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Institute of Aquaculture and Vietnam

Institute of Aquaculture and Vietnam. Long standing linkages with multiple institutions in Vietnam since prior to 2000 Early study on hatchery sector in 1995 Research and academic links with at least 6 different institutions

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Institute of Aquaculture and Vietnam

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  1. Institute of Aquaculture and Vietnam • Long standing linkages with multiple institutions in Vietnam since prior to 2000 • Early study on hatchery sector in 1995 • Research and academic links with at least 6 different institutions • MSc and PhD students supported by Government of Vietnam, World Bank etc; currently 5 PhDs enrolled • EU-and DFID funded research • collaborations

  2. Pangasius • Health management and market development-DFID supported under AFGRP (http://www.dfid.stir.ac.uk/afgrp/projects/r8093/r8093.htm • Hatchery sector-PMI2 programme support (http://www.viet-studies.info/kinhte/Catfish_FoodPolicy.pdf) • SEAT (www.seatglobal.eu)

  3. Sustaining Ethical Aquatic Trade A brief overview

  4. Background and Objectives • Seafood trade - highest value food sector • Asia main EU supply – rapid growth • EU standards: food safety, (animal welfare) • Market standards: environmental, social • Harmonisation? • Evidence-based multidisciplinary approach • Ethical Aquatic Food Index (EAFI)

  5. Rayner, 2009

  6. Project Scope

  7. Emergent ‘seafood’ commodities Giant Freshwater prawn Striped river catfish Photo credit: Francis Murray

  8. From discounted domestic product to export value-add Tilapia Photo credit Peter Edwards

  9. Overall Objectives • Interdisciplinary understanding of emergent Asian aquatic food chains • Develop improved/ transparent measures of sustainability for target production systems (EAFI). • Enhance sustainability & ethical ‘values’ of four major aquatic food commodities through action research • Enhance farmed seafood, scientific, business and policy linkages between Asia and Europe

  10. DIIS LU WFC UCPH WU Research SFU KU CTU BAU UOS Stakeholders Europe Asia UB WWF CEFAS Action FAO

  11. Work Packages • Systems analysis • Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) • Environmental & contaminants modelling • Food safety and public health • Social and economic issues • Action research with SMEs • Certification dialogue • GVCs & access asymmetries • Ethical matrix assessment

  12. Sustainability • Sustainability • weak and strong • production to consumption • Ethical consumption • power relations in producer countries and between consumer and producer networks • Standards setting and certification-major issues

  13. ‘Qualities’ • Food safety as given • A host of ethical and sometimes contradictory qualities • Deliverable by smaller- scale producers? • Optimising benefits to poorer actors • Certification as entry barriers

  14. Challenges • Increasing trust among consumers and along value chains • A ‘sustainability’ and ‘QC’ culture among producers • Asymmetries in information flows • Support a move away from single interest standards • Two way responsibilities of consumers and producers

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