DFM Cambodia scoping report

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abstract

The role of processed fish in Cambodia as an important livelihood option, especially for the poorer segments of the population and women, for food security and nutrition, and as a cultural preference through analysis focusing on consumption and production is clearly identified in published literature. However, this body of work is fragmented, as they lack a specific focus on the processed fish sector. There are no studies that provide a comprehensive analysis of all the types of processed fish products, the species used, volume of production by type by region, and the proportion or number of households that engage in processing for Cambodia. On the other hand, the body of work with a specific focus on fish processing in Cambodia is marked by a focus on technical analysis including the chemical composition of processed fish and by the methods followed in processing fish paste and fermented fish.  However, a range of studies that analyse the fisheries sector in general, have included a focus on the processed fish sector, and they broadly fall within the disciplines of socio-economic, socio-cultural, ecological and environmental, nutrition, food security and food safety, and policy and governance. With one of the world’s largest and most diverse fresh water fisheries, at present, Cambodia is the fifth biggest inland fisheries producing country, behind China, India, Bangladesh and Myanmar (FAO, 2020).   While the contribution of the marine sector to the fisheries sector has increased over the years in Cambodia, and the aquaculture sector has developed even faster, the fresh water sector continues to strongly dominate fisheries in Cambodia, with most of the fishing activities taking place along the Mekong basin and in the Tonle Sap lake. As a result, the bulk of the fish processing is also linked to the resources from these water bodies, people who live around these water bodies and market centres close to the water bodies. However, increasingly farmed fish, from both within Cambodia and outside the country is becoming important for processing in Cambodia.  

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DFM Reports

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DFM Cambodia scoping phase report

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DFM Cambodia Scoping Report

date

2021

author

Gayathri Lokuge, Kyoko Kusakabe, Prak Sereyvath, Derek Johnson, and Ben Belton  

series editor

Derek Johnson

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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.

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Dried Fish Matters Project Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts 432 Fletcher Argue Building, 15 Chancellor Circle The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2 CANADA

dried.fish.matters@umanitoba.ca

acknowledgements

This work draws on research supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

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Contents

• Introduction
• Methods and data sources
• Literature review summary
• Findings
• Types of products and species processed
• Fisheries from which processed products originate
• Fish processing sites, processors, and their practices
• Markets, Traders, and their practices
• Conclusions

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• 2021-02-20: Draft Word document submitted by Gayathri Lokuge
• 2021-04-21: Editorial meeting (Gayathri, Derek, Eric)
• 2021-05-25: Revised outline sent by Gayathri
• Waiting for revisions...

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