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Inclusive Value Chain Development: Reaching the Very Poor in the Philippine Mariculture Industry

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June 28, 2012

The Project
PROJECT SIZE: ICCO: Euro 300,000 spread over a period of three years SDCAsia: implementing agency; US$ 75,000 counterpart Unstable supply of quality fingerlings Trust issues

THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES

DOST : equipment grant SEEP: business plan support

Local Government/ Mariculture Association: Infrastructure support OUTREACH: 2,500 households; 10,344 individuals IMPACT: Average of 81% increase in income

Weak GAqP compliance

Poor postharvest facilities

6 villages along Davao Gulf; US$ 57/ month average income

Lack of value adding

THE MARICULTURE INDUSTRY

Push Pull Strategy

PUSH STRATEGIES: Strengthen value chains to create more opportunities for target groups

PULL STRATEGIES: Building capacity of target groups to move into opportunities

Participatory identification of constraints in the Mariculture industry that have the greatest impact on improving its competitiveness parallel to creating eco-friendly incomegeneration opportunities for the poor.

Transforming Constraints into Opportunities

Livelihood Opportunities for Coastal Households Responding to Constraints to Improved Chain Competitiveness

Assessment of market throughout the project to ensure that livelihood generation activities do not create market saturation.

Employment and enterprise creation activities done in phases to align these with growth trends, market absorption, and carrying capacity of eco-systems.

Livelihood Awareness Campaign

A campaign to disseminate information on income generation opportunities, motivate the poor to search for their own mariculture opportunities, and instil hope among the target groups since the majority had a fatalistic attitude or had bad experiences. Currently, the function is being undertaken by the Mariculture Postharvest administrator and the association

Skills Acquisition via Embedded Services

Input Suppliers

Buyers

Peer to Peer Coaching

Behavior Change Interventions

Development of tools supported by ACDI-VOCA

Many of the interventions needed to facilitate upgrading are rooted in catalyzing behavior and social change

Technology Upgrading and Employment

Good Acquacultural Practices

Oftentimes, the benefits to the poor from new or improved technology lie in employment generation potential

Access to Infrastructure to Pursue Livelihood

Usually done via set-up of common service facilities co-funded by private (industry), public sector, and project. For small tools and outriggers, these were provided by employers

Build up of social capital/Win-win Relationships

The formation of collective groups provides the platform for promoting compliance to service performance and quality standards, exchanging and sharing experiences, information, and skills, reducing power asymmetries, and promoting peer support and access to social services and safety nets.

Aligning Interventions to Needs of Target Groups

Trajectory of Households: Fisherfolks

Trajectory of Households: Women Group

Mariculture and Employment

Hatchery/ Fry / Fingerlings operators and workers Ice Plant/ Workers Caretakers Transport Vendors

Harvesters and Sorters

Feed Suppliers and Workers

Grow-out Cage Investors

Cage Builders/ Net Makers/ Cleaners/ Lifters

Job creation depends heavily on the number of grow-out cage operators. Interest and willingness to invest in grow-out cage operations are closely linked to market demand and growth.

Traders

Market Growth and Demand

Processing Plants

Development of Markets

To strengthen capacity of chains to provide livelihood opportunities, development of markets is a necessary intervention A POSITIVE DRIVER OF CHANGE!

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