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Sustainable Contracts in the Bottled Tawilis Value Chain in Taal, Batangas, Philippines

International Journal on Food System Dynamics

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Title Sustainable Contracts in the Bottled Tawilis Value Chain in Taal, Batangas, Philippines
 
Creator Almazan, Cynthia V.
Trienekens, Jacques H.
Bijman, Jos
 
Subject tawilis fish chain; contracts; sustainability; developing country value chain
 
Description This research was conceptualized to investigate the potential impact of contracts on the sustainability of the bottled tawilis supply chain, i.e. sustainability in terms of environmental protection, well-being of the people whose livelihood depends on tawilis production, processing and marketing; and enhanced economic gains from the chain. A survey amongst fishermen, middlemen and processors was performed in the lake Taal area. The study concludes that formal contracts, with specific demands to gear used and the handling of fish, may stimulate the catch of minimum and uniform sized fish. Such contracts may also stimulate delivery of higher quality fish by fishermen. These contracts thereby enhance sustainable fishing and increase in fishermen’s income. Direct (win-win) contracts between processors and fishermen seem to be the best way to stimulate delivery of sustainably catched fish. Government should strongly increase enforcement of sustainable fishing practices and stimulate contracting for sustainable fishing in this chain.
 
Publisher CentMA
 
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Date 2011-12-15
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://centmapress.ilb.uni-bonn.de/ojs/index.php/fsd/article/view/246
10.18461/ijfsd.v2i4.246
 
Source International Journal on Food System Dynamics; Vol 2, No 4 (2011); 420 - 430
1869-6945
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://centmapress.ilb.uni-bonn.de/ojs/index.php/fsd/article/view/246/181