Scoping status TBTI

Collaborating Investigator

Dr. Suvaluck Satumanatpman (Mahidol University)

Transfer of Funds Agreement

TOR/DFM_TOR_TBTI_Scoping-TFA_2020-02-19_EXECUTED.pdf

Activities

type	title	date	status
Transfer of funds	Scoping 1/3	2020-02-25	COMPLETED
Transfer of funds	Scoping 2/3	2021-03-31	REQUESTED
Transfer of funds	Scoping 3/3	2021-11-15
Deliverable	Policy documents on DFM Zotero reference database	2021-04-30
Deliverable	Review of government policies related to dried fish	2021-04-30
Deliverable	Report on literature review	2021-05-15
Deliverable	Results of literature review on Zotero online reference database	2021-05-15
Deliverable	Report on rapid appraisal of dried fish value chains	2021-06-30	CANCELLED
Deliverable	A summary report on dried fish value chain governance	2021-09-01
Deliverable	Publication	2021-10-15
Deliverable	Publication on the rapid appraisal findings	2021-10-20
Deliverable	Report on dried fish value chain scoping study	2021-11-15
Deliverable	Addition of data to DFM internal database	2021-11-30	IN PROGRESS
Deliverable	Stakeholder workshop	2021-12-05	TBA
Deliverable	Policy brief	2022-02-15
Deliverable	Publication in a peer review journal	2022-03-01

Reports

DFM Thailand literature review

• 2021-03-12: Few Thai publications discovered by the team. Available literature was used in guiding the scoping research. NOVA is working on this.
• Check with NOVA. This report can focus on analysis of secondary data, not just publications specifically related to dried fish. It will be useful to have market data, etc., in a distinct report prior to the final Scoping report.

DFM Thailand Zotero collection DFM Thailand scoping report

• 2021-03: Agreed to combine "Report on rapid appraisal of dried fish value chains" into the Scoping report, with reflection on the contribution of “pre-Scoping” exploratory research to the data process. Suggested to provide some figures and tables prior to the final report, to assist comparative study. Specifically: list of fish species, table of imported/exported products, geographic data (for mapping in late 2021).
• 2021-03-12: Most field research completed, other than East coast and two provinces under lockdown near Bangkok. Expected completion in April 2021.

Status updates

2021-03-12

• Recently hired two part-time RAs to help conduct interviews at wholesale/retail markets in Bangkok and the vicinity. They should be completing their study in April.
• March 2021: planning to travel to the coastal provinces to complete the scoping study, assuming the Covid-19 situation is under control. The recent outbreak in the fresh fish market at the end of last year put a halt to the research plan, but the team hopes to be able to travel starting in early March to mid-April. The field research will be done by a part-time PDF, accompanied by Ratana, as well as Suvaluck, Kungwan and Thammasak, when time permits.
• May 2021: the team are planning to organize a workshop with the Dept. of Fisheries (DoF) and key DFM stakeholders to discuss the results of the scoping study, and also to identify further questions for the next steps. Team is building a relationship with the new Department of Fisheries Director.
• Kungwan has been closely involved in the discussion about the new Fisheries Act and its effect on small-scale fisheries. Ratana mentioned briefly at the last WG1 meeting about the issue surrounding anchovy fisheries, which was the original topic that DoF was interested in, although now they need to add a new angle on how the new regulation affects the fresh fish supply for the dried fish processing. Nova is going to take on this topic in her MA research, which will include two parts: the global overview of anchovy fishery, focusing on the stock, food security and nutrition, values to SSF, and governance, and climate change. She will then conduct a case study in Thailand, at the end of this year.
• Suvaluck working on QDA (asked for support with character set in Atlas.ti)