Update on Egyptian aquaculture value chain development
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Presented by Malcolm Dickson (WorldFish Center) at the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish Value Chain Development Team Meeting, Nairobi, 5-8 March 2012
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Update on Egyptian aquaculture value chain development
- 1. Update on Egyptian aquaculture value chain development Malcolm Dickson (WorldFish Center) CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish Value Chain Development Team Meeting Nairobi, 5-8 March 2012 With thanks to Stephen Hall and Graeme Macfadyen
- 2. Egyptian Aquaculture 1994 2009 • 57,000 tonnes • 705,000 tonnes • 8.5 kg fish person-1 y-1 • 15.4 kg fish person-1 y-1 • 75% of Africa’s aquaculture • Employs 200,000 people Fish is cheapest Animal Source Food for Egyptian consumers
- 3. The Aquaculture Value Chain, Egypt Inputs : Feed, fry, capital, land, Inputs : Inputs : Transport/vehicles, labour, fertiliser, Transport/vehicles, ice, ice, labour, buildings, power/ power/electricity, water, nets, labour, boxes, electricity, fridges, freezers, pumps, generators, power/electricity, cookers transport/vehicles, ice buildings Fish Farms • Stock in April and harvest Fish traders/ Retail Sector (and in Sep–Dec i.e. 8-9 months wholesalers food service sectors) • Sell 99% of the fish • Keep fish <1 day • Keep fish for <1 day harvested • Sell 99% of fish purchased • Sell 99% of fish purchased • Average annual sales • Average annual sales Sell / • Average sales volumes Sell / volumes and values : 94 volumes and values of 65 deliver and values per year of deliver tonnes and LE 890,000 tonnes and LE 940,000 to 1112 tonnes and LE 11.9 to • All product sold live, or • Domestic sales only fresh (w/wo ice) • Almost all product sold million • 8.3 full-time jobs per 100 live, or fresh (w/wo ice) • All product sold live, or tonnes sold but small quantities fresh (w/wo ice) • Av. size 265 g tilapia, 409 cooked/grilled • 0.9 full-time jobs per 100 g • 4.6 full-time jobs per 100 tonnes sold grey mullet, 216 g thin- tonnes sold lipped mullet and 1481 g catfish
- 4. Aquaculture VCA – Key Findings • Short and simple VC – Producers, Wholesalers, Retailers • No processing or exports – all fish sold fresh or live • Little spoilage • Employment 14 FTEs per 100 tonnes • Evenly divided between youth and older workers • Females mainly in retail • Producers receive 72% final consumer price • Production costs = $US 1300 t-1 • Feed accounts for 67% total costs • Operational costs dominate all VC segments
- 5. IEIDEAS Project Improving Employment and Income through Development of Egypt’s Aquaculture Sector •$6 million over 3 years •$4.3 million from SDC •Based on VCA study •Started December 2011
- 6. Outcomes • Profitability improved (in existing aquaculture areas – Kafr el Sheik, Behera, Sharkia, Fayoum • Employment in retailing increased – esp. women fish traders • Increase aquaculture in El Mineya • Efficient and sustainable VCs established • Nutrition improved
- 7. Initial activities • VC analysis already done • Team building workshop • Inception workshop (low key) • Filling in the VC gaps – seed VC, BMP studies • Establish committees, linkages