Scoping status BAU

• Collaborating Investigator: Dr. Mostafa Hossain (Bangladesh Agricultural University)
• Terms of Reference: DFM_TOR_BAU_Scoping-TFA_2019-09-23_EXECUTED
• Dates amended: DFM_TOR_BAU_Scoping-TFA-amendment_2020_02_06

Status

• 2021-03. MOSTAFA: "We have been working on different components and all the members of the team made the field visits during December-February. Regarding Zotero, we'll add more documents in a few days. We also have other developments regarding to reports to share..."

Activities

type	title	description	date	status	notes
Transfer of funds	Scoping 1/3		2019-09-15	Transferred 2019-10-25. REFERENCE I2010002
Transfer of funds	Scoping 2/3		2020-04-05	Transferred 2020-04-27. REFERENCE I2076280
Transfer of funds	Scoping 3/3		2020-10-05	SUSPENDED
Meeting	Status meeting	Last week of March	2021-03-31 09:00 CST	SCHEDULED
Report	F300		2021-04-15	DUE
Report	Contribution report		2021-04-15	DUE
Deliverable	Local literature database	Criteria: Relevant local sources should be listed in an online library using the shared DFM Zotero project database. An English-language abstract and/or translated title should be provided for each item. Digital resources should be attached to the library items where available. Particularly significant print resources should be digitized and included in the library.	2020-02-21	102 items in Zotero database. Some items need metadata cleaning.
Deliverable	Policy inventory and gap analysis report	The report should be approximately 20-30 pages, not including technical appendices, and should include the following elements: An overview of existing policies on fish and dried fish An identification of policy gaps An evaluation of the policy formulation process, describing the participation of different stakeholders An assessment of implementation gaps A list of possible policy interventions An assessment of key governance issues such as the role of local government, policies for common-property water bodies, and management structures An assessment of the use of chemicals and the impact of policies concerning their import, sale, and use.	2020-03-28
Deliverable	Local literature review report	Criteria: The report should be 20-40 pages in length Should review current knowledge and sources of information about dried fish in the area studied by the research team, drawing on grey literature, archival sources, legal texts, student theses, and local publications Should identify areas for further investigation May be written up as a paper to be submitted for peer review.	2020-04-16	Received 2020-11. See comments by Derek.
Deliverable	Key locations report	Criteria: Field reports from each cluster should highlight main characteristics and unique features of the sites visited The compiled report should include a selection of key locations for in-depth research/	2020-05-06
Deliverable	Plan for pilot interventions	Criteria: Should build on the policy inventory and gap analysis report Should provide concrete proposals for interventions to undertake in the following stage of the project	2020-06-07
Deliverable	Thematic codebook	Criteria: Should provide a list of analytic and thematic codes with brief definitions May provide memos concerning the context and application for codes by the team	2020-11-19
Deliverable	Online database of field records	Criteria: May be provided as records in a shared QDA database format (Atlas.ti, Nvivo) Should include both content and thematic codes attached to each record	2020-11-19
Deliverable	Report on food security and nutrition	Criteria: The report should be approximately 30 pages, not including technical appendices Should provide an in-depth anthropological analysis of how cultural and social norms shape dried fish consumption in selected locations, with reference to cultural practices, concepts of nutrition, and social class and status Should include indicative nutritional values of different dried fish species popularly consumed (not based on direct lab testing), in comparison with those of other animal proteins	2020-06-30
Deliverable	Maps of dried fish value chains sites	Criteria: Should provide locations of segments and indicate flows between them GIS data should be provided in a standard format for reuse by other teams	2021-01-15
Deliverable	Scoping report	A 50-60 page scoping report, including (but not limited to) the following elements: Map/s and lists identifying key geographical locations for each value chain segment Lists of species dried (with local and scientific names) and types of product Detailed descriptions of the fisheries from which these originate Detailed descriptions of the methods used to process fish Detailed descriptions of various types of trader and their practices Detailed descriptions of the practices of retailers and the behavior of consumers who purchase from them Estimates of volumes of dried fish products produced and traded Estimates of numbers of actor (disaggregated by gender, ethnicity, etc) in each segment of the chain Analysis of the socioeconomic context that shapes dried fish production and consumption Analysis of how numbers of actors/volumes of dried fish/dried fish prices have changed within the past decade Analysis of drivers of change and perceptions of major threats and opportunities facing the sector	2021-02-12
Deliverable	Online database of dried fish and fish species	Criteria: Based on field data and photographs Includes all significant species for dried fish production in Bangladesh	2020-09-24
Deliverable	Illustrated book on dried fish	Criteria: Based on field data and photographs	2020-09-24