update on fish value chain development in egypt

Update on fish value chain development in Egypt

Malcolm Beveridge (WorldFish Center)

CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish

Planning meetingNairobi, 27-29 September 2011

target value chain structure and impact

Egypt – general vision and outcome

General Vision

• With partners, we will work to understand aquaculture value chains in Egypt so that we can identify market-based interventions which, when implemented, help develop efficient, pro-poor and sustainable value chains

Outcome

• Increased supplies of affordable, nutritious food, increased employment and equitable benefits to actors throughout the value chain

Existing and probable project inventory

Currently Funded Projects

Level of effort, areas of focus (roughly approximate to resource allocation but reflecting areas where outputs and outcomes are expected)

Project title

% mapped to CRP3.7

Location, Countries Species Donor End date

mm/yy

Funds remaining at

end 2011 (1000s of $)

Technology development VC Development Targeting, gender & impact

Animal health

Genetics/

Feeds Ecosystem

Sectoral and Policy

VC Assessment

VC Innova

Spatial,

systems & HH

Gender &

equity

M&E and

impactbreeding

tion

National breeding program for genetically improved N. Tilapia 100%

Egypt Tilapia ARDF May-12 14 100%

• total = ~$US 2.5 million; mostly genetics

Impending Projects (strong likelihood of funding)Level of effort, areas of focus (roughly approximate to resource allocation

but reflecting areas where outputs and outcomes are expected)

Project title (Probability)

% mapped

to CRP3.7

Location, Countries Species Donor End date

mm/yy

Total funding (1000s of $)

Technology development VC Development Targeting, gender & impact

Animal health

Genetics/

Feeds Ecosystem

Sectoral and Policy

VC Assessment

VC Innova

Spatial,

systems & HH

Gender &

equity

M&E and

impactbreeding

tion

Development of Egypt’s aquaculture sector - SDC (50%) 100%

Egypt Aquaculture

SDC Apr-15 2373 25% 50% 25%

strategic partnerships

• national

– ARC and GAFRD

– universities

– industry

• regional and global

– CARE

– ARIs

– industry

Egypt – value chain development objectives

• produce more fish for the poor

• create employment for marginalized youth and women

Producers

Hatcheries

Feed

mills

Feed

retailers

TransportIce factories

Collection

auctions•Zawiya

•Damro

•Desouk

•Baltim

•Fewa

Wholesale

traders•Al-Obour

(Cairo)

•Alexandria

•Kafr el Sheikh

•Other

governorates

Retail •Fish shops

•Restaurants

•Local markets

•Supermarkets

•etc

Plastics factory Other services (telephone, food, etc)

Fertiliser

producers

TradersInput Suppliers

Direct and indirect aquaculture employment, Kafr el-Sheikh

source: Finegold et al. (2009)

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• production increases must come largely from increased productivity

how?

• better - more profitable -technologies

– seed, feed and water

• better management

• capacity building

Egypt – increasing employment

• expand production

– profitability

• more productive technologies

• better management

• new product lines; new markets

– better trained (youth; women)

– stronger organizations

– improved value chain governance

– enabling institutional framework

sub-component work plans and activities

sub-component work plans – 2012

Priority Outcomes

1. Capacity in VCA methods built among partners in Egypt

2. Improved understanding of aquaculture VCs, including the roles of women in input, production and output aquaculture VC components, and their structure and efficiency

Priority Outputs

1. VCA completed for various aquaculture VCs in Egypt

2. Baseline data collected

3. Analytical framework for VC development to meet objectives developed

4. Priority interventions identified

5. Genetic improvement program continued


Priority Organizational, Capacity Development and Communication Activities

1. Recruit an additional VC scientist, Egypt

2. Restructure team to match CRP needs

3. Identify and develop collaboration on innovation across 3.7 Centers

4. Conduct an assessment of our capacity and that of partners to support genetic improvement plan in Egyptian VC

Priority Resource Mobilization Activities

1. VCA

2. Technology development (development of genetically improved strains)

3. Cross-project evaluation of VCA process, development of better metrics and guidelines


Priority Outcomes

1. More farms established; farm productivity increased

2. Aquaculture value chain development is occurring in program areas, increasing fish production, creating employment

3. Fish prices stabilized

4. Gross margins for farms using unimproved and improved strains understood

Priority Outputs

1. Value chain interventions trialed and impacts on production, profitability and employment understood

2. Partner hatcheries are producing genetically improved fish

3. First commercial trials with genetically improved Abbassa (Egypt) strain tilapia completed and results effectively disseminated among aquaculture producers

4. Relationships between fish production, prices and consumption understood


Priority Organizational, Capacity Development and Communication Activities

• Continued team building to meet evolving program needs

• Analysis of skills gaps identified and recruitment pursued

Priority Resource Mobilization Activities

• Collaborative efforts with partners to seek funds for expansion of VC analysis work in Egypt and Uganda pursued

implementation plan – 2012

gaps, resource mobilization needs and opportunities

funding gap, needs and opportunities

• funding gap estimated at ~ $US 7 million

– multiplication and distribution of genetically improved seed

– technology development

– capacity building of farmers

• opportunities

– investment to stabilize food security

– changes in governance