Downstream Sectors Research Articles

Employment and global value chain participation: the Indian experience

The paper examines the impact of GVC participation and position on overall employment creation and skill composition of the Indian workforce during 1990–2015. Arellano-Bond GMM dynamic panel estimation reveals that the expansion of size of a sector (in terms of higher value added) failed to generate employment opportunities, especially for the educated unemployed. However, stronger backward linkage is found to have labour displacing effect whereas stronger forward linkage has created employment opportunities but for the unskilled workers. Furthermore, the downstream sectors are found to generate more employment opportunities, whereas the upstream sectors are more skill intensive.

Framework for defining pesticide maximum residue levels in feed: applications to cattle and sheep.

Pesticide residues in animal feed can endanger animal health and compromise the safety of livestock products for human consumption. Even though policymakers such as the European Union and the World Health Organization have established maximum residue levels (MRLs) for pesticides in both human food and animal feed, there is no systematic management of pesticides in animal feed that considers the entire supply chain. In response, we propose a framework for defining consistent MRLs for pesticides in animal feed that assesses the impact of defined MRLs on upstream (e.g., MRLs in feed crops) and downstream (e.g., MRLs in livestock products) sectors of the livestock-product supply chain. The MRLs determined for the selected pesticides in the feed of cattle and sheep as case study animals indicate that lipophilic pesticides tend to have lower MRLs than hydrophilic pesticides, primarily due to the relatively high toxicity and biotransfer factors of lipophilic pesticides. In addition, we observe that, primarily for lipophilic pesticides, upstream and downstream regulations are not aligned in terms of defining MRLs in feed using current MRLs in crops with relevance to feed and foods of animal origin. Some of the current pesticide regulations in the livestock-product supply chain need to be re-evaluated to ensure that MRLs in the upstream sector (i.e., crops) do not result in unacceptable residues in the downstream sector (i.e., MRLs in livestock products affecting animal and human health). Finally, we provide recommendations for optimizing the derivation of MRLs in feed, including the evaluation of residue fate during feed and food manufacturing processes. © 2022 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.

Analisis Keterkaitan Sektoral dan Spasial Provinsi Banten dalam Perspektif Interregional Input-Output

Banten has an important role in the Indonesian economy. However, the high import of raw materials from abroad indicates that Banten's economy is less related to the production sector inside and outside Banten. Meanwhile, these linkages are needed to accelerate economic development and increase Banten's role in the national economy. This study aims to analyze the interrelationships between economic sectors in the Banten economy and spatial linkages with other provinces in Indonesia. The analysis is carried out through forward linkage and backward linkage analysis, interregional spillover effects, and interregional feedback effects, using the IRIO Indonesia Table 2016. The results show that the Banten economy is not optimal in utilizing domestic industries as suppliers of raw materials. As a result, when Banten experienced an increase in final consumption, it was less able to improve the performance of the domestic and national upstream economic sectors. Conversely, if in other provinces there is an increase in final demand, Banten will receive a very large impact because it has used the production sector in other provinces as a market for its products. As a result, when the Banten production sector experienced an increase in production due to increased production capacity, it was able to improve the performance of the downstream economic sector in the country.

Identification of business-project management processes that improve capital efficiency of downstream and chemical projects

An important performance measure to evaluate capital expenditure and return on investment (ROI) is capital efficiency. In the downstream and chemicals sector, capital efficiency becomes even more critical. Indeed, this sector is asset-intensive and capital projects carried out there can be large, complex and require significant investment of capital and time. Project capital efficiency can be impacted by how well the business unit aligns with the project unit, as they collaborate in the early project phases to determine how the project will be built and operated. This research aimed to identify business-project management processes that help improve project capital efficiency. The study assembled a 17-expert panel to define project capital efficiency with its four key improvement areas. The panel identified 28 management processes that lead to improvement in project capital efficiency if they are implemented effectively by business and project units in early project phases. A survey was used to determine the relative importance of these management processes. Researchers quantitatively analysed, ranked and compared the relative importance. Findings indicate that 23 management processes are very important to project capital efficiency and four of them are perceived differently in their relative importance by the two units.

