Net pen enclosures are used to spawn (mate) adult fish in order to produce eggs.
Incubation: Fertilized fish eggs are hatched in tanks
What is a value chain? Example of the aquaculture value chain in Myanmar
A value chain is the entire series of activities and transactions needed to make a product and deliver it to consumers.
FISH FEED MANUFACTURE Fish feed constitutes 70% of the fish farm production costs
Rice bran Peanut oil cake Manufactured
Raw peanuts Raw rice
Rice bran
+ Rice milling
Fish groundOil mill into meal
Vimine
Oil expelled Peanut
Poil cake
White rice Rice bran P
Most fish feed is made of a rice bran, and peanut oil cake. Manufacturing fishis a business in itself. Manufactured fish feed pellets that help fish grow fast
are used by around 20% of farms.
Recently hatched fish (”fry”) are raised in nursery ponds until they are a big enough size to sell to fish farmers
(”fingerlings”). This takes several months
More than 75% of fish is sent to the major wholesale market in Yangon. From there, it is delivered to other urban wholesale markets by trucks and buses.
through out the country.
CONSUMERS
80% of the farmed fish is consumed within the country, in urban areas and in rural villages.
It is eaten at home and in restaurants.
Rice bran + RAISING FISH
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Peanut oil cake
tamins and rals are added
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ellets
Fish curry
Fried fish
Fish contain a variety of nutrients: one serving
of rohu, the main fish eaten in Myanmar, can contain:
Fish is an important food in Myanmar where it accounts for a significant share
of the household food budget.
fish feed
feed er
.
LOGISTICS
Most of the fish goes to Yangon wholesale market by boat.
Ice is used to keep fish cool during transport
Source: Ben Belton, Mateusz Filipski and Chaoran Hu. May 2017. Aquaculture in Myanmar: Fish Farm Technology, Production Economics and Management. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 37. East Lansing: Michigan State University.
This infographics was created by Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy. Drawings by Peter Shutt, 2017.
NURSING NURSING
HATCHERY
FISH AND NUTRITION
MARKETING
Fish from wholesale markets is distributed to smaller urban and rural retail markets
protein 16.6 g 5 g
vit B12 5 g
vit B12
potassium 290 mg
1.4 g omega 3 fatty acids\
20% of the fish is exported, mainly to the Middle East.