DESCRIBING VALUE CHAINS
E-book
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| SECTION INTRODUCTION: Dried fish as commodity: describing value chains | This section looks at different ways of representing "social economies" of dried fish. We use the term "value chains" in a way that upends standard economic definitions of value, suggesting that social and cultural value accumulate and are embedded within the histories of dried fish as commodities. | -- | |
| Maldive Fish Processing in Southern Sri Lanka (S.A. Adikary, D.N. Koralagama, and N. Weerathunga) | Maldive fish is a special form of dried fish utilized as a flavour-enhancing condiment in Sri Lankan curries and sambol. However, the processing technique differs from normal salted and sun dried fish processing, in that it includes smoking as well. Maldive fish processing is popular on the south coast of Sri Lanka, especially as a cottage level industry. Yet it is consumed as a product in the entire island. Using gendered value chain and social wellbeing approaches, this chapter analyses Maldive fish processing techniques, gender relations, and wellbeing of processors, based on qualitative data collected through thirty in-depth interviews. Field work was conducted in two main processing sites, Kudawella (Hambantota district) and Kottegoda (Matara district) in southern Sri Lanka. Changes in processing methods used in the past and present, the extent of women’s and men’s engagement, trading, value addition, and scale of operations are discussed, with special focus on how these practices contribute to the wellbeing of processors. |
7 April - Waiting review from Ben PDF version of the submitted text: MALDIVE_FISH_E_book_chapter_-_Final.pdf 2022-02-03: Received from Anupama 2022-02-02: Follow-up email sent to Dilanthi. 2022-01-19: Update from Dilanthi:
2022-01-18: Asked Nireka, who will check with Dilanthi and replay about plans for the Sri Lanka contributions. |
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| Online marketing and e-commerce of dried fish in Thailand (Nova Almine and Ratana Chuenpagdee) | (Revised topic) Study of e-commerce. There are several Facebook groups selling dried fish in Thailand. Many of the groups have up to 217,000 group members that are offering both wholesaling and retailing of dried fish products). Some sellers source their products directly from harvesters and processors located in different provinces. The majority of the Facebook groups were created from the beginning of the COVID times in 2020 until 2021, and new groups continue to appear. Some groups are for wholesale merchants only, while many allow every member to post and sell their products on the Facebook group. Some vendors offer to resell their products to group members. Another popular way of selling online on Facebook is called “Live selling”, where the vendor uses video setup (live streaming) to show and sell the products to their live viewers. This is also called conversational commerce or “C commerce”. It enables direct communication to potential buyers. It is effective because the viewer can buy the product by commenting on the code, they are interested in buying, then it will be reserved for that person. |
7 April - Waiting review from Sami 2022-01-25: Nova supplied some screenshots on request, showing dried fish product listings from Amazon, eBay, and Facebook (group and marketplace). 2022-01-24 Submission received 2022-01-19: Update from Ratana
2022-01-18: Asked Ratana in response to the Thailand submission. May need to ask Nova directly. |
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| Fish fermentation in the floodplain - a photo essay (Mostafa A R Hossain, Ben Belton and Shakuntala H Thilsted) | Fermenting fish is a familiar strategy of food preservation in Bangladesh. In the country, although a number of fermented fish products are available, the most popular one is Chapa or Shidol. The delicious Chapa has long been contributing a regular menu in the diets, particularly in the north-central, north-eastern and southern hilly regions. It is a delicacy and a common protein source in the diet of poor and middle-class people. Thousands of men, women, and children are involved in the fish fermentation sectors – supplying the raw fish, processing – drying and fermenting, and trading. This photo essay aims to contribute to our appreciation on the socially embedded practices and hence broadens our understanding of the fish fermentation in the floodplains of Bangladesh. |
@waewinkhaing Thanks! @ericthrift Yes, they are. Use No. 3 because it does not have tracked changes. @waewinkhaing Are these ready to go?
