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Regional market assessment: demand and supply

Year of publication 2012

Pages 276 p.

Author Defaux, V.;Hjort, A.

Publisher FAO/IOC ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series number SF/2012/5

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This report contains a market assessment of the 19 African countries receiving support under an EU-funded programme called SmartFish1. The purpose of the assessment was to identify national production trends (e.g. decline or increase) with regard to capture fisheries (fish caught wild) and aquaculture (fish farming) as well as future potentials with regards to further production and increased regional trade. Threats to current production as well as to future developments were also identified. Fu rthermore, for each of the countries, import and export flows of fish and fish products were examined, as well as the demand for the products (within, as well as outside the countries).

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