GIZ Experience in Value Chain Improvement through Certification in Fisheries and Aquaculture Mark Prein Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture Program, GIZ, Germany Seafood Industry and Social Development Conference, Annapolis 21-22 September 2015
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GIZ active in 128 Countries (with Offices in 88 Countries)
17,000 Staff worldwide (70% local) Abteilung „Ländliche Entwicklung und Agrarwirtschaft“
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Projects on Fisheries / Aquaculture / Coastal Zone Management
= Projects on certification („Ecolabelling“) Abteilung „Ländliche Entwicklung und Agrarwirtschaft“
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Why GIZ has been engaged in certification as a tool for promoting social development Agriculture sector in general § Focus on global supply chains § Respond to consumer demands (voiced via importers) § From producer to retailer § Producers: environmental, social and economic situation Fisheries and Aquaculture (since 1998) § Supported definition of new standards § Piloting of new standards § Support pre-assessments § Facilitation of new linkages, round tables
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Fisheries: Eco-Labelling and Certification § Standard: Naturland Wildfish § Certified Nile Perch (L.Victoria) Naturland Wildfish § MSC pre-assessment of Nile perch in Lake Victoria § MSC pre-assessment of artisanal mussel fisheries in Vietnam (Soc Trang, Tra Vinh) § MSC pre-assessment of fishery in Mozambique § Member of MSC DWWG
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Aquaculture: Eco-Labelling and Certification § Organic Standard: Shrimps (Naturland) § Certified Organic Shrimps (EQ, TH, BD, IN) § Organic Standard: Pangasius (Naturland) § Certified Organic Pangasius (VN) § Certified Pangasius (VN): GlobalGAP, ASC § Group Certification: GlobalGAP Type II (2014) § Regional Strategy on Organic Aquaculture: Negros Island, PH
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What have been the strengths of this approach? § Brings relevant stakeholders together § Understand each others aims, areas of operation, constraints § Agree on joint activities towards common goal, find solutions § Be pragmatic, not dogmatic § There is always scope for further improvement § Nile perch: today, 75% of export from Tanzania is certified product, range of social benefits to communites (health, education, community activities, transparency, etc.) § Removed from „red lists“ (also shrimp, pangasius) § Continued/enhanced market access § Sustained income to all stakeholders in supply chain
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Organic-Shrimp in Equador: New Standard 1998
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Certified organic L.vannamei from Latin America
§ Started in 1998, 200 kg § In 2013: 25.000 t/y total volume
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What have been the weaknesses? § Which standard/label to engage with? § Choice driven by importers and retailers § Details of certification schemes poorly understood § Limited industry resources to invest in needed changes § Duplication of supply chain costs § Adds complexity to communication § Lack of credible information
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What other measures in addition to certification are required by the supply chain to support social development? § In export products, consider food security, equity/gender § Policy advice in areas of clustering / high aggregations (e.g. Mekong Delta) § Trends: salinization, freshwater scarcity, competing industries (tourism), requirements of staple crops, demographic trends, market trends (China, other)
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Polyculture instead of Monoculture • Polyculture is generating additional income for the farmer. • Sales to the local market increases the independence from international market fluctuations and the protein supply to the local population. • Polyculture also has a positive impact on biodiversity. Black Tiger shrimp stocked pathogen-free
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What does GIZ plan to do in the future regarding the seafood industry and social development? § Role of smallholders: group certification? Learn from shrimp, pangasius § „Inclusive business models“ – explore potential § Pre-Assessments: Where are we? What will it take? § Diversity of labels: benchmarking – GSSI § Improvement Programs: Nile perch § Policy advice – future scenarios
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T-Shapes made of bamboo change local sedimentation regime
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