Improving the Fish Value Chain in Malawi PDF Download

Author: Devin M. Bartley
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Category : Aquaculture industry
Languages : en
Pages : 56

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Publisher: WorldFish
ISBN: 9832346819
Category : Fisheries
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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Author: CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems
Publisher: WorldFish
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 39

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Author: Chikowi, Christopher T. M.
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 33

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Despite concerted efforts to develop the fisheries sector in many developing countries, fish demand remains poorly understood due to weak and fragmented domestic markets, particularly in Africa south of the Sahara. An important area that affects the development of the fishery sector is limited understanding of how the choice between different fish products is affected by the socioeconomic characteristics of consumers, marketing factors and fish-specific attributes. Previous studies in Malawi have assessed consumer choice and demand for fish in general, without considering species-specific consumer choices. This paper analyzes consumer choices and demand for two species of tilapia, Lake Malawi Oreochromis (Nyasalapia) spp. (Ny) and Oreochromis shiranus (Os), in unprocessed and processed form, in urban Malawi. We use data collected from a sample of 584 urban households in Malawi’s two major cities, Blantyre and Lilongwe. Multivariate probit and seemingly unrelated regression models are employed to analyze the correlates of consumer choice and demand for tilapia products. Even though most consumers chose farmed tilapia (Os) over the wild tilapia (Ny), our results indicate trade-offs in choice but complementarities in demand for unprocessed and processed tilapia products. We find that the correlates of choice are not the same as correlates of demand for tilapia products. This is explained by heterogenous consumer profiles, market conditions, and tilapia trait descriptors. Developing robust tilapia value chains requires exploiting these complementarities and trade-offs, policy support to boost tilapia production, and reducing its relative caloric price to consumers. These measures will contribute to increased consumer demand. More generally fish breeding programs should also link breeding objectives to consumer choices and demand for fisheries’ products, particularly considering rarely examined fish at-tributes such as its nutritive value and body texture.

Author: Kruijssen, F.
Publisher: WorldFish
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Languages : en
Pages : 47

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The goal of WorldFish’s research on markets and value chains is to increase the benefits to resource-poor people from fisheries and aquaculture value chains by researching (1) key barriers to resource-poor men, women and other marginalized groups gaining greater benefits from participation in value chains, including barriers related to the availability, affordability and quality of nutrient-rich fish for resource-poor consumers; (2) interventions to overcome those barriers; and (3) mechanisms that are most effective for scaling up of value chain interventions. This paper aims to promote and document learning across WorldFish’s value chain research efforts in Asia and Africa. It has three main objectives: (1) to take stock of WorldFish’s past and ongoing research on value chains; (2) to draw out commonalities and differences between these projects; and (3) to provide a synthesis of some learning that can guide future work.

Author: Malawi. Fisheries Department
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Category : Aquaculture
Languages : en
Pages : 18

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Author: Ragasa, Catherine
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 31

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Global growth in aquaculture is underway – a “blue revolution” featuring rapid increases in demand for fish and a corresponding surge in aquaculture production. This paper describes the fast-growing tilapia value chain in Ghana to demonstrate the features of a nascent blue revolution in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and to illustrate its potential for job creation and reducing poverty and food insecurity there. Tilapia production has been growing at 15 percent annually in SSA, but imports are also surging to satisfy the growing appetite for tilapia. This paper illustrates how aquaculture can grow sustainably in SSA within the context of growing demand and global competition. A value chain analysis is conducted using secondary data analysis, desk reviews of experiences and lessons from other countries, interviews with 95 actors in the tilapia value chain in Ghana, and detailed production and profitability data from Ghanaian tilapia farmers. A profitable farmed tilapia industry has been established in Ghana with the potential to expand supply to satisfy local demand and to export to neighboring countries. Productivity in the industry has grown mainly through reducing the mortality rates of fingerlings and improvements in the supply of locally-produced high-quality fish feed. Feed costs remain high. However, there is potential to reduce those costs by improving the productivity of crops that are used in fish feed, particularly maize and soybean. Reducing local feed costs will have positive spillover effects on both other pond-based aquaculture systems and on the livestock feed sector. Moreover, Ghana can expand it fish feed production to be an important source of feed within SSA. The industry can further increase aquaculture productivity through the adoption of faster-growing fish strains and better management practices. Ghana’s aquaculture sector could grow even faster by adopting lessons from other countries, including on infrastructure provision, fiscal incentives for the production of fish feed ingredients, and sustainable fish farming practices, particularly through paying close attention to water and feed quality and addressing food safety concerns within the sector.

Author: Hopestone Chavula
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198890184
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 705

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The Oxford Handbook of the Malawi Economy is an essential reference material with new research contributions and insights across the different areas of economic development to shape the country's future growth and development trajectory. The volume is the first publication that tries to assess the performance of the Malawi economy since independence, by examining how the underpinning political and economic history, and the associated policies and strategies have affected the country's long-term socio-economic development. It captures a broad range of opinions, approaches, and conclusions, which serve to underline both the complexity of the issues and challenges facing Malawi, and the immense difficulties in tackling them. Common themes emerge as many authors agree that the country needs to learn from its past experiences in terms of policy design and implementation, and the need to implement dynamic policies that could spur productive and sustained growth and development by tackling challenges associated with the continuously evolving global economic environment.

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251045411
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 20

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Author: Emma Diane Rice
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Category : Electronic dissertations
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Small-scale fisheries account for 90% of employment in capture fisheries worldwide (FAO, WorldFish & Duke, 2023). In Malawi, small-scale fisheries play a key role in food security and livelihoods by providing nutritious, affordable foods and a variety of employment opportunities via participation in the fish value chain (Cooke et al. 2021). Fish trade plays a key part in the functioning of the fish value chain and is especially important because of the high level of female participation (Manyungwa et al. 2019). Despite the importance of fish trade, fisheries research has primarily focused on harvest activities and has neglected actors in the broader fish value chain including processors, logistics providers, wholesalers, and retailers (Smith & Basurto, 2019). Consequently, fish retailers have been understudied, resulting in knowledge gaps regarding fish retailers' livelihoods. This thesis fills this gap by assessing variation in livelihood outcomes for fish retailers in Malawi.This thesis utilizes a mixed methods approach using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies to understand variation in livelihood outcomes for fish retailers in Malawi. First, econometric modeling is conducted in StataIC using market survey data to explore which variables influence marketing margins and net daily profit for fish retailers. Second, qualitative focus group data are assessed in Nvivo to offer insight into retailer's decision-making and to provide a more nuanced understanding of fish retailer's challenges, specifically considering issues of complex gender dynamics and price volatility. By bringing qualitative focus group data into conversation with econometric analyses, this mixed-methods approach provides a detailed understanding of the drivers of variation in livelihood outcomes for fish retailers in Malawi.