Socio-economic impacts of Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on world shrimp aquaculture sector

Kakoolaki, S; al-Torab, S. A. M Ebne; Ghajari, A; Anvar, Amir Ali; Sepahdari, A; Ahari, Hamed; Hosein-Zadeh, Homayun

doi:10.29252/ijaah.6.1.1

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“…A growing range of impacts on aquatic food 1 producers, value chain actors, and consumers is evident. This includes disruptions to international trade in aquatic foods, reconfiguration of domestic food value chains, and exposure of fishers and seafood processing workers to COVID-19 infection [11] , immobilization of migrant fishers and fishworkers [12] , delays in accessing critical production inputs for aquaculture such as broodstock and seed [13] , [14] , changes in levels of fishing pressure [15] , fluctuating consumer and producer prices, changing product preferences, and reduced levels of production [11] , [16] , [17] .…”

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COVID-19 impacts and adaptations in Asia and Africa’s aquatic food value chains

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The COVID-19 pandemic is a shock affecting all areas of the global food system. We tracked the impacts of COVID-19 and associated policy responses on the availability and price of aquatic foods and production inputs during 2020, using a high frequency longitudinal survey of 768 respondents in Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Myanmar, Nigeria. We found the following: (1) Aquatic food value chains were severely disrupted but most effects on the availability and accessibility of aquatic foods and production inputs were short-lived. (2) Impacts on demand for aquatic foods, production inputs, and labor have been longer lasting than impacts on their supply. (3) Retail prices of aquatic foods spiked briefly during March-May 2020 but trended down thereafter, whereas prices of production inputs rose. These trends suggest a deepening ‘squeeze’ on the financial viability of producers and other value chain actors. (4) Survey respondents adapted to the challenges of COVID-19 by reducing production costs, sourcing alternative inputs, diversifying business activities, leveraging social capital, borrowing, seeking alternative employment, and reducing food consumption. Many of these coping strategies are likely to undermine well-being and longer-term resilience, but we also find some evidence of proactive strategies with potential to strengthen business performance. Global production of aquatic food likely contracted significantly in 2020. The importance of aquatic food value chains in supporting livelihoods and food and nutrition security in Asia and Africa makes their revitalization essential in the context of COVID-19 recovery efforts. We outline immediate and longer-term policies and interventions to support this goal.

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COVID-19 impacts and adaptations in Asia and Africa’s aquatic food value chains

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“…El mercado de China representó el 63% de las exportaciones de camarón en el primer semestre del 2020 (Banco Central del Ecuador, 2020). Con el inicio de la pandemia en China, se paralizaron las importaciones de animales vivos, perjudicando el comercio de los países proveedores de camarón, langostas, salmón, etc., (Kakoolaki et al, 2020). Según Love et al, (2020):…”

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Estrategias post Covid-19: Desafíos para las empresas exportadoras de productos tradicionales

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En el contexto del comercio internacional, la crisis sanitaria desatada por el COVID-19, ha influenciado en las actividades laborales y en el ambiente de negocios. La capacidad de adaptación de las empresas exportadoras cobra mayor importancia para defender su permanencia en el mercado. Este trabajo tiene por objetivo identificar estrategias que permitan a las empresas exportadoras adaptarse a las transformaciones derivadas del COVID-19. Se empleó un enfoque cualitativo, con la aplicación de los métodos teóricos analítico-sintético para analizar y caracterizar las estrategias empresariales y los desafíos comerciales. Los resultados obtenidos señalan que la diversificación de mercados, de proveedores, la digitalización de operaciones y el comercio electrónico han sido las estrategias más recomendadas para enfrentar la crisis sanitaria. Se concluye que, si bien estas estrategias no cubren todas las necesidades de las empresas exportadoras, pueden servir de referente para robustecer el aprendizaje en un escenario inesperado que ha afectado de forma desigual a las empresas alrededor del mundo.

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“…After the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact of the COVID-19 and its aftermath on China's fishery industry entails further policy protection and legal measures ( UN-FAO, 2020a ). During the pandemic period, starting from early 2020, the volume of aquatic product transactions in China has decreased significantly ( Kakoolaki et al, 2020 ; Yang et al, 2021 ). The wholesale fish market was shut down in large numbers ( Wang and Yu, 2020 ), the rework of workers, the delay in the resumption of fishery work, and the shutdown or production reduction of enterprises have caused serious economic losses to China's fishery industry in the short term ( Aday and Aday, 2020 ; Minahal et al, 2020 ).…”

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