Demand for fish in Asia: a cross‐country analysis*

Dey, Madan M.; Garcia, Yolanda T.; Kumar, Praduman; Piumsombun, Somying; Haque, Muhammad Sirajul; Li, Luping; Radam, Alias; Senaratne, A.; Khiem, Nguyen Tri; Koeshendrajana, Sonny

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8489.2008.00418.x

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“…This statement is supported with the results of some studies suggested a negative relationship between supply of fish and market price (Hasan and Middendorp 1999;Briones et al 2004;Burger et al 2004;Dey et al 2008). According to Dey (2000), increased supply of tilapia will reduce market prices by 5-16% in Bangladesh.…”

Section: Factors Affecting Price Of Tilapiasupporting

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From production to consumption: a case study of tilapia marketing systems in Bangladesh

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In spite of the long history of tilapia, introduced to Bangladesh in 1954, its culture has yet to become well established because of socioeconomic, technological, institutional, and marketing constraints. Nevertheless, a considerable number of farmers are involved in tilapia farming in the Mymensingh area of north-central Bangladesh. Almost all the tilapias produced are marketed internally for domestic consumption. The marketing chain from farmers to consumers encompasses primary, wholesale, and retail markets. Although the tilapia marketing system is traditional, it plays a vital role in connecting producers with consumers and thus contributes significantly in the value-adding process. Evidence from this study suggests that tilapia marketing could play a greater role in increasing food supply. However, sustainable development of tilapia marketing is essential, if tilapia is to become a more important component of food supplies in the country.

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Section: Factors Affecting Price Of Tilapiasupporting

confidence: 79%

From production to consumption: a case study of tilapia marketing systems in Bangladesh

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“…Seafood is also a preferred and culturally important food choice in ASEAN region [51] ( Dey et al 2008). Production and consumption of meat and fish have serious consequences for global food security and the environment [52,53,54].…”

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Changing Trends in Dietary Pattern and Implications to Food and Nutrition Security in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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Availability, accessibility and food affordability does not necessarily guarantee its nutritional quality. A core component of food security includes nutrient utilization which reflects the need for dietary quality for an active and healthy lifestyle. Traditional diets particularly in urban areas are being replaced by diets higher in fats, salts and animal products and often with lower intakes of fresh fruits and vegetables resulting in a nutrition transition. Food consumption expressed in kilocalories (kcal) per capita per day is a key variable for measuring and evaluating the changes in dietary patterns. Back in the 1970s, the food consumption per capita in Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Philippines and Vietnam measured less than 2200 kcal/day. A daily energy intake of 2200 kcal is regarded as necessary to avoid malnutrition. At present, it would appear that all SEA countries have increased to more than 2300 kcal/day. Obesity can co-exist with malnutrition in the same society. When food insecurity exists, dietary quality may be compromised which leads to higher intake of energy from food that are high in fat and carbohydrate, but low in nutrients and lack diversity. There have been increases in energy contribution from added vegetable oils and added sugars. Drivers for dietary pattern changes include trade liberalisation, international food trade leading to 'burgerization', foreign direct investment, emergence of supermarkets and fast food chains, increase in income and socioeconomic gains, urbanisation and access to social and mass media. Nutrition-related non-communicable diseases (NR-NCD) stems largely from the transition from traditional to contemporary patterns of food consumption and physical activity. Intervention strategies include rolling out the National Plan of Action for Nutrition (NPAN) (e.g. in Malaysia) which aims to ensure household food and nutrition security for all and to prevent and control diet-related non-communicable diseases. Economic measures such as imposing tax on sugar and energy-dense but nutrient-poor food. Labelling, home economics emphasizing the importance of nutrition security and the promotion of traditional healthy diets should be targeted among local communities and in the education system.

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“…Over the long term, the misrepresentation of the quality and safety of farmed Asian fish puts the EU in a precarious position with respect to securing adequate fish supplies. The highly income elastic character of fish [47] implies that as Asian, and other developing country, economies grow, so will demand for seafood. The rise of an Asian middle class, with an almost insatiable appetite for not only more but higher quality and added value seafood [48] means that Europe will face increasingly greater competition for a share of global fish trade.…”

Section: 'New' Food Ethics and The Turning Tide Of Fish Tradementioning

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Whitefish wars: Pangasius, politics and consumer confusion in Europe

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Rapid growth in production of the farmed Vietnamese whitefish pangasius and its trade with the European Union has provoked criticism of the fish's environmental, social and safety credentials by actors including WWF and Members of the European Parliament and associated negative media coverage. This paper reviews the range of claims communicated about pangasius (identified as a form of mass mediated risk governance), in light of scientific evidence and analysis of data from the EU's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feeds food safety notification system for imported seafood. This analysis shows pangasius is to be generally safe, environmentally benign, and beneficial for actors along the international value chains that characterise the trade. The case is made that increasingly politicised debates in Europe around risk and uncertainty are potentially counterproductive for EU seafood security and European aquaculture industry, and that the trade in pangasius can contribute to sustainable seafood consumption in a number of ways. Transparent evidence-based assessment and systems for communicating complex issues of risk for products such as pangasius are required in order to support continuance of fair and mutually beneficial trade. . This trade, originally based on wild fish but increasingly including those of farmed origin, has recently attracted considerable media attention, much of which has been negative. In particular, 2010 saw both continued increases in imports of a key farmed species, pangasius, to the EU of and a spike in critical media coverage of the trade.

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Demand for fish in Asia: a cross‐country analysis*

Cited by 83 publications

References 25 publications

From production to consumption: a case study of tilapia marketing systems in Bangladesh

From production to consumption: a case study of tilapia marketing systems in Bangladesh

Changing Trends in Dietary Pattern and Implications to Food and Nutrition Security in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Whitefish wars: Pangasius, politics and consumer confusion in Europe

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