Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU)

SEAT Inception Workshop, Thailand

15 January 2010

Institutional Background, and

Value Chain and Export Status of 4 Target Species

EU SEAT project: Bangladesh context

Prof. Dr. Abdul Wahab

Team Leader

Faculty of Fisheries (FoF) - BAU

• BAU is the leading University in Agricultural

Education and Research in Bangladesh since

1961

• Out of 6 faculties, FoF is pioneer in fisheries

and aquaculture education

Main activities of FoF

• Offers degrees: BSc, MSc and PhD

• Research & dissemination

• Partnerships with DOF, BFRI, NGOs, & private

sectors

• International collaborations with the leading

universities of Europe, USA, and Asia

• Notably, over 25 years collaboration with

UoS, UK

BAU

FoF

Departments of FoF

Fisheries Biology and Genetics – to offer teaching and

undertake research on fish biodiversity, biology, reproductive

physiology and genetics

Aquaculture – to develop culture practices for finfish, shellfish,

aquatic plants and other organisms, fish nutrition and fish disease and

health management

Fisheries Management – to manage aquatic natural resources for

sustainable harvest and conservation

Fisheries Technology – to develop techniques for post-harvest

processing and quality control

Four departments of FoF

Fisheries Field Lab

Fish Nutrition Lab

Fish Genetics Lab

BAU - SEAT Research Team

Prof. Dr. Md. Abdul Wahab

Project Leader

Dr. AKM Nowsad Alam

Post harvest & quality control

Dr. M. Haque (Ripon)

CO – PI (Systems &

Development Aspects)

Dr. MA Salam

GIS & Remote sensing

Utpal Kumar Dutta

Research Associate (Stirling)

Ahmad-Al-Nahid (Swan)

Research Associate (BAU)

Hazrat Ali

Research Assistant

Sadequr Rahman

Research Assistant

Ripon Adhikary

Research Assistant

BAU as SEAT partner

• BAU, Mymensingh located in Pangasius and Tilapia

producing area

• Have competent manpower with diverse specializations

• Staff with field level working experiences in different

aquaculture fields

• Modern lab facilities for water quality, fish nutrition, fish

diseases and fish genetics & biotechnology

• BAU field facilities comprised of 100 ponds and a hatchery

• International guesthouse at BAU for accommodation of

consortium members

• Internet facilities (modem based internet service)

Bangladesh Fisheries

• Extensive water resources - ponds, lakes, natural depressions, rivers,

estuaries and Bay of Bengal

• FAO ranked Bangladesh as 6th largest aquaculture producing country

• Total fish production is 2.56 million MT (DOF, 2009) ; 39% from

Aquaculture

Production Trends over last 10 years

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200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

1,400

1,600

1,800

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

X 000MT

Wild Aquaculture

(Source: DOF, 2009)

Four key species – country context

Species Scope

Tilapia Limited production/local

consumption

Pangasius catfish Major domestic industry

Peneid shrimp Major export industry

Prawns Major export industry

Key production areas of 4 species

M = Macrobrachium

S = Shrimp

P= Pangasius

T= Tilapia

S

P

T

M

MS

S

S

S

S

M

P

P

T

T

T

P

M – Khulna, Satkhira,

Bagherhat & Jessore

S – Chittagong, Cox’s

Bazar, Khulna-

Shatkira-Bagerat

P - Mymensingh,

Dhaka, Jessore,

Bogra and Comilla

M

T - Mymensingh,

Comilla & Dinajpur

M

T

TT

Source: USAID, 2006

Value Chain of Shrimp/Prawn

Shrimp Prawn

Cost along the Shrimp/prawn value chain

Value Chain of Pangasius Catfish

Primary stakeholderSecondary stakeholder

Pangasius brood

Hatchery/Seed

Nursery

Producer

Wholesaler

Domestic

market/retailer

Domestic consumer

Export market??

Input Supplier (Feed,

Medicine)

Truck/Pickup

Truck

/pickup

Technician/ Labour

Van

Labour/fishers

Water loading

station

Labour/fishers

Processor/Exporter ?

Cost along Pangasius Value Chain (US$/KG)

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0.40

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0.80

1.00

1.20

1U

S$ p

er

KG

Consumer price

Trader price

Whole saler price

Producer price

Nursery cost

Hatchery cost

Pangasius

Value Chain of Tilapia

Tilapia Brood

Hatchery

Patilwala (Fry trader)

Commission agent

Technician, labour, input supplier

Van, pick-up, Micro

Nursery

Grow-out farm

Whole seller

Retailer

Consumers

Itinerant/ moving

trader

Primary stakeholders Secondary stakeholders

Labour, Fisher, Input supplier

Van,pick up

Cost along Tilapia value Chain (US$/KG)

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0.40

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0.80

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KG

Consumer price

Itinerant price

Retailer price

Whole saler price

Producer price

Nursery cost

Commission agent cost

Hatchery cost

Tilapia

Shrimp/Prawn production trends

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Production (MT) Growth/year (%)

Shrimp/Prawn sector - second largest export industry (4.04% export

earning, 5% to GDP in 2008

X000 MT

• 2.2% to 3% by volume, 2.1% to 2.7% by value to the global export

• Export earning from Shrimp/prawn - 421 million US$

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20000

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60000

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Export (MT)

Export value ( million US$)

(30% Prawn)

Shrimp/prawn export trend

(Source: DOF,2009)

Shrimp/prawn processing plants

• 148 shrimp and Prawn processing

plants

• 71 plants approved by EU

• 68% of exportable shrimp

processed in SW

• 30,000 workers in processing

plants, 60% are women

= Processing

plant

Value added aquatic products exports

01 Frozen Shrimp/Prawn

02 Frozen Fish

03 Fresh & Chilled Fish

04 Frozen Fillets & Steaks of Fish, Sharks

Shells Skates & Rays

05 Shark fins & fish heads

06 Salted & dehydrated Fish

07 Dry Fish

08 Live Crabs & Tortoises

09 Fish meals & Crushed

10 Processed shrimp & fish Products

(BFFEA, 2009)

SEAT Research Objectives

• To gain and disseminate and in depth understanding of

emergent Asian food production market chains

• To develop improved and transparent measures of

sustainability for target species

• To enhance the sustainability and ethical values of 4 major

aquatic food commodities

• To enhance farmed aquatic food, scientific, business and

policy linkages between Asia and Europe

BAU-SEAT Activities – WP2 (Year 1)

Activity

2009 2010

Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug

Systems analysis at farm level

System analysis at regional/

international level

Stakeholder analysis

LCA goal/scope setting

Public health & assessment of

contaminant risk

Review of standards

System and boundary setting

Review of current policy

structures & mechanisms

Sampling of micro, small and

medium enterprises

State of the system workshop

Thank You

Comments suggestions welcome

Dr M. Haque (Ripon)

Utpal Kumar Dutta

Ahmad-Al-Nahid (Swan)