The Livestock Fish CRP in World Fish Jens

The Livestock & Fish CRP - in World. Fish Jens Peter Tang Dalsgaard & Mike Phillips World. Fish, Penang March 30 th, 2015

Presentation Overview 1. General Introduction 2. Research priorities 3. Egypt Value Chain 4. Bangladesh Value Chain 5. Sub-Saharan Africa 6. Strategic Priorities & Managing Risks 7. General discussion

1. General Introduction

CGIAR Research Program 3. 7 Livestock and Fish - more meat, milk and fish by and for the poor Goal: To increase productivity of small (and medium) scale livestock and fish systems to increase availability and affordability of meat, milk and fish for poor consumers and in doing so to reduce poverty through greater participation by the poor along animal source food value chains - through a whole value chain approach

Livestock and Fish CRP – old structure SHEEP & GOATS L&F value chains ? AQUACULTURE PIGS DAIRY Six Research Themes: • • • Animal Health Breeding and Genetics Feeds and Forages Value Chain Development Targeting Sustainable Interventions Gender, Learning and Impact Assessment

Livestock and Fish CRP – new structure Five Research Flagships: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. L&F value chains (incl. business case for Ghana) & GOATS SHEEP AQUACULTURE PIGS DAIRY Animal Health Breeding and Genetics Feeds and Forages Systems Analysis for Sustainable Interventions (SASI) Value Chain Transformation and Scaling (VCTS)

Key adjustment – Restructuring from 6 Themes to 5 Flagship Projects DISCOVERY R. Technology Platforms ❶ Animal health ❷ Genetics ❸ Feed & forages SASI • Social sciences ❹ • Gender • Targeting • Environment • Nutrition DELIVERY R. VCTS • Multidisciplinary value chain teams • Innovation ❺ • Partnerships • Capacity development • Communication M&E and Learning; Program Management and Governance

The L&F team in World. Fish (Governance, strategizing, planning, management, fund raising, partnerships, outputs) World. Fish ‘L&F Leadership team’ drawing in capacity and expertise from the three center disciplines (AQ/Genetics; Policy Economics and Social Science; Natural Resource Management), the Value Chains (Egypt, Bangladesh), Sub-Saharan Africa, Finance/Operations, and Communications & Marketing. Used to meet bi-monthly, now less frequently. Flagship Focal Point 1. Animal Health Mohan 2. Genetics & Breeding John (L&F Flagship Leader) 3. Feeds & Fodder Ramesh (Mike) 4. SASI Froukje - VCD, Andrew - Nutrition, Gender (TBD) 5. VCTS VC Coordinators/Leaders: Malcolm in Egypt; Jens Peter in Bangladesh (acting)

2. Research Priorities

1. Sustainable Aquaculture Intensification through Technology Platforms Animal Health Best bets, packages Genetics Gender integration 2 -way communication / feedback loops: identify the right issues to research and test bet technology interventions in the VCs Feeds R 4 D Partnerships Value Chains Processes informed by gendered VC assessments, ex-ante analyses, …. (SASI)

2. Food and Nutrition Security Develop L&F Nutrition Strategy Establish the ASF evidence base Engage in and influence global discourse More ASF for the poor (quantity and quality) Research animal health and food safety Engage in R 4 D partnerships Conduct Consumer Studies (Egypt, Bangladesh) Research role of nutrient dense ‘mola’ (small indigenous species) for nutrition security (molecular genomics) Research role of fish feeds in flesh nutritional quality (new proposal)

3. Value Chain Transformation… From an L&F supply driven R 4 D approach… inputs and services Inputs & Services Gendered VC Assessment (Bangladesh) production transport and processing Production Transport and processing Seed, feed Fish farmers Towards an ASF demand/consumer driven R 4 D approach… marketing consumption Marketing Consumer demand Women retailers in Egypt So far focusing on specific nodes Consumer studies in Egypt and Bangladesh Include dried fish value chains (in future)?