Does foreign investment crowd in domestic investment? Evidence from Vietnam

This paper examines the linkages between foreign and domestic investment at sector level in a transitional economy. Using System Generalized Method of Moments estimation on a strong balanced dataset covering all sectors across the country, our results consistently suggest that foreign direct investment in Vietnam positively motivates domestic private investment in the same sector. Examination of the linkages finds evidence of crowding-in effects from foreign investment on domestic private investment in downstream sectors that have strong linkages with foreign investment in upstream sectors. No significant impact is found in upstream domestic investment that has linkages with foreign investment in downstream sectors. State-owned investment and joint-venture investment by foreign and domestic investors have a generally negative effect on the investment behavior of private investors. Domestic private investment in export-oriented sectors appears to be more responsive to the presence of foreign investment in both upstream and downstream sectors through vertical linkages. • This paper examines the linkages between foreign and domestic investment at sector level in Vietnam over the period 2010–2015. • Our results consistently suggest that foreign direct investment in Vietnam positively motivates domestic private investment in the same sector. • In particularly, we find evidence of crowding-in effects from foreign investment to domestic private investment in the downstream sectors that have strong linkages with foreign investment in upstream sectors. • There is no significant impact found in terms of upstream domestic investment that has linkages with foreign investment in downstream sectors. State-owned investment and joint-venture investment involving foreign and domestic investors have a generally negative impact on the investing behavior of private investors. • Domestic private investment in export-oriented sectors appears to be more responsive to the presence of foreign investment in both upstream and downstream sectors through vertical linkages.

Multi-dimensional Self-Exciting NBD Process and Default Portfolios

In this study, we apply a multidimensional self-exciting negative binomial distribution (SE-NBD) process to default portfolios with 13 sectors. The SE-NBD process is a Poisson process with a gamma-distributed intensity function. We extend the SE-NBD process to a multidimensional process. Using the multidimensional SE-NBD process (MD-SE-NBD), we can estimate interactions between these 13 sectors as a network. By applying impact analysis, we can classify upstream and downstream sectors. The upstream sectors are real-estate and financial institution (FI) sectors. From these upstream sectors, shock spreads to the downstream sectors. This is an amplifier of the shock. This is consistent with the analysis of bubble bursts. We compare these results to the multidimensional Hawkes process (MD-Hawkes) that has a zero-variance intensity function.

Maturity Assessment of Industry 4.0 Implementation in Kazakhstani and Norwegian Oil and Gas Contexts

The present industrial revolution in modern history, called Industry 4.0, completely changes the vision and processes of modern production and makes it more efficient, high quality, and potentially more profitable. The spreading of Industry 4.0 across all industries did not leave behind the oil and gas sector. More developed countries such as Norway, where the oil and gas industry plays a crucial role, have already initiated Industry 4.0 transformation and progressing toward achieving higher maturity levels. At the same time, developing countries such as Kazakhstan, where the oil and gas sector is also one of the most important industries, make their initial attempts towards Industry 4.0 but in a more cut-rate way. Therefore, this study aimed to conduct a maturity assessment of the oil and gas sectors of two countries, through a new Industry 4.0 readiness assessment model (RAM), developed exclusively for oil and gas companies. As a result, the model helped to identify the current maturity level of enterprises, strengths and weaknesses, and pinpoint country-specific patterns. Although the research focuses primarily on the upstream sector, the developed model and research results can also be extended to address the needs of the midstream and downstream sectors.

