Rapid transformation in aquatic food value chains in three Nigerian states
Introduction: Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country, third largest fish producer, and second largest aquaculture producer. There have been numerous studies of aquaculture and fisheries in Nigeria, but no study to date has analyzed aquaculture and capture fisheries value chains together, while gi...
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| author | Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O. Wineman, Ayala Amadi, Mark Umunna Gona, Ayuba Emenekwe, Chukwuemeka Chinonso Fang, Ming Olunuga, Olawale Onyeneke, Robert Ugochukwu Norbert, Sunday Adenike, Taiwo Mayomi Reardon, Thomas Belton, Ben |
| author_browse | Adenike, Taiwo Mayomi Amadi, Mark Umunna Belton, Ben Emenekwe, Chukwuemeka Chinonso Fang, Ming Gona, Ayuba Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O. Norbert, Sunday Olunuga, Olawale Onyeneke, Robert Ugochukwu Reardon, Thomas Wineman, Ayala |
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| description | Introduction: Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country, third largest fish producer, and second largest aquaculture producer. There have been numerous studies of aquaculture and fisheries in Nigeria, but no study to date has analyzed aquaculture and capture fisheries value chains together, while giving equal weight to all value chain segments and systematically capturing information on temporal trends in value chain structure, conduct, and performance. This paper does so.
Methods: We conducted a structured, qualitative, rapid reconnaissance survey of 180 actors from eight segments of the aquatic food value chain in three Nigerian states with contrasting geographies, Ebonyi, Kebbi, and Oyo.
Results: Results particularly important for future research and policy are as follows. (1) Partial vertical integration is a common feature of the organization of firms in all value chain segments, as a risk reduction strategy to overcome market imperfections and frictions. Scarcity and high cost of imported intermediate inputs is stimulating local innovation and import substitution manufacturing of feeds and fabricated items. (2) Inter-sectoral spillovers from the poultry industry have hastened the development of fish value chains, while improvements in power supply have enabled the expansion of cold storage capacity, facilitating the geographical lengthening of frozen fish value chains. (3) Rapid technological and/or institutional change is occurring in all value chain segments, including those usually viewed as traditional, such as processing and fishing. Logistics services are becoming more specialized and sophisticated, and digital communications technologies including social media play an increasingly important role in value chain coordination and marketing. (4) Increasing opportunity costs of time drive demand for convenience foods such as smoked and fried fish, which require little further preparation and can be stored at room temperature. Demand for farmed catfish is linked to growing consumption of food away from home at bars and restaurants. (5) Significant opportunities exist to improve the performance of value chains in terms of gender equity, environmental impacts, and food safety. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1696662025-12-08T10:29:22Z Rapid transformation in aquatic food value chains in three Nigerian states Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O. Wineman, Ayala Amadi, Mark Umunna Gona, Ayuba Emenekwe, Chukwuemeka Chinonso Fang, Ming Olunuga, Olawale Onyeneke, Robert Ugochukwu Norbert, Sunday Adenike, Taiwo Mayomi Reardon, Thomas Belton, Ben aquatic food systems value chains fish fisheries aquaculture capacity development cold storage digital innovation small and medium enterprises Introduction: Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country, third largest fish producer, and second largest aquaculture producer. There have been numerous studies of aquaculture and fisheries in Nigeria, but no study to date has analyzed aquaculture and capture fisheries value chains together, while giving equal weight to all value chain segments and systematically capturing information on temporal trends in value chain structure, conduct, and performance. This paper does so. Methods: We conducted a structured, qualitative, rapid reconnaissance survey of 180 actors from eight segments of the aquatic food value chain in three Nigerian states with contrasting geographies, Ebonyi, Kebbi, and Oyo. Results: Results particularly important for future research and policy are as follows. (1) Partial vertical integration is a common feature of the organization of firms in all value chain segments, as a risk reduction strategy to overcome market imperfections and frictions. Scarcity and high cost of imported intermediate inputs is stimulating local innovation and import substitution manufacturing of feeds and fabricated items. (2) Inter-sectoral spillovers from the poultry industry have hastened the development of fish value chains, while improvements in power supply have enabled the expansion of cold storage capacity, facilitating the geographical lengthening of frozen fish value chains. (3) Rapid technological and/or institutional change is occurring in all value chain segments, including those usually viewed as traditional, such as processing and fishing. Logistics services are becoming more specialized and sophisticated, and digital communications technologies including social media play an increasingly important role in value chain coordination and marketing. (4) Increasing opportunity costs of time drive demand for convenience foods such as smoked and fried fish, which require little further preparation and can be stored at room temperature. Demand for farmed catfish is linked to growing consumption of food away from home at bars and restaurants. (5) Significant opportunities exist to improve the performance of value chains in terms of gender equity, environmental impacts, and food safety. 2024-04-03 2025-01-22T16:59:59Z 2025-01-22T16:59:59Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/169666 en Open Access Frontiers Media Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O.; Wineman, Ayala; Amadi, Mark Umunna; Gona, Ayuba; Emenekwe, Chukwuemeka Chinonso; Fang, Ming; et al. 2024. Rapid transformation in aquatic food value chains in three Nigerian states. Frontiers in Aquaculture 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/faquc.2024.1302100 |
| spellingShingle | aquatic food systems value chains fish fisheries aquaculture capacity development cold storage digital innovation small and medium enterprises Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O. Wineman, Ayala Amadi, Mark Umunna Gona, Ayuba Emenekwe, Chukwuemeka Chinonso Fang, Ming Olunuga, Olawale Onyeneke, Robert Ugochukwu Norbert, Sunday Adenike, Taiwo Mayomi Reardon, Thomas Belton, Ben Rapid transformation in aquatic food value chains in three Nigerian states |
| title | Rapid transformation in aquatic food value chains in three Nigerian states |
| title_full | Rapid transformation in aquatic food value chains in three Nigerian states |
| title_fullStr | Rapid transformation in aquatic food value chains in three Nigerian states |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rapid transformation in aquatic food value chains in three Nigerian states |
| title_short | Rapid transformation in aquatic food value chains in three Nigerian states |
| title_sort | rapid transformation in aquatic food value chains in three nigerian states |
| topic | aquatic food systems value chains fish fisheries aquaculture capacity development cold storage digital innovation small and medium enterprises |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/169666 |
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