Sustainable Enterprise Project(SEP)-Safe Dry Fish Production
Program Area
The area of the program was selected in a workshop held in 2 June 2016 at PKSF Bhaban. Guidelines have been introduced in this workshop making similarity with “National Geriatric People’s Policy 2013”. The activities under the principles are:
- Establish a club for senior peoples.
- Introduce old aged allowance, special savings and pension scheme for senior people.
- Introduce Honor’s for both senior people and their ideal children.
- Introduce special credit and training for ultra-poor geriatric people.
- Introduce senior care and making physiotherapist.
- Special assistance for senior people.
- Establish effective coordination between partner NGO and the relevant government department.
Activities
1. Geriatric Allowance
2. Funereal work
3. Best Aged Person award
4. Best Child award
5. Aged Health Services
6. Special Assistance to Aged Persons
7. Alimony to Helpless Aged Persons
8. Establishment of Geriatric Club.
Objectives of the project:
- To ensure environment-friendly dry fish processing.
- To introduce modern technology for dry fish processing.
- To reduce health Hazards and improve the working environment of dry fish producers and consumers.
- Introduce a waste management facility in the dry fish processing cluster.
- To create effective market linkage and brand image.
Duration: 1st July 2021 to 30th June 2023
Area covered: Pathorghata upazila of Barguna district
Donor: PKSF/SANGRAM
Budget (BDT in lakh): As per need
Budget division:
PKSF contribution: 120,800,000.00 Tk
SANGRAM contribution: 1,630,000.00 Tk
MEs contribution: 170,000 Tk
Working area:
District: Barguna and Patuakhali
Upazila: Patharghata, Barguna Sadar, Taltali and Kalapara.
Union: Patharghata Sadar, Chordunia, Latachapli, Khapravanga, Nilganj, Nishan Bariya and Sonakata.
Sub-Project: Production and Promotion of Environment-Friendly Safe Dry Fish Processing MEs in the Southern Coastal Belt of Bangladesh
Goal of the project: The project aims to support microenterprises through environment-friendly investments (energy, water, and resource efficiency) and promote environmentally sustainable technologies and practices among the dry fish processing microenterprises in the southern coastal areas of Bangladesh.
Activities
- Non-revenue generating physical Activities: Toilet with safe drinking water facility, Rest and breastfeeding place, Ensure Safe dry fish packaging facilities by UV and Vacuum technology (Demonstration), Establishment of fish waste recycling facilities.
- Proposed activities for certification and access to large markets: Training on Environment Related Issues during fish processing, Seminar on the process to get Environment Certification. Training on Business Development, Workshop on Business Certifications, Training on Safe Dry Fish Production, Training on Waste Management, and Product Certification for Product Quality Test (Dried Fish).
- Capacity Building of Micro Enterprise: Training on online marketing, Eco-labelling, and packaging.
- Monitoring and evaluation: Baseline survey, Exchange visit.
- Training, Seminar & Workshop: Project Inception Workshop, Staff Orientation and basic training on Project Management, Staff training on Safe Dry Fish Production and Environment Management, and Borrowers Training on Safe Dry fish Production and Preservation.
- Fair& demonstration: Attending Fair, Environment Club, and different national & international day’s observations.
- Investment in Revenue Generating Common Services: Development of waste collector ME for waste recycling, Support for fish drier technology, Demonstration of diversified dry fish items and Model Dry Fish ME Development, Safe, dry fish outlet.
Employee Number:
Focal Person-1, Project Manager-1, Technical Officer-1, Environment Officer-1, Finance and Procurement Officer-1, Reporting and Documentation officer-1, and Branch Manager-8.
Branches under the project (including MEs)
Kuakata-307, Kalapara-128, Noltana-77, Pathorghata-80, Haritana-43, Kathaltoli-67, Taltali-243, Lawpara-255.