3. Egypt Value Chain (Malcolm Dickson)

4. Bangladesh Value Chain

Bangladesh Value Chain (1) • Not part of the original CRP program document, but incorporated as a replacement for the proposed value chain in Uganda, as a scoping mission found insufficient evidence of a substantive farmed fish value chain in Uganda to build on • Business case for Bangladesh Fish Value Chain formally approved by the PPMC at its April 2014 meeting Uganda Bangladesh

Bangladesh Value Chain (2) 1. Framed around the L&F Technology Flagships: – Animal health, notably shrimp and emerging disease problems in tilapia farming – Genetic improvement incl. tilapia and carps (rohu, catla); characterization of mola (small indigenous species) – Feed quality and access research …. . with their associated value chains…. . 2. And framed around the SASI and VCTS Flagships, with particular focus on gendered nutrition/ consumer/ consumption research

Bangladesh Value Chain (3) Feed R 4 D example (organizing principle): Project 1: Feed Project 2: the Future – MDQF Aquaculture for Income and Feed Nutrition (AIN) technology platform research - L&F injecting research with CRP funds

Bangladesh Value Chain (4) Progressing towards an integrated program of work (POW) in Bangladesh CRP 4 A 4 NH CRP 5 WLE CRP 3. 7 L&F CRP 1. 3 “CRP co-location, collaboration, efficiencies and synergies; scaling pathways. . . ” AAS CRP 7 CCAFS Changing mindsets from project to program approach…

5. Sub-Saharan Africa

A 3 rd Fish Value Chain, in Sub-Saharan Africa (1) • While future global supply & demand for fish is projected to increase, with aquaculture providing the additional fish/’seafood’ needed, the projected situation for Africa South of the Sahara is a widening supply-demand gap and reduced per capita fish consumption, incl. among the poor. This constitutes a major challenge, which cannot be ignored by the CG and calls for significant investments into aquaculture in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), including R 4 D • World. Fish has recently (Feb. 2015) prepared a business case for Ghana as an entry point/platform for establishing a fish value chain in SSA, in the CRP 2 nd phase. The case is yet to be presented to the L&F PPMC • In the meantime, World. Fish will build on existing partnerships and past (genetics) research, and seek bilateral funding to revive the engagement in Ghana and elsewhere in SSA (especially around the L&F discovery flagships) • L&F VC tools already being applied, e. g. by AAS and the EU Fish Trade project

6. Strategic Priorities & Managing Risks

Strategic Priorities (1) q Continued commitment in World. Fish to the CRPs as the primary vehicles for our work q Strengthen our ‘core’ research: § Sustainable aquaculture intensification (genetics, feeds, animal health, nutrition, environmental impact/tradeoffs, climate smart aquaculture, dissemination, access and social equity in the wider sense) § Nutrition and health: develop a solid evidence base around the role of ASF in food and nutrition security in order to be better positioned to influence the global debate § Market and value chain transformation: inclusive value chain development, M 4 P, integrating gender and social equity research into technology platforms; research the transformation processes

Strategic Priorities (2) q VC focus: § Egypt: strengthen and diversify the funding base; scaling best bet interventions in Egypt and beyond § Bangladesh: strengthen strategic partnerships with other CRPs, bilateral projects (implemented by World. Fish and by others) and R 4 D actors in order to further leverage the strong foundation already laid § Sub-Saharan Africa: establish a presence and a platform to help meet future aquaculture R 4 D demands and needs § Strengthen M&E and Learning for an improved evidence base and quality research outputs and outcomes across VCs; promote cross-VC learning and uptake To help meet our IDOs and SLOs

Managing Risks (1) • Secure our VCs (e. g. Egypt) given current funding uncertainties; diversify our funding base/portfolio; plans to use Abbassa facilities as a regional research and training center, with role for private sector (e. g. Skretting); leverage NEPAD’s interest in scaling Egypt technologies in SSA… • Address issue of unequitable funding W 1 -2 to W 3 -bilateral ratios across partner centers in a 2 nd phase • More joint fund raising across centers, VCs and disciplines • Strengthen partnerships (with the private sector in particular) • Wrap our W 1 -2 funded research around ongoing and upcoming development partnerships, that fit VCD agendas (our own as well as those of partners) allowing us to target scarce research funds more effectively • Close staffing gaps incl. through partnerships providing complementary expertise, capacity, and competencies

7. General Discussion

CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish livestockfish. cgiar. org CGIAR is a global partnership that unites organizations engaged in research for a food secure future. The CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish aims to increase the productivity of small-scale livestock and fish systems in sustainable ways, making meat, milk and fish more available and affordable across the developing world.