http://www.fao.org/3/a-i3539e.pdf FAO data analysis tools for assessing and monitoring the contribution of fish and seafood to food and nutrition World Aquaculture Performance Indicators (WAPI) is an endeavour initiated by the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department to develop user-friendly tools for compiling, generating and providing easy access to quantitative information on aquaculture sector performance at the national, regional and global levels. This presentation demonstrates how to use WAPI tools (as well as an associated technical paper) to build a policy brief. © FAO: http://www.fao.org

1. FAO DATA ANALYSIS TOOLS FOR ASSESSING
AND MONITORING THE CONTRIBUTION OF
FISH AND SEAFOOD TO FOOD AND
NUTRITION
DEMONSTRATION
How to use WAPI tools
to build a policy brief

2. WHAT IS WAPI?
The WAPI
Initiative
•FAO initiative on World Aquaculture Performance Indicators (WAPI)
•User-friendly tool that compiles, generates and disseminates quantitative data
•Text, tables, graphs
•To be used for evidence-based decision making, expertise building, and standardized data presentation
Consumption
Module
•Visualize nutrition and consumption data
•Comparisons available across time, countries, regions, and food item groups
Production
Module
•Visualize aquaculture production data
•Comparisons available across time, countries, regions, wild and aquaculture production, and species
Targeted Users
•FAO staff, policymakers and analysts, students, journalists etc.
•Anyone who wants to learn more about fish and seafood production and contribution to food and nutrition

3. HOW TO USE THE WAPI MODULES
Assessing and
monitoring global,
regional and
national trends
Standardize table
and graph use
across
publications
Expertise building Developing
country briefs for
evidence based
policy decisions

4. PUBLICATIONS RELATED TO WAPI
Background documents
1) Report of FAO Expert Workshop on Assessment and Monitoring of Aquaculture Sector Performance, Gaeta,
Italy, 5−7 November 2012. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 1063. Rome. 94 pp.
http://www.fao.org/3/a-i3539e.pdf
2) World Aquaculture Performance Indicators (WAPI): a user-friendly tool. FAO Aquaculture Newsletter 51, June
2013, pp. 34–36. www.fao.org/docrep/018/i2959e/i2959e.pdf
3) The Potential of World Aquaculture Performance Indicators as a Research and Educational Tool. FAO
Aquaculture Newsletter 56, p. 44. www.fao.org/3/a-i7171e.pdf
Technical paper
4) Short-term projection of global fish demand and supply gaps. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper
607. www.fao.org/3/a-i7623e.pdf
Policy briefs
5) Aquaculture growth potential: perspective from short-term projection of fish demand. FAO Aquaculture
Newsletter 57, p. 48. http://www.fao.org/3/a-i7851e.pdf
6) Nigeria: Faster Aquaculture Growth Needed to Bridge Fish Demand-Supply Gap. FAO Aquaculture Newsletter
57, pp. 36-37. http://www.fao.org/3/a-i7851e.pdf
7) Fish as a poor people’s food. FAO Aquaculture Newsletter 58, pp. 49-51.
http://www.fao.org/3/I9200EN/i9200en.pdf

6. USING WAPI TOOLS TO
BUILD A POLICY BRIEF
• Fish and seafood contribution to Nigerian
protein intake
• The supply break down of Nigeria’s most
important fish and seafood products
• Nigeria’s aquaculture growth
• Important aquaculture species in Nigeria
• The current and projected gap between supply
and demand of fish and seafood products

7. WAPI PRODUCTION AND
CONSUMPTION: DEMONSTRATION

8. NIGERIA COUNTRY BRIEF: FINAL PRODUCT

9. WHAT WAPI CAN DO FOR
YOU?
• Contact us to receive the most recent versions of the
WAPI consumption and production modules
• Send us your feedback
• Request training session
• Request a personalized version or a new template that
better suits your unique needs

10. CONTACT US
WAPI@fao.org
Junning.Cai@fao.org