Result – 2001 Assessment Report Sample Clauses

Result – 2001 Assessment Report. The fore-mentioned activities supplemented the PFID’s Technical Committee’s Initial Assessment (submitted last July) based on visits with key stakeholders in the meat and seafood processing in May and June 2001. The following pictures are from that initial assessment trip. Both World Lab and XXXXX contributed to the refinement of this report. Assessment team members and staff of the Odessa State Academy of Refrigeration Odessa (Ukraine) fish cannery Vinnitsa Oblast (Ukraine) product samples Assessment Team and hosts, Vinnitsa Oblast Team members from WFLO observed that cold chain methodology and logistics were under- developed. They noticed a lesser emphasis placed on improved refrigeration and distribution processes as value-added components, little or no use of information management systems and a poor transportation pipeline. Most frozen or refrigerated products are exported to Russia. Low income has limited domestic demand for processed meat products. The sector also is severely limited by a lack of quality raw materials. These factors resulted in processing plants and cold storage facilities operating at a low level of capacity. WFLO witnessed other challenges facing Ukraine and Moldova similar to those facing other emerging markets such as: third-country competition, financing problems and unfamiliarity with the demand for quality. WFLO can provide analysis instruments and reference information for cold chain issues, including energy consumption patterns. Compliance with international guidelines would be facilitated through cooperative endeavors within associations. XXXX suggested that a weak local association could improve by linking with a stronger and more global association. WFLO can also conduct training of trainer courses, in collaboration with academic institutions and other development projects in the area, for association development. In Ukraine, there are more than one thousand small meat plants and approximately thirty plants that produce more than one thousand kilograms per day. In Moldova, there are approximately a dozen meat-processing plants with daily production capacity larger than one thousand kilograms. Pork is the most highly consumed meat, with little beef or lamb consumption due to livestock supplies. Most of the meat plants have a combination of old and new equipment. In Ukraine, there are about 320 poultry enterprises, with thirty percent currently idle. The poultry plants seemed to have moderate to high capacities, but were l...