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)
Egypt – producing more fishn
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productivity t ha-1
• 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
sub-component work plans – 2012
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
sub-component work plans – 2013
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
sub-component work plans – 2013
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
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