Market chain analyses of selected product in Cambodia

Bc. Stanislav Flekač

Master's thesis

Abstract:

Food security is one of the sustainable development goals. The important part of food security is properly working value chain of food commodities to secure that food will come to consumer in adequate state for consummation. In Cambodia at least 82.1% of animal proteins are supplied by fish production and 86 % of Cambodian land is in the catchment area of the Mekong River which is 10th biggest river of the world. Fish production in Cambodia has a long history and is the fastest growing segment in this country. The study was analysing the value chain of fish products in Cambodia, specifically focusing on the following species: Henicorhynchus/Cirrhinus siamensis, Henicorhynchus/Cirrhinus lobatus, Pangasius bocourti, Pangasius hypophthalmus, Oreochromis niloticus, Channa striata, Clarias batrachus and Anabas testudines. The research focused on identification of all the segments of their value chain and analyzed their drawbacks and positives comparing added value and price levels between provinces and rainy and dry seasons. The primary data collection was based on six different questionnaires for each segment of value chain and interviews with 117 respondents from following groups: fishermen, fish farmers, intermediaries, processors, retailers and consumers. There have been found significant statistical differences in price levels of following species, Tilapia, Siamese Carp and Common Carp and also for fish paste in dependency on province. It was identified added value from each value chain segment; in Kampong Thom the average added value is 49.96%, in Kampong Chhnang 62.86% and in Phnom Penh 57.74% difference. The thesis also maps the geographical channels of supply chain for specified fish species and provides recommendations for improvements.

Keywords

Fish products, fish processing, Added value, Value chain

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 22. 4. 2016

Thesis defence

• Supervisor: Ing. Petra Chaloupková, Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences

Master programme / field:
Tropical Agriculture / Sustainable Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics