Food Safety Standards and Fishery Livelihoods in East Africa

Challenges of Agro-Food Standards Conformity: Lessons from East Africa and Policy Implications

“…Returns from standards-heavy markets and local and regional markets were directly comparable for fish. Kadigi et al (2010) observe that net incomes of boat owners and artisanal fishers participating in the Nile Perch export chain to the EU were respectively 132 and 65 per cent higher than those of the same groups participating in other Lake Victoria-based value chains, where conformity with EU food safety standards was not a requirement. While this result was not controlled for selection, similar differences are reported in other studies around the Lake (Henson et al, 2005;Odongkara, 2002).…”

“…In this regard we observe firstly that all the 'successful' cases where conformity led to (or was associated with) significant income benefits, were organized in well-functioning contract farming schemes. These involved 'classic' contract farming arrangements in the Nile Perch case, where exporters supplied lumpy investments (engines, nets) on credit, specified fish handling methods and recovered input costs out of Nile Perch purchase prices (Kadigi et al, 2010). In agriculture, however, only 'lighter' versions of contract farming were implemented -with exporters supplying only extension advice and paying a premium price on delivery against specified crop attributes.…”

Awareness and compliance with feed quality standards: the case of chicken feeds in Tanzania

“…• they further suggested that poultry farmers need training in feed formulation and mixing. Kadigi et al (2010) addressed the issue of food safety standards in East Africa, focusing on blocking effects that these standards pose on developing economies. Through literature review they found that:…”