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Figure 12. Decision criteria measures scores for SPS capacity-building options - impact on vulnerable
groups
Figure 13 reports the net flows for the 16 SPS capacity-building options for the baseline model; that is
the prioritisation derived using the decision weights defined in the stakeholder workshop. The options
are prioritised from left to right. Thus, the analysis suggests the top priority options are pesticide
controls for tea, virus indexing capacity for planting material, compliance with SPS requirements for
chilli sauce exports, and aflatoxin controls for groundnut. Other options with positive net flows are
compliance with SPS requirements for honey exports, pesticide controls for tobacco and for pulses,
compliance with hygiene requirements for milk exports, and seed inspection and certification capacity.
All other options have negative net flows, indicating that they are dominated overall on the basis of the
chosen decision criteria and weights.
The prioritisation of the 16 SPS capacity-building options reflects a trade-off or compromise between all
ten decision criteria. As discussed above, none of the options dominates all others with respect to every
one of the decision criteria; if it did it would have a score of +1 (see above). Thus, in choosing an option
that is given a high priority, meaning it generally performs well with respect to the chosen decision
criteria, there is still a degree of compromise in terms of under-performance with respect to certain of
these criteria, relative to the other capacity-building options being considered.
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