The current study provides an overview and good understanding of the dynamics of the marine fisheries industry from fishing to the end market, supporting service activities, business enabling environments and socio-economic factors and identifies potential area for future interventions for further development of the marine fisheries value chain.
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Objectives
The overall objective of the value chain assessment was to gather information on current status of the marine fisheries sector of Cambodia and to design a roadmap for its development in terms of strengthening human resource capacity, resource management, value addition, market development and compliance. The specific objectives of the value chain assessment are to:
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Conduct mapping of marine fisheries value chain to better understand its dynamics and identify the market segments, participants and actors in the supply chain and their functions and linkages Analyze the data to reveal constraints within the chain that prevent or limit the exploitation of end market opportunities Analyze the Value Chain with reference to food safety compliance requirements for better market access and consumer safety Review the existing business enabling environments governing the marine fisheries value chain in relation to trade facilitation Develop a road map for upgrading of marine fisheries value chain to better respond to changing market conditions targeting national economic growth
Expected outcome of the assessment
The expected outcome of the assessment is to create a platform for implementation of the roadmap for strengthening of marine fisheries value chain from farm to fork.
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Scope of the assessment
The scope of the current assessment is limited to marine fisheries with a view to critically analyze all underlying factors of the value chain and develop a road map for further planned development. The scope of this assessment is also extended to analyze business enabling and policy environment for better understanding of strengths and weaknesses to develop a prioritized action matrix or roadmap for enhancing the value chain performance.
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