partners
Photo: Ingrid Kelling
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Objectives of the project• Interdisciplinary understanding of emergent
Asian aquatic food chains• Develop improved/ transparent measures of
sustainability for target production systems (EAFI).
• Enhance sustainability & ethical ‘values’ of four major aquatic food commodities through action research
• Enhance farmed seafood, scientific, business and policy linkages between Asia and Europe
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Value chain analysis in SEAT• Part of work package on social and economic
dynamics• Value chains of selected species from Bangladesh,
China, Thailand and Vietnam into the EU• Literature: focus until Asian border• Status of fieldwork:
– Bangladesh & Thailand: completed– Vietnam: Jul – Oct 2011– EU: Sept – Nov 2011 & Feb – Mar 2012– China: Oct 2011 – Jan 2012
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Case: Shrimp and prawn value chains from Bangladesh
• Fieldwork conducted by Ingrid Kelling from Oct – Dec 2010
• In south-west of Bangladesh (Khulna Bagerhat, Satkhira) & Dhaka
• Macrobrachium (freshwater prawn) and Penaeus monodon (brackish water shrimp)
Map: WikimapsPhotos: Ingrid Kelling
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Fieldwork methods• Key Informant Interviews,
market observations, focus group discussions
• Purposive Sampling• Key informants
Slide: Ingrid Kelling
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Overview of the Bangladesh Value Chain
Photos: Ingrid Kelling
NGO’s
Financial, business and trade policies Consumer
trends
Alleged corruption
Land registries
International trade standards
Tax, subsidies, tariffs
Fry catchers Hatcheries Nurseries
Grow-out Producers
Intermediaries: i) Faria ii) Chatal iii) Depot
Processors
Wet markets 2.5%
Retail 2.5%
Export markets 95%
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Facilitation of linkages
Product diversification
Market information
Producer coordination
Financial services
Input suppliers: seed, feed, chemicals
Labour law
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Ongoing Analysis
• Role of industry• Role of government• Information flows from the
market to production• Traceability and certification• Information flows• Quality of inputs• Future role of small-scale
suppliers
Slide: Ingrid Kelling
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Added value of the project
• Following value chain into the EU– So far somewhat of a ‘black box’
• More focus on governance issues and institutional framework
• More systematic integration of ‘vertical’ and ‘horizontal’ elements of the value chain
• Interdisciplinary• Action research with SME’s