Decoupling of economic and carbon emission linkages: Evidence from manufacturing industry chains

The high-quality development of the manufacturing industry is an important driving force for high-quality economic development. Its transformation and upgrade focus on promoting the modernization level of the manufacturing industry chain, strengthening the technological and economic linkages between upstream and downstream sectors. To explore the significance of industrial chain structure to the manufacturing economic linkage and carbon emission linkage, this paper compares and analysis the supply-driven and demand-pull industrial chain structure by using structural path analysis method. Under the proportion of 0.05%, the supply-driven industrial chain extends as far as the 8-layer in 2017, the peak value is the 4-layer industry chain, accounting for 31.1%, while it only extends to the 6-layer in 2002, and the peak value is the 3-layer. In 2017, the demand-pull industrial chain extended to the 7-layer, the peak value was the 4-layer industry chain, accounting for 45.3%, while in 2002, it only extended to the 6-layer. The results reveal that the industrial chain structure has been increasingly optimized from 2002 to 2017, whether it is the extension length, peak contribution rate, the contribution rate of high-layer, or the type and quantity of linkage sectors in industrial chain. It shows that the industrial chain structure is an important factor that causes the decoupling of economic and carbon emission linkages. The more optimized the industrial chain structure, the more sectors will generate economic benefits under unit carbon dioxide emissions, resulting in higher economic linkage and lower carbon emission linkage. Finally, from the optimization of industrial chain structure, it provides targeted policy suggestions for manufacturing industrial structure optimization in China.

Quality matters: Pollution exacerbates water scarcity and sectoral output risks in China

Pollution exacerbates a region's water scarcity by making water unfit for different uses and reducing freshwater availability. Local water scarcity may lead to economic output losses, and the risk can be transmitted to downstream sectors through reduced input supplies. Previous studies focus on quantity-based water scarcity assessment. It is still unknown how water quality constraints may amplify economic risks of local water-use sectors and distant economies. Here we introduce an integrated method and assess the impacts of both quantity and quality-based local physical water scarcity risks (LWSR) and virtual water scarcity risks (VWSR) in domestic trade system in China. We find in 2017 quality-based LWSR and VWSR in China are ∼593 and ∼240 billion US$. Inclusion of water pollution constraints almost doubles the risks of economic losses due to insufficient clean water supply. We then identify critical regions and sectors that are highly risky or vulnerable to the supply chains. We find water pollution makes risky VWSR exporters more centralized in a few Northern provinces where available freshwater resources are already limited, e.g. the agriculture sector in Hebei province. VWSR importers span broadly, but water pollution increases concentrations of upstream suppliers that face local water scarcity for most provinces, decreasing overall resilience of China's domestic trade network. Our results underscore the needs to alleviate overall scarcity risks by conserving physical water resources and improving water quality simultaneously.

Preface

Welcome to the sbe22 Berlin D-A-CH conferenceThe sbe22 Berlin D-A-CH conference, which will take place under the theme “Built Environment Within Planetary Boundaries”, will provide a platform for the exchange of ideas on innovative design and planning methods, building products, futureproof buildings and infrastructures as well as sustainable neighborhood and urban development. It is primarily aimed at participants from Austria, Switzerland and Germany, as well as from other European countries, and includes representatives from countries of the global south. Participants will be introduced to options for the further development of methodological principles, design, planning and evaluation tools, as well as concrete solutions and examples from the fields of products, buildings and urban planning. The scientific sessions and several special events invite representatives from science, politics and industry to an in-depth exchange of experiences.Europe has formulated ambitious goals for its sustainable development over the next decades and plans corresponding measures. Many of them directly and indirectly affect the construction and real estate sector, as well as the closely related energy supply. Buildings and infrastructures provide prerequisites for social and economic development and have a major impact on the quality of life of their occupants and neighborhood. However, they are also associated with undesirable energy and material flows, as well as effects on the global and local environment, which to prevent further harm, have to be minimized. Climate protection, resource conservation and health protection measures have to be designed in such a way that issues of economic efficiency, value stability and affordability are taken into account. At the same time, buildings and infrastructures are already affected by the local consequences of global climate change and must be adapted to them. It will be necessary to achieve this by assessment of the respective sites and planning with prevision of the developments of the next twenty years. The fact that the construction and real estate sector causes considerable energy and material flows, as well as environmental impacts, also points to the necessity of looking for potential for savings and reduction. The success of sustainable development thus also depends on the players in the construction and real estate industry, including upstream and downstream sectors. The construction and real estate sector is thus both a cause and a victim of the previous code of conduct of resource management of real estate industry and building sector, as well as a field of action for solutions to change it.