7 April - Waiting for revision from Mostafa. (Expected to receive on 12 April. Sent comments on 28 March.) 2022-01-19: Text and images shared by Mostafa. The full set of images can be downloaded from Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/c2okem0xujz3e5m/AADQfJ165lYW0BL_2jOU97-Za?dl=0. 2022-01-18: Sent email to Mostafa, Ben, and Shakuntala about their plans, inviting a quick selection of images (with captions) from the many that they already have. |
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| Coastal and inland dried fish value chains in Sri Lanka: A photo essay exploring the processing node and its linkages (Madu Galappaththi, Wedige Chathurika Hiroshini, R. Ishan Indunil, Lakshitha Fernando, Sachindu Weththasinghe, Ishan Weththasinghe, Sachini Bandara Menike, Thusharini Renganathan) | The goal of this essay is to explore the processing node and its linkages within two distinct dried fish value chains in Sri Lanka to gain insights into their organization and functioning. The two value chains we present include a coastal marine value chain and an inland freshwater value chain, with a series of photos to enable visual engagement. In doing so, we outline the activities within the processing node, their structural organization, and linkages to adjacent fishing and trading nodes. The accounts we present also encompass the resource usage, livelihood aspects, and place-based connections of these value chains, including gendered tasks and responsibilities. We conclude the essay with a broad comparison between the two study value chains and brief reflections on areas for further investigation. |
Will do. Thank you Derek. The term however is not a direct translation, rather it seems to refer to the texture/quality of the material that this net is made out of. Excellent Madu - I suggest that you keep the term 'coarse net' in the text but add purse seine in brackets. This particular usage is in itself unusual and interesting. Do you know whether coarse is direct translation from the Sinhala? I found that 'coarse net' is the local term for purse seine - used to target schooling fish such as Indian scad and flying fish, off-shore fisheries, southwestern Sri Lanka. I will revise the text to clarify this term once the chapter returns from copy-editing. -Madu Wae Win and Derek have checked the April 12 version which is now ready for copy editing. We are still waiting, however, on Madu's confirmation of the 'coarse net' term and we may need to adjust the text slightly depending on what she says. 7 April - Waiting for revision from Madu. (Expected to receive on 12 April. Comments send on 28 March.) External reviewer - Holly Hapke Compressed the pictures; originals are in the Word document sent by Madu December 30. |
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| Shopping for dried fish: A photo essay portraying the varieties of dried fish products in Thailand (Kongpop Rungruengrayup, Piyanuch Rungrattanapongporn, Suphakarn Traesupap, Suvaluck Satumanatpan, Thammasak Yeemin, Kungwan Juntarashote,and Ratana Chuenpagdee) | Fish is an unassuming food for the Thais. Fish, whether fresh, cooked, dried or in other preserved forms, are easy to find in local, open-aired markets, supermarkets, and convenient stores. The varieties of fish products, especially dried fish, are impressive, and overwhelmed to document. Dried squids and dried anchovies, for instance, are made into numerous textures and flavours, with the latter being promoted as healthy food, especially when mixed with sesame seed, herb and spices. Through this photo essay, we present a range of dried fish products commonly found in markets in Thailand, not only as a glimpse into its diverse culinary dried fish scene, but also as an illustration of the challenges in dried fish research. | 7 April - Review received from Eric. @derekjohnson155 is sending it to the team. | -- |
| Living on the Edge (DFYWA) |
Thanks Derek. Please use the attached final version for copy-editing. I just came across the photo collection in DFYWA image gallery in Wiki. I downloaded from there and added many amazing photos to the revised document, and also accepted all tacked changes. :) The version ready for copy editing is attached following Madu's revision based on Ben's comments. I made a few minor edits to this version. 7 April - Received review from Ben on 19 March. @derekjohnson155 is sending it back to Madu. For images, see https://driedfishmatters.org/wiki/Category:DFYWA. Taken from the DFYWA Working Paper; edited by Madu |
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| Dried Fish Consumption in Myanmar (Sithu Lin, Ben Belton, Wae Win Khaing) | Dried fish products have been a staple food in Myanmar Culture and are important for poor and vulnerable people. Regardless of several challenges including poor working conditions and poor food safety, and a large number of women involvements in the dried fish processing and trading, the diverse and complex economy of dried fish production and distribution in Southeast Asia is often overlooked in the research and policy arena. Myanmar Dried Fish Consumption Survey (MDFCS) is conducted between 2019 and 2020 to understand different patterns of dried fish consumption in the country as part of the Dried Fish Matters Project Phase I. It is a quantitative survey that captures the type and amount of dried fish and fish products consumed by a family, source of fish consumed, location of purchase, and their consumption behaviors based on their locations. The fresh and processed fish consumption is highly correlated to the locations of the respondents, whereas Shan (North) has the lowest consumption in all categories of dried fish. The report lays out the dried fish consumption data with several types of dried and processed fish across 8 States and Regions. |
2022-04-12: Final version shared by Derek https://1drv.ms/w/s!Ao5UHk58h7dIgvlw5GniK7fazvRQug?e=V4VSTz 7 April - Review received from Sami. WW to be revise and send it on Thursday to be ready for copy-editing. 2022-01-17: Message from Ben Belton.
2022-01-17: Two photographs added by Ben (attached here). Wae Win will add these to the DFM Wiki. Figures in the Word document are low-resolution compressed versions. See high-resolutions versions in the DFM wiki. |
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| India’s fish and dried fish trade: An Overview (Jeena) | This paper seeks to examine India’s fish and dried fish trade and the changes that have taken place over the years. The data published by Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) have been used to analyze the trends and changes in the composition of the export of marine products from India. In contrast, the UN trade statistics have been used to carry out a more detailed analysis of the changes in the volume and value of trade and identify the major trading partners for the export and import of fish and dried fish products from and to India. The UN Trade statistics Harmonized System (HS) classifications for fish, dried fish, and related items since 1995-96 available at https://comtrade.un.org/data have been used for this purpose. |
2022-04-10: Derek sent final "accepted" copy to Eric. 7 April - Received the revised version on 3 April. @derekjohnson155 will check it this week to send to Eric on Friday. Received 2022-01-17.
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