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The Gambia – Identification of priority exports and matching LDC-specific

The Gambia – Identification of priority exports and matching LDC-specific International Support Measures (ISMs) Peter Lunenborg lunenborg@un.org. 1. Cataloguing priority exports. Priority exports bases on existing strategies and plans 14 national-level strategies identified

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The Gambia – Identification of priority exports and matching LDC-specific

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  1. The Gambia – Identification of priority exports and matching LDC-specific International Support Measures (ISMs) Peter Lunenborg lunenborg@un.org

  2. 1. Cataloguing priority exports • Priority exports bases on existing strategies and plans • 14 national-level strategies identified • Strategies differ in sectoral focus, actors involved in formulation, process of formulation and level of detail • Priority export = good or service exported directly • Excludes inputs for exports (e.g. packaging, enabling services for exports) • Excludes products for import substition (e.g. poultry, feed for poultry, cereals, livestock)

  3. Priority exports according to existing strategies and plans(number of times mentioned by the 14 documents under review)

  4. 2. Analysis of priority exports • Inventory of priority exports = 104 productson HS6 level • Need for selecting the products where interventions have the most impact • Products with a high current export performance and high potential for exports and development impact

  5. 2. Analysis of priority exports • Current export performance / current importance of export • Consistency of exports between 1998-2011 • Gambia’s world market share in 2011 • Growth rate of Gambia’s exports between 1999-2000 and 2009-2011 • Normalized on linear scale 0-1

  6. 2. Analysis of priority exports • Potential export performance • World import demand growth 2001-2011 • PRODY – Product technological sophisticaion index (the income potential of exporting a particular product) • Proximity to peanuts • Normalized on linear scale 0-1

  7. SWOT- fisheries products Strengths • Access to resources • Significant contribution to the socio -economic development of the country • Sector supported by donors including FAO, EU, Japan, Italy and Taiwan • Existence of Community Fisheries Communities (e.g. Gunjur, Tanji, Bakau) • Existence of Gambia Artisanal Fisheries Development Agency (GAMFIDA )which has a scheme to settle disputes and runs a savings & credit programme for fishers • Existence of national associations, e.g. Fisheries Post Harvest Operators Platform , TRY Oyster Women’s Association, the National Sole CoManagement Committee (NASCOM), Water Resources Laboratory • Relative closeness to European continent • Duty Free Quota Free access to EU under Everything But Arms

  8. SWOT – fisheries products Weaknesses • Irregularityand costs of power. An uninterrupted cold chain is essential for exporting fresh or frozen fish. • Lack of compliance with hygienic standards – high rate of refusal by EU and US • Infrastructure challenges with fish landing sites across the country • Many ships land their fish in Senegal instead of Gambia • Prevalence of migratory Senegalese and other non-Gambian fishermen in Gambian waters • High interest rates charged and limited access to credit; insufficient funds to buy equipment • Post-harvest losses due to lack of storage and refrigeration • Majority of Gambians operating inland are part-time fisherfolks/farmers, and hence, do not realize the full benefits of commercial fishing. • Lack of knowledge about fish stocks and lack of resources to carry out fish surveys

  9. SWOT – fisheries products Opportunities • Existing support by donors including EU (e.g. ACP Fish II Programme) , WWF (West African Marine Ecoregion(WAMER) project, USAID • Development of oyster culture (identified in DTIS) • MSC ecolabelling which may command a price premium • New value added products, e.g. dried (shredded) cuttlefish • Support by European retailers (e.g. Kaufland) • EU bilateral fisheries agreements with Senegal and Gambia (currently no protocol in place)

  10. SWOT – fisheries products Threats • Difficulties in recruiting, training and retaining Gambians in artisanal fisheries • Illegal and unreported fishing close or in Gambian waters • Sustainability of fishing • Inability to substitute wild fishing with aquaculture (e.g. lobsters)

  11. 3. Matching priority exports with ISMs • Lack of compliance with hygienic standards • SPS / STDF • Illegal, unreported an unregulated fishing • Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate IUU fishing • TACB to neighbouring countries • Sustainability • UN Fish Stocks Agreement • Support to participate in fisheries management organizations • Support to carry out fish surveys • Lack of credit • UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)

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