Value-chain analysis — An assessment methodology to estimate Egyptian aquaculture sector performance

Macfadyen, Graeme; Nasr-Alla, A.; Al-Kenawy, D.A.; Mohamed, Mohamed Fathi; Hebicha, H.; Diab, A.; Hussein, S.; Abou-Zeid, Ramadan Mohamed; El-Naggar, G.

doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2012.05.042

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“…In India the cost structure of wholesalers is profit intensive (Gupta, 1984). The earnings made by the wholesalers are his commission, usually between 3-6% on the sales of fish paid by fish farmers (Macfadyen et al, 2012). The wholesalers usually know the demand of fish species in the market and harvest according to the preference of customers (Bishnoi, 2005).…”

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Profitability, Investment Pattern and Constraints of Major Marketing Intermediaries Involved in Supply Chain of Exotic Carps in Jammu and Kashmir, India

Nisar¹,

Kumar²,

Kumar³

et al. 2018

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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Section: Wholesalermentioning

confidence: 99%

Profitability, Investment Pattern and Constraints of Major Marketing Intermediaries Involved in Supply Chain of Exotic Carps in Jammu and Kashmir, India

Nisar¹,

Kumar²,

Kumar³

et al. 2018

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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“…However, the issues of how institutional and policy environments affect the adoption of new technologies and how the dynamic patterns of adoption affect the distribution of wealth and income remain unanswered. To the best of our knowledge, no studies have been done considering those aspects in the case of integrated rice-fish farming systems in Bangladesh, although value-chain analysis, along with such useful tools as partial budgeting and SWOT analysis, can work as an ex-ante framework for assessing the details of performance of this farming system by considering the upstream and downstream actors (like Macfadyen et al 2012;Veliu et al 2009;Christensen et al 2011) compared to the rice-monoculture value chain. Value chain analysis is a strong qualitative as well as quantitative approach widely applied to pro-poor economic development.…”

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Integrated Rice-Fish Farming System in Bangladesh: An Ex-ante Value Chain Evaluation Framework

Islam

2016

Technological and Institutional Innovations for Marginalized Smallholders in Agricultural Development

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Rice and fish are an important source of food and nutrition security, income, and livelihood options for many people in Bangladesh. Integrated rice-fish farming systems are a potential option which respond to scarce land and water resources but their potential has not been fully explored in the country. Thus, this study assesses the ex-ante socio-economic competitive potential of this technology, as well as the crucial factors for its widespread adoption and diffusion. To assess the true performance of an activity, we take into account its upstream and downstream actors who are directly or indirectly related to that activity. The overall quantitative results from gross margin, partial budgeting and gendered employment analyses show positive benefits due to the introduction of rice-fish technology instead of rice monoculture in Bangladesh.

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“…Moreover, processing firms suffer for frequently not having differentiable production levels, even with modest brand recognition in the consumer market. The low level of consumer loyalty then reduces the bargaining power of processing firms in the face of retail firms (Christensen et al, 2011;Macfadyen et al, 2012;El-Sayed et al, 2014). The typical characteristics of food production have been the subject of several studies in Italy, which revealed the strategies essential to ensuring the profitability of firms (Lanfranchi et al, 2014;Sgroi et al, 2014;Tudisca et al, 2014a;Carluccia et al, 2015) and performed analyses of the costs involved (Tudisca et al, 2013;Tudisca et al, 2014b;Iotti and Bonazzi, 2014a) even considering technical and economic analysis (Strano et al, 2014).…”

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Profitability and Financial Sustainability Analysis in Italian Aquaculture Firms by Application of Economic and Financial Margins

Iotti¹,

Bonazzi²

2015

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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Agricultural Firms operating in the aquaculture sector in Italy are often characterized by high investment and high capital intensity. In fact, these companies need to develop structures and breeding systems to generate adequate cash flow to repay their investment in fixed assets. In addition, the biological cycle of breeding further extends the need for capital, in this case to finance working capital. There is therefore often a mismatch between the economic and financial cycles, wherein profit margins may differ from financial margins. In this way, such companies have an economic advantage but no sustainable financial cycle. In these cases, several crisis may force companies to default, especially when firns are unable to cover debt repayment. This difficulty is particularly present in Italy, where aquaculture firms are often Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and therefore have greater difficulty than large companies accessing the capital market. Our research evaluates the cost effectiveness and financial sustainability of a sample of forty firms operating in the aquaculture sector in Italy, within a timespan of five years, through comparative analysis of the economic and financial margins. The analysis shows that such firms are capital intensive (TA/VP of median value is 1.16%). Financial debt emerges as the first source of capital then increasing companies' financial dependence through credit systems and borrowing costs. Firms have a particular absorption in the NWC cycle, with I_DAYS being 143.29 days, AR_DAYS being 72.75 and 145.51 AP_DAYS expressing financial operating cycle (I_DAYS + AR_DAYS -AP_DAYS) with a length of 70.53 days. Profit margins, even if they are correlated with financial margins, are lower on average. The research highlights that economic model worst explains FCFE (F = 0.011 and adjusted R 2 = 0.803), while the financial model best explains FCFE (F = 0.000 and adjusted R 2 = 0.922). Our research will be further developed through analyzing cooperatives, unincorporated partnerships and sole proprietorships. It may also be useful to undertake a comparative analysis of aquaculture firms operating in other countries of the Mediterranean basin.

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Value-chain analysis — An assessment methodology to estimate Egyptian aquaculture sector performance

Cited by 97 publications

References 3 publications

Profitability, Investment Pattern and Constraints of Major Marketing Intermediaries Involved in Supply Chain of Exotic Carps in Jammu and Kashmir, India

Profitability, Investment Pattern and Constraints of Major Marketing Intermediaries Involved in Supply Chain of Exotic Carps in Jammu and Kashmir, India

Integrated Rice-Fish Farming System in Bangladesh: An Ex-ante Value Chain Evaluation Framework

Profitability and Financial Sustainability Analysis in Italian Aquaculture Firms by Application of Economic and Financial Margins

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