Presented by Malcolm Beveridge at the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish Planning meeting, Nairobi, 27-29 September 2011

1. Update on fish value chain
development in Egypt
Malcolm Beveridge (WorldFish Center)
CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish
Planning meeting
Nairobi, 27-29 September 2011

2. target value chain structure and impact

3. 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

4. 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 Location, Countries Species Donor End Funds Technology development VC Development Targeting, gender &
date remaining at impact
mm/yy end 2011
% mapped to (1000s of $) Animal Geneti Feeds Ecosyst Sectora VC VC Spatial Gende M&E
CRP3.7 health cs/ em l and Assess Innova , r& and
breedi Policy ment tion syste equity impact
ng ms &
HH
National breeding program for Egypt Tilapia ARDF May-12 14 100%
genetically improved N. Tilapia 100%
Level of effort, areas of focus (roughly approximate to resource allocation
Impending Projects (strong likelihood of funding) but reflecting areas where outputs and outcomes are expected)
Project title (Probability) Location, Countries Species Donor End Total Technology development VC Development Targeting, gender &
date funding impact
% mm/yy (1000s Animal Geneti Feeds Ecosyst Sectora VC VC Spatial Gende M&E
mapped of $) health cs/ em l and Assess Innova , r& and
to CRP3.7 breedi Policy ment tion syste equity impact
ng ms &
HH
Development of Egypt’s aquaculture Egypt Aquacultu SDC Apr-15 2373 25% 50% 25%
sector - SDC (50%) 100% re
• total = ~$US 2.5 million; mostly genetics

5. strategic partnerships
• national
– ARC and GAFRD
– universities
– industry
• regional and global
– CARE
– ARIs
– industry

6. Egypt – value chain development objectives
• produce more fish for the poor
• create employment for marginalized youth and women
Direct and indirect aquaculture employment, Kafr el-Sheikh
Feed Feed
mills retailers Wholesale
traders
Collection •Al-Obour
auctions Retail
(Cairo)
•Zawiya •Fish shops
•Alexandria
•Damro •Restaurants
•Kafr el Sheikh •Local markets
Hatcheries •Desouk •Other
•Baltim •Supermarkets
governorates
Producers •Fewa •etc
Fertiliser
producers
Input Suppliers Traders
Ice factories Transport Plastics factory Other services (telephone, food, etc)
source: Finegold et al. (2009)

7. Egypt – producing more fish
• production increases must come
largely from increased productivity
how?
numbers of producers
• better - more profitable -
technologies
– seed, feed and water
• better management
productivity t ha-1
• capacity building

8. 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

9. sub-component work plans and
activities

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. implementation plan – 2012

15. gaps, resource mobilization
needs and opportunities

16. 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