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ProjectProject Document Formulation: INTRA-ACP Fisheries and Aquaculture Blue Growth Programme for Improved Value Chains Productivity and Competitiveness - TCP/INT/3704 2020
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No results found.A number of African, Caribbean and Pacific ( countries rely, to varying extents, on fish trade for food security and economic development In addition to their value in trade, fisheries provide an important source of protein, employment and foreign income for the majority of ACP countries Despite their potential contribution to sustainable development, fisheries and aquaculture generally account for less than 5 percent of GDP of ACP countries, though the figure ranges from less than 1 percent in some countries, such as Vanuatu, Kenya and Jamaica, to as much as 14 percent in the Marshall Islands A number of factors impact upon this weak contribution, in particular a lack of private sector investment in fisheries and aquaculture businesses, as well as low productivity, including food loss and waste due to poor handling and processing, which in turn results in low prices and constrains access to markets with higher prices These constraints have been recognized and discussed by ACP fisheries and aquaculture ministers in a number of fora (such as the ACP Strategic Plan for Fisheries and Aquaculture and the Declaration of the 5 th meeting of the ACP Ministers in charge of fisheries and aquaculture) One response of the ACP Secretariat was to reach out to FAO for assistance in securing funding from the European Union, as part of 11 th European Development Fund ( for a project to increase the sustainability of fish value chains across the three ACP regions Subsequent discussions between the ACP Secretariat, the European Union’s Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) and FAO resulted in the formulation of a way forward by focusing on prioritized value chains in ACP countries and investing significantly to enable micro, small and medium sized enterprises in the value chains to access finance and other forms of investment funds In December 2018 following a formal request from the ACP Secretariat to access EUR 40 million from EDF 11 via the ACP Fisheries and Aquaculture Action Document and to submit the action document for review at the next EDF 11 Finance Committee in 2019 DG DEVCO agreed to the request for the FishInvest project. -
DocumentFAO Global Aquaculture Production Volume and Value Statistics Database Updated to 2012
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Book (series)Production of high-value products from the by-products of aquatic food processing 2024
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No results found.The processing of aquatic food generates substantial by-products, including animal heads, skins, bones, scales, visceral organs and shells, etc., which can constitute between 30 percent and 70 percent of the whole body of aquatic organisms. These by-products retain numerous bioactive molecules suitable for extraction and application in the nutraceutical, functional food, pharmaceutical, biomedical, cosmetic and material industries, and have the potential to yield high-value products. The transition from aquatic food waste to high-value products presents multiple benefits, including: (i) enhanced human nutrition and health through nutrient and bioactive component provision; (ii) mitigation of environmental pollution by reducing waste; and (iii) improved economic returns because aquatic food waste is transformed into high-value products rather than low-value animal feeds or fertilizers. This guide presents strategic and technical insights by outlining key principles for producing high-value items, including collagen, gelatine, bioactive peptides, chitin, chitosan, chondroitin sulphate, fish leather and fish oil, from the by-products of aquatic food processing.
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