Money allocated for loans: 100000000.00 Tk (100 million)
Allocation for project management: 17,100,000.00 Tk (One corer and seventy-one lakh taka only)
Allocation for Common Service: 5,500,000.00 Tk (Fifty-five lakh taka only)
Common service loan sectors:
- Waste collection and recycle
- Modern technology for fast drying
- Model Dry Fish ME Development
- Safe, dry fish outlet
Name of dry fish processed in the project area
Laitta, Chhuri, Shrimp, Laksha, Kanchki, Gaber Ati, Folisha, Kamat, Shark, Marma, Bairagi
Steps for Dry Fish Processing instead of using chemicals
- Primarily Fish Collection and Cleaning: Fresh fish must be washed with pure water after collection. Rotten and low-quality fish should be isolated.
- Sorting: Fish should be grouped species-wise, and groups must separate from each other.
- Cleaning: Fish must be cleaned by scaling, separating intestinal substances, and dressing partially, cutting in need. Another small fish may remain in the intestine of large fishes; these are needed to clean out intestinal wastage.
- Washing: After dressing, fish should be washed with pure water and hung for dewatering.
After completing the above steps following systems should be followed
- Powdery mixing of turmeric and red chili powder: Turmeric-250 gm + chili-250 gm in 10 liters pure water, fish sinking for 2-3 minutes.
- Fish dryer system: Sunlight goes through transparent plastic, and fish dry speedily with internal heating. Flies and insects cannot enter through the plastic wall of the fish dryer.
- Net and mulching system: Bamboo is made mulching 30-40 feet in length and 3-4 feet in height from a land surface covered by a mosquito net; fish can be dried quickly by protecting from flies, insects, dogs, and birds. Mulch can be covered by polyethylene during rain
ME type: Directly related to dry fish processing, related to fishing, linked to fish business, waste management and recycling, member of fisherman association.
Fish Processing period: Kartik to Baishakh (November to May)
Fish processing places: Kuakata (sea beach and Mohipur), Patharghata (Kheyaghut Uttar par, Padma, Ruhita, and Chordunia), Lawpara (Fokirhut, Aamkhola-Bottala).
Achievements so far:
- Training: We provided 35 trainings on 6 different headings to more than 1000 MEs, which trained our dry fish processing MEs on environment-friendly, safe, dry fish production and preservation, environment management, and waste management.
- Workshops: Two workshops were arranged on the environment and product certification with the presence of higher government officials of the designated government ministry.
- AGORSHOR Loan: Tk. 10,0000000.00O has already been disbursed as Agroshor Loan for Entrepreneurship development
- Common Service Loan: Tk. 5500000.00 has already been disbursed as a common service loan in the heads of Model MEs, Waste Recycling, and Fish Dryer Technology
- Infrastructures for Non-revenue Generation: sanitary toilets with safe drinking water facilities, rest room, and green matcha all are visible in the clusters.
- Feed Machine Set up: Introduce fish and poultry feed machines in two working points at Hajipur, Kalapara of Patuakhali, and Nishanbaria, Taltoli of Barguna district for proper utilization of dry fish wastes.
- Outlet Set up: Aiming to proper branding and selling of Dry Fish, an outlet has been established in Kuakata tourist point by one of our caring microentrepreneurs. The name of this outlet is Mayer Doya Shutki, which has been considered the requirement of tourists at Kuakata Tourist Point.
- Vacuum Packaging Machine Set up: Dry fish or Shutki is not protected with traditional packaging or non-packaging form for a long time. Packaging is needed to preserve dry fish for a long time to carry or keep at the household level. In this connection, vacuum packaging is more suitable for its long-term preservation. The entrepreneurs who are involved with dry fish processing or trading, people are still getting familiar with vacuum packaging. Considering entrepreneurs’ requirements and its proper marketing system, we have provided three vacuum packaging machines in the three points of the project area.
The lion share of the project period has already gone with a modest amount of achievement in our basket. More than 80% of our targeted goals are already achieved.
Branding: Last but not least, SANGRAM also creates a brand for safe, dry fish together with our lead MEs. Inside the brand, all lead and model MEs can sell their products. This will reduce the storage and marketing costs of their product.
