Inclusive Value Chains for Livelihoods, Trade and Food Security:

The Case of Small-scale Fisheries and the Aquaculture Industry in Small Island

Developing States.

Global Value Chains and the Fisheries Sector

Andy Thorpe

1. Global Value Chains (GVC): Global Interest (in)

2. The Value Chain Approach to Fisheries

3. Formulating Policies to support Effective Small-Scale Fisheries GVcs.

1. Who (besides UNIDO) is currently interested in Global Value Chains (GVC)?UNCTAD (2013) FAO (2014)

Bamber et al (2014)OECD (2014)

Caribbean Regional Private Sector meeting (June 2014)

African Economic Outlook (2014)

IMF (2013).

Multiple factors affect competitiveness, participation and upgrading possibilities in fisheries GVC and RVC.

Developing Competitiveness in Fisheries Value Chains: Key Factors

A: Productive Capacity: Human Capital* Specific training* Advanced training.  

B. Productive Capacity: Standards and Certifications. * Access to key end-markets is dependent upon the establishment

and enforcement of strict SPS standards across the GVC. * Local regulatory requirements.

2. Fisheries and the Value-Chain Approach.

C. Infrastructural Bottlenecks* Poor infrastructure. * Customs delays * Specific infrastructure requirements

D. Institutionalisation: Industry Maturity

* ‘start-up’ or ‘catch-up’ costs.

E. Business Environment: Access to Finance.

* Investing in VCs. (Glenn Murray - “Best Practices for Value Chain Financing of Small-scale Fisheries Businesses”).

3. Formulating Policies to establish/support effective Small-scale Fisheries GVC and RVCs A. Identify Small-scale Fisheries VC with Developmental

Opportunities

B. Assess Ways to Increase Value-Added/Participation in the VC.

* What are the opportunities for adding value along the chain?* Who are the key players in the chain – and how do they affect chain governance structures? * What value-added opportunities exist in new or alternative markets?

 C. Review the way existing policies impact upon VC development. D. Develop appropriate policies based on the preceding analysis

( Moses Amos “Introducing the Pacific Islands Fisheries Value Chain Project”).