workshop: value chains - zambia case study
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case study: Zambia aquaculture value chain
malcolm beveridge and jocelyn runnebaum
WORKSHOP
WorldFish Center, Penang18-22 July 2011
purpose
to determine:
• value chain maps
• social and economic services provided to society
• employment
• trends and drivers
• steps 1-2
methodology
• mixed study-type/participatory approach
– production statistics (FAO, DoF)
– field visits
• participatory workshops with producers and NGO extension workers
– key informant interviews, using semi-structured interviews
• seed and feed producers, producers, traders, retailers, exporters
• DoF, NGOs, HEIssource: Peace Corps, Zambia
Women farmers in Peace Corps project, Eastern Province
methodology – advantages/disadvantages
advantages
• cheap and cheerful
• provides foundation for future work
disadvantages
• subjective
– quality of final analysis dependent on who is spoken to and who participates in workshops
fish farm, Katete, Eastern Province
source: ZedCan
outputs
reliance on resources
Subsistence Farmers
Large Enterprises
Small Enterprises
MediumEnterprises
Produce fish mostly for home
consumption; remainder sold
for income; intermittent
manuring and feeding; no fixed
harvest cycle
Produce fish for sale; either have a pond dedicated to home consum-ption or consume what’s left after
sale; produce own fingerlings;
sell excess fingerlings
manure and feed regularly; more
consistentharvest cycle
Produce fish for sale; little to
none used for home
consumption; purchase
fingerlings and feed;,
manure and feed regularly planned
harvest cycle
Produce fish for sale; produce
own fingerlings, using sex reversal
technology; purchase feeds,
manure and feed regularly;
planned harvest cycle
Produce fish for sale; produce
own fingerlings and purchase
additional fingerlings; use
sex reversal technology;
purchase feeds, manure and feed
regularly; planned harvest
cycle
Zambian aquaculture typology
Fish Ponds
Informal Traders
Purchased Inputs Farm Traders
Production Zone Consumption Zone
Fingerlings from Harvest
Manure produced on or
off Farm
Home Consumption
subsistence farmers
Pond Side Sales
Government Hatchery
Retailers
Mobile sales via
bike
Private or Public
Hatchery
Feed Mills
Fish Ponds
ProcessorLarge
Traders
Informal Traders
Farm Traders Processors
Production Zone Consumption Zone
Manure produced on or
off Farm
Retailers
Retail outlets
Small Enterprise Value Chain
Purchased Inputs
Other Fish Farmers
Fingerlings
Farm Gate
Medium/ Large
EnterprisesFish
Home consumers
Feed Mills
Fish Ponds
Processor
Large Traders
Informal Traders
Purchased Inputs Farm Traders Processors
Production Zone Consumption Zone
On Farm Hatchery
Electricity/Diesel/Petrol
Manure produced on or off Farm
Retailers
Retail outlets
Medium Enterprise
Farm Gate
Private Hatchery
Feed MillsFish
PondsProcessor
Large Traders
Informal Traders
Purchased Inputs Farm Traders Processing
Production Zone Consumption Zone
On Farm Hatchery
Energy Commodities
Manure produced on or
off Farm
Retailers
Retail outlets
Large Enterprise
summaryFarm system Labor per farm System
yields(t/ha/y)
Number of farm units
Extrapolated total production per system (t)
People employed
Subsistence farming Family 2 5000 - 13000 300 - 780 5000 – 13,000
Small-enterprise 2-3 part time employees <3 500 150 1000-1500
Medium-enterprise 5-20 employees <10 14 1400 70-280
Large-enterprise 20-90 employees >11 1 800 (2010) 85
TOTAL 2650 – 3130*
6155 – 14,865
• one third of government estimate of 10,000 t
• 2,000 employed in production, plus 1000 in upstream and down activities; women engaged primarily in subsistence farming and trading
fin