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