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Kenyan Exports of Nile Perch: The Impact of Food Safety Standards on an Export-Oriented Supply Chain

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dc.contributor.authorHenson, Spencer
dc.contributor.authorMitullah Winnie
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-25T19:07:34Z
dc.date.available2013-06-25T19:07:34Z
dc.date.issued2004-06
dc.description.abstractOver the past decade, exports of fish and fishery products from developing countries have increased rapidly. However, one of the major challenges facing developing countries in seeking to maintain and expand their share of global markets is stricter food safety requirements in industrialized countries. Kenyan exports of Nile perch to the European Union provide a notable example of efforts to comply with such requirements, overlaid with the necessity to overcome restrictions on trade relating to immediate food safety concerns. Although food safety requirements were evolving in their major markets, most notably the European Union, most Kenyan exporters had made little attempts to upgrade their hygiene standards. Likewise, the legislative framework of food safety controls and facilities at landing sites remained largely unchanged. Both exporters and the Kenyan government were forced to take action when a series of restrictions were applied to exports by the European Union over the period 1997 to 2000. Processors responded by upgrading their hygiene controls, although a number of facilities closed, reflecting significant costs of compliance within the context of excess capacity in the sector. Remaining facilities upgraded their hygiene controls and made efforts to diversify their export base away from the European. Legislation and control mechanisms were also enhanced. Hygiene facilities at landing beaches were improved, but remain the major area of weakness. The Kenyan case illustrates the significant impact that stricter food safety requirements can have on export-oriented supply chains. It also demonstrates how such requirements can exacerbate existing pressures for restructuring and reform, while prevailing supply and capacity issues constrain the manner in which the supply chain is able to respond. In Kenya most of the concerted effort to comply with these requirements was stimulated by the sudden loss of market access in very much a crisis management mode of operation, illustrating the importance of responding to emerging food safety requirements in a proactive and effective manner.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/4986717/kenyan-exports-nile-perch-impact-food-safety-standards-export-oriented-supply-chain
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3349
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/14184
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, D.C.
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No.3349
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectANIMAL HEALTH
dc.subjectAQUACULTURE
dc.subjectBEACHES
dc.subjectBIOMASS
dc.subjectCOMPLIANCE COSTS
dc.subjectCONTINUOUS MONITORING
dc.subjectDISEASES
dc.subjectDOMESTIC PRODUCTS
dc.subjectEQUIPMENT
dc.subjectEXPLOITATION
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectFEED
dc.subjectFISH
dc.subjectFISH FARMING
dc.subjectFISH PROCESSING
dc.subjectFISH PRODUCTION
dc.subjectFISH PRODUCTS
dc.subjectFISHERIES
dc.subjectFISHERIES RESOURCES
dc.subjectFISHERS
dc.subjectFISHERY
dc.subjectFISHERY PRODUCTION
dc.subjectFISHERY PRODUCTS
dc.subjectFISHING
dc.subjectFOOD MARKETS
dc.subjectFOOD PRODUCTS
dc.subjectFOOD SAFETY
dc.subjectHAKE
dc.subjectHEAVY METALS
dc.subjectIMPORTS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINLAND FISHERY
dc.subjectLABORATORIES
dc.subjectLEGISLATION
dc.subjectLIVELIHOODS
dc.subjectMARKET POWER
dc.subjectMARKETING
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPRODUCERS
dc.subjectQUALITY STANDARDS
dc.subjectREFRIGERATION
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectSHARK
dc.subjectSHORES
dc.subjectTILAPIA
dc.subjectTUNA FISH AS FOOD
dc.subjectFOOD SAFETY
dc.subjectCOMMERCIAL FISHING
dc.subjectFISH
dc.subjectFISHING INDUSTRY
dc.subjectFISHERIES
dc.subjectFISH PROCESSING
dc.subjectFISH PACKING & PROCESSING
dc.subjectFOOD HYGIENE
dc.subjectFOOD CONTAMINATION
dc.subjectHYGIENE
dc.subjectFOOD PROCESSING STANDARDS
dc.subjectFOOD INSPECTION STANDARDS
dc.subjectFOOD REGULATIONS
dc.subjectFOOD PROCESSING
dc.titleKenyan Exports of Nile Perch: The Impact of Food Safety Standards on an Export-Oriented Supply Chainen
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okr.crossref.titleKenyan Exports of Nile Perch: Impact of Food Safety Standards on an Export-Oriented Supply Chain
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T07:21:25.807720Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/4986717/kenyan-exports-nile-perch-impact-food-safety-standards-export-oriented-supply-chain
okr.globalpracticeEnvironment and Natural Resources
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
okr.globalpracticeWater
okr.guid242261468771290851
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3349
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000009486_20040730093127
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum4986717
okr.identifier.reportWPS3349
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryKenya
okr.topicFisheries and Aquaculture
okr.topicAgribusiness and Markets
okr.topicEnvironmental Economics and Policies
okr.topicAgricultural Knowledge and Information Systems
okr.topicIndustry::Fishing Industry
okr.topicWater Resources::Coastal and Marine Resources
okr.unitOff of Sr VP Dev Econ/Chief Econ (DECVP)
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