Commercialization and upgrading in the aquaculture value chain in Zambia

Kaminski, Alexander M.; Genschick, Sven; Kefi, Alexander Shula; Kruijssen, Froukje

doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2017.12.010

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“…Aquaculture accounted for 17% of total fish production in Africa, while contributing a paltry 2.5% to global production (Chan et al, 2019;FAO 2017FAO , 2018Obiero et al 2019a). Like the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa, aquaculture development in East Africa is constrained by lack of goodquality seed and feed, low technical capacity, poor market and value addition, inadequate extension services and materials, poor management of culture systems, low capacity in disease diagnostics and biosecurity, and increasing competition from cheaper imported fish products (Mwima et al 2012;Rothuis et al 2014;Kaminski et al 2017). Feed is most often the largest cost item in aquaculture and, thus, offers opportunities for cost saving associated with reduced quality and performance.…”

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Predicting uptake of aquaculture technologies among smallholder fish farmers in Kenya

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In Africa, many governments and development agencies have promoted aquaculture as a panacea for household food security, rural development, and poverty reduction. However, aquaculture production in the continent remains low despite significant investments in research and technology development. While numerous initiatives have been directed at technological innovation and transfer, their present scale of uptake is very slow and therefore inadequate to achieve transformational change envisaged in the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development. In this paper, we aim to (1) critically analyze the factors that influence fish farmer's perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors toward technology adoption; and (2) to determine the impacts of technology adoption on farmer's livelihoods. Primary data were collected using a selfadministered digitized questionnaire to 331 randomly selected farmers in Kenya. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to analyze data. Results revealed that variables including secondary education, diversified on-farm activities, farm size, production levels, attendance of extension training, ease of understanding, and ease of handling technologies were positive and significant predictors of aquaculture technology adoption. However, 30% of fish farmers were categorized as high adopters of novel aquaculture technologies, implying that there are gaps in technical skills hindering adoption of innovative technologies and best management practices. To facilitate learning and uptake of technologies and good practices by farmers, a range of aquaculture-related extension and communication materials, including posters, hard copy information leaflets and brochures of recipes in appropriate languages, short video presentations, and radio features, should be commissioned to support the smallholder farmers.

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Predicting uptake of aquaculture technologies among smallholder fish farmers in Kenya

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“…These changing consumption patterns dispel widely held narratives that farmed fish is, "mostly exported to the wealthy countries of Europe and North America or consumed by the growing middle-classes in the megacities of these economies" [6]. This trend is likely to result in the diversification of product and market strategies towards smaller, cheaper and relatively more accessible fish [58,59].…”

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The Contribution of Fish to Food and Nutrition Security in Eastern Africa: Emerging Trends and Future Outlooks

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Approximately 200 million people in Africa derive high-quality and low-cost proteins from fish. However, the consumption of fish is not fully exploited to combat the "triple burden" of malnutrition-obesity, undernutrition, and micronutrient deficiencies which are the leading causes of poor health in the region. There is still limited knowledge on quantitative information to guide policy makers in developing evidence-based actions that can improve the availability of and access to nutritious food for healthy and sustained diets among children and care givers. In this paper, we review the available literature with the aim of assessing and quantifying the extent to which fish contributes towards fighting food and nutrition insecurity in the Eastern Africa subregion. Key results reveal the region is characterized by fish supply deficits, and hence, low levels of fish consumed per person. Nonetheless, the increase in fish imports, and the growing supply of fish from aquaculture are likely to improve the per-capita fish intake. Fish trade is generally bidirectional, with exports exceeding imports in value terms, while significant challenges still hinder domestic and intra-regional fish trade. The Eastern Africa region is projected to realize increased fish consumption from 4.80 kg in 2013 to 5.49 kg by 2022. Rising population growth and income levels imply that the region will need 2.49 million tonnes of fish to fill the demand-supply gaps. We recommend that food security and nutritional programmes should recognize the potential of fish in providing essential micronutrients from the aspects of improved dietary quality, nutritional status, and general wellbeing of the region's fast growing population.

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“…However, fish yield was 89.7 kg per 150 square meters of fish pond was acceptable compared to observed fish yields in other parts of Zambia. Studies conducted in Northern Province (Nsonga, 2015;Kaminski et al, 2017) observed that the average productivity were generally between 10kg per 150m2 and 50kg per 150 m2 or 0.5 mt/ha and 1.06 mt/ha per year depending on the conditions of production.…”

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Econometric Analysis of Socio-Economic Factors Affecting Smallholder Fish Production in Kabwe District, Zambia

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International Journal of Research Studies in Agricultural Scien

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Over the past two decade, aquaculture production increased rapidly with the largest contribution to total fish production in the country coming from large-scale commercial fish farms while small-scale farmers made a small contribution. The objective of this study was to analyse the socio-economic factors affecting small-scale fish production in Zambia. Data were collected from 60 small-scale fish farmers who were purposively selected in Kabwe district in Central province. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis. The regression results indicated that sex of the farmer, household size , farming experience , pond size , extension contact , chicken manure and distance to the market significantly affected production of smallholder fish in the study area . An increase in pond size, chicken manure, and farmer being male, led to an increase in smallholder fish production. On the contrary, an increase in farming experience and distance to the market, negatively affected smallholder fish production. The challenges facing smallholder fish production included: shortage of water resources, lack of credit, scarcity of high quality feed and fingerlings, fish theft and fish predators. The study recommended that policy measures should consider: provision of capital (credit) for construction of ponds in order increase pond area; improved supply of quality fingerlings and fish feed to farmers , encourage fish farmers to establish cooperative to facilitate fish marketing and, strengthen provision of extension services to train farmers in improved fish farming and management practices.

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Commercialization and upgrading in the aquaculture value chain in Zambia

Cited by 67 publications

References 22 publications

Predicting uptake of aquaculture technologies among smallholder fish farmers in Kenya

Predicting uptake of aquaculture technologies among smallholder fish farmers in Kenya

The Contribution of Fish to Food and Nutrition Security in Eastern Africa: Emerging Trends and Future Outlooks

Econometric Analysis of Socio-Economic Factors Affecting Smallholder Fish Production in Kabwe District, Zambia

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