Value chains and their impact on fish exports from fish farms in Kafr El-Sheikh

Eldanasoury, Fawzy; Eladawy, Roshdy Shawky; Elnoby, Hussain; Elkeblawy, Rania Mohamed

doi:10.21608/jsas.2025.381820.1521

Value chains and their impact on fish exports from fish farms in Kafr El-Sheikh

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ قسم الاقتصاد الراعى كلية الزراعة جامعة كفر الشيخ

² کلية الزراعة جامعة کفر الشيخ

³ بحوث الاقتصاد الزراعى بالاسکندرية

⁴ department of agricultural economics, faculty of agriculture, Kafr Elshiekh university

10.21608/jsas.2025.381820.1521

Abstract

THE VALUE chain analysis approach is an important tool for decision-making on developing marketing systems, increasing their efficiency and enhancing the competitiveness of agricultural products. The updated strategy for agricultural development has been adopted.The updated Agricultural Development Strategy 2030 relied on several pillars to achieve its strategic objectives, including developing effective and comprehensive value chains for agricultural goods and products to achieve the strategic goal of increasing the competitiveness of agricultural products and creating job opportunities in the agricultural sector. By studying the marketing efficiency of freshwater fish in the research sample in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate, it was found that the marketing efficiency of tilapia fish in the research sample farms reached about 87.43%, the marketing efficiency of mullet fish was 94.02%, and the marketing efficiency of tobar fish was 33.55%, By studying the marketing path of fish in the sample farms, it became clear that the production is marketed through three marketing paths: the first is from the farm gate to the wholesaler who sells it in the local market to the retailer and from there to the final consumer. The wholesaler can also sell the fish to an export office and from there to the foreign market. The second route is from the farm to the retailer and from there to the final consumer. The third route is where the fish is sold from the farm to an export office and from there to the foreign market.

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