Final Bangus Value Chain

BANGUS INDUSTRY CLUSTER

1. Input Provision

BFAR, PFDA, academe,

Fingerling/feed suppliersLogistics suppliers

marketable size

3. Trading/Distribution

VALUE CHAIN MAP FOR BANGUS IN DAVAO REGION

BFAR XI, DENR-PAWCZM, DTI, DA, PFDA, DOST, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, LGUs, Private Investors, and Fishery Industry Sector

2. Primary Production

Fishpond/fishcage/fishpen operators

Cooperatives/associations

Fry, fingerling, feeds Post harvest facilities (processing plant

cold storage, fish port, etc.)

Trading and marketing agreement

With institutions & stakeholders

Selling (domestic & export markets)

Fish cage, fishpond, fish pen

FUNCTION

O PERATOR

ENABLER

4. Final Sale

Consumers, Institutional Buyers, Export Market

Private Investors, Exporters

Live tuna baitLocal (Wet)Market

Processed

Brokers, Traders, Wholesalers

And Retailers

Export Market

Local Market

Issues Recommendations Strategies Time-frame LeadAgency/iesPAPs PoliciesProduct- Prone to fish

diseases and fish mortalities

- Absence of processing plants in the Region XI

- Market Competition (e.g. Indonesia, AECI)

- Presence of processing investors from other region

- Environmental Threats

- High cost of feeds

- Presence of Pilferers and illegal fishers

- Extensive Study and Research

- Establishment of Processing Plants

- Consolidation of Traders

- Resiliency to environmental threats

- R&D for low cost but high quality feeds

- Strengthen Law enforcement implementation

- Formulate Incentives for local investors

- Funding allocation for R&D

- Continuing - DA-BFAR- DOST- DTI- NFRDI- Academe- Legislative Bodies

Issues Recommendations Strategies Time-frame LeadAgency/iesPAPs PoliciesLogistics/Infra- Inability of farmers

to comply with excessive requirements from financing institutions

- Inadequate food safety-compliant transport facilities

- Adverse effect of climate change

- Simplified documentary requirements

- Seminars and Training for HACCP Compliance

- R&D to find ways to develop resilience to effects of climate change

- Establish simplified standard procedure for documentary requirements

- Coordination and Lobbying with financing institutions

- To commence on 1st quarter of 2014 and continuing

- DA-BFAR et. al

Issues Recommendations Strategies Time-frame LeadAgency/iesPAPs PoliciesR&D/S&T- Absence of reliable

testing laboratories

- Limited funding support

- Adverse effect of climate change

- Establishment of reliable testing laboratories

- Propose funding allocation for establishment of testing labs.

- Institutionalize ISO and HACCP systems

- Budget inclusion for 2015

- Proposal starts on February 2014

- DA-BFAR

Issues Recommendations Strategies Time-frame LeadAgency/iesPAPs PoliciesHRD- deployment of

unskilled workers/caretakers

- Limited funding

- Limited Licensed Fishery Technologist

- Low enrollment in Fishery related courses

- Demand of higher salary

- High turn-over of skilled workers

- Prone to health/ safety hazard

- Trainings, seminars and workshops

- Promote/Offer Scholarship for Fishery Courses

- Standardize Salary Schemes

- Compliance with establish standard salary/wage rates

- Require PHILHEALTH

- Implement occupational safety standards

- Compliance Standard Working Condition

- Regular review of salary/wage policies

- Strengthening Trainings, Seminars and Workshops

- Improve and strengthen academic programs

- Same as above - DA-BFAR et. al

Issues Recommendations Strategies Time-frame LeadAgency/iesPAPs PoliciesPricing- Strong competition

among traders

- Presence of middlemen

- Currency fluctuation

- Federation of stakeholders

- IEC programs

-Maintain stable inflation rate

- Same as above - Same as above- DTI

Issues Recommendations Strategies Time-frame LeadAgency/iesPAPs PoliciesPolicies/Governance

- Means of implementation on zoning policy

- Lack of institutionalized marketing system for the product/commodity

- Absence of simplified export processing system

- Inadequate policies on food safety compliance (entire marketing/distribution chain)

- Shifting priorities in communities due to political / Local Policies

- Peace and Order situation

- Orient all stakeholders for zoning policy implementation

- IEC programs- Design and

establish bangus marketing system

- Creation of simplified export processing system

- Strengthen implementation of food safety compliance

- Strengthen Law enforcement and provide incentives/ patrol facilities

- Ensure consistency with project implementation and policy despite

- Regular coordination with concerned stakeholders

- Funding support- Community

involvement

- Same as above - DA-BFAR et. al- LGU