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Professor Jason Weeks, Dr F rancis Murray, Professor David Little

Development of the EAFI (Ethical Aquaculture Food Index); a Sustainability Decision Support Tool for SE Asia. Professor Jason Weeks, Dr F rancis Murray, Professor David Little. SEAT Project. EC funded project 2009 - 2013 Focus on Asian aquaculture species exported to Europe

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Professor Jason Weeks, Dr F rancis Murray, Professor David Little

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  1. Development of the EAFI (Ethical Aquaculture Food Index); a Sustainability Decision Support Tool for SE Asia Professor Jason Weeks, Dr Francis Murray, Professor David Little

  2. SEAT Project • EC funded project 2009 - 2013 • Focus on Asian aquaculture species exported to Europe • Creating evidence base that support sustainability standards and policy • Develop the EAFI as a tool for decision makers Asia Europe

  3. Project Scope • 4 species from 4 countries • Particular focus on the main export species from each country • Whole value chain approach, looking beyond the farm

  4. Project Structure

  5. What is the EAFI Ethical Aquaculture Food Index

  6. Selected EAFI Case Studies • SEAT’s 4 countries and 4 species present 48 different scenarios. • SEAT project will present 4 specific case studies in detail • Pangasius Vietnam • Shrimp Thailand • Shrimp China • Shrimp and Prawn Bangladesh

  7. What is the EAFI • Evidence based decision support tool primarily for international seafood buyers and certifiers • Incorporates environmental, economic, social and ethical data • Assesses and scores the sustainability of an aquaculture commodity, beyond the farm level • Specific to the 4 SEAT countries

  8. What is the EAFI • SEAT work packages generated data and identified species and country specific indicators • Indicators developed into a tiered, hierarchical, iterative framework • Simple tool, becoming more complex only where necessary • Utilises a weight of evidence approach to make decisions

  9. Value chain landscape Tier 0 – simple assessment of the national value chain landscape EAFI ? Decision making Tier One – qualitative assessment of landscape by questions EAFI ? Tier Two More questions leading to semi-quantitative decisions EAFI ? Tier 3 More questions leading to more quantitative decisions EAFI ? Key Features of the EAFI as a tiered iterative hierarchical framework Decision point at each tier

  10. How do I use the EAFI? • Step through from Tier 0 • Decision point at each tier. You can exit at any tier if available information is specific and you can satisfy the indicator/ answer the question • If moving to more quantitative and specific tiers then EAFI facilitates improvements in knowledge and techniques

  11. The value chain landscape (Tier 0) - product Community? Disease? Ethics? Feed in? Welfare? Product quality? Chemicals out? Chemicals in? Processing? Nutrients in? Nutrients out?

  12. Value Chain Landscapes – Tier 0

  13. Types of questions • All questions within the framework have a graduated range of answers or indicator of sustainability. • Significant use of the actual project data collected and used via an interrogational approach • Links to all models ERA Aqua, nutrient, GIS, LCA etc. within the framework; toolbox approach • Development of bias and weighting towards ethics and sustainability • Mixture of detailed and yes/ no questions dependent on tier – different questions with greater complexity of answers at higher tiers.

  14. How is the EAFI weighted? • Currently under development (expect finished product - November 2013) • Biased towards ethical/ sustainable values of producers and European consumers • Undergoing Delphi process as we speak – three iterations of testing with end users

  15. “The maths bit” • Normalisation • Aggregation • Monte Carlo simulation • Bootstrapping • Weighting

  16. What the output may look like

  17. LCA incorporation into the EAFI

  18. Feedback to date • A range of aquaculture standards setters/ certifiers have been consulted and been positive about the EAFI potential and the (risk) framework approach • Buyers also tested; main comment is to keep it as simple as possible • All have liked very much the inclusion of ethics and the whole value chain approach into the EAFI process

  19. Summary • Independent iterative process that is evidence based and focussed on ethics and sustainability • Easy to use by non experts • Not an accreditation scheme but a first consideration Next steps..... • Now encouraging feedback on how you would use the EAFI • Development of EAFI is moving toward worked case studies, weighting, and refined presentation of robust database.

  20. Thank you • Jason Weeks (EAFI development) J.weeks@cranfield.co.uk

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