Redesigning systems production toward agro-ecological transition: is organic conversion a favorable way in a strong sociotechnical system? The case of ewe’s milk breeders in south of France

ABSTRACT In Europe, mountain livestock farming systems fall within the scope of the agro-ecological transition due largely to animals grazing on spontaneous vegetation. Recently, the development of organic farming production has become noticeable and has contributed to changes in production systems organization. In the context of a strong sociotechnical system, around dairy sheep production, in the “Grands Causses” region in southern France, we investigate whether this development is a means of fostering the agro-ecological transition. We interviewed seventeen farmers chosen to capture changes in breeding practices under effects due to sociotechnical system. We describe their conversion to organic farming using the processual analysis framework, studying the changes in their practices over time with regard to the sociotechnical system. In the early 2000s, some farmers entered the first pathway to organic conversion, while milk sales under organic signs were not possible because the local collection network was insufficient and the network was not near their farm. Then, in 2005, a second pathway to organic conversion emerged with farmers looking to increase their free time and their revenue, which requires increasing milk production (volume) and recruiting a new collaborator. These farmers chose to supply their organic milk with a price premium to dairies operating outside the Roquefort interprofessional organization, which at that time had restricted volumes by “quotas.” A third pathway to conversion was developed in 2014, following the abolition of the “quotas,” and it drew producers who were looking for a niche to secure the price of their milk; these producers were encouraged by the future buyers of their farms who wanted to continue with organic farming. In the three pathways, the farmers stopped using chemical inputs, replacing them with other practices and showing that organic farming permits certain agroecology principles, such as closing nutrient cycles. To sell milk with premium price due to organic products, some of the farmers changed the seasonality of production (April to October) and increased the productivity of ewes (liter/ewe), contributing to a reduction or abandonment in rangeland grazing. However, not all the farmers in our sample opted for these strategies, proving that organic farms are very diverse. This questions the choice of organic agriculture as a means of upholding all the principles of the agro-ecological transition and shows the importance of the sociotechnical system, specifically the organization of downstream sector and agricultural extension actors to promote it.

STRATEGI BAURAN PEMASARAN USAHA TANI KOPI ROBUSTA MENGGUNAKAN ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP) (Studi di Kecamatan Rajadesa, Kabupaten Ciamis)

Ciamis Regency is one of the coffee-producing areas in West Java that has good potency for the development of local coffee. Suitable land conditions and the development of coffee shops in the downstream sector provide hope for farmers to produce coffee that is acceptable to a growing market. However, so far coffee marketing has only been done conventionally through intermediary traders which have been carried out for generations without the right marketing strategy following the conditions faced by farmers. This study aims to determine the 4P marketing mix strategy according to the conditions faced by farmers. The results of the study show that in the product marketing mix, the development of human resource capabilities is prioritized because good human resources can facilitate farming businesses to produce quality coffee beans. Then in the price marketing mix, coffee quality is prioritized because it is the most determining factor in the selling price of coffee. Then in the place marketing mix, distance from consumers is a priority factor because it can make coffee distribution more efficient. Meanwhile, in the promotion marketing mix, the coffee promotion event factor is prioritized because it can encourage local coffee to be better known by the public.

Analysis on the sustainability of different low CO2 emission Hydrogen production technologies for transition towards a ‘zero emission’ economy

Abstract World primary energy consumption reached 14,2 mil. tons of oil equivalent. More than 81.7% of this energy was generated from fossil fuels as primary energy source while 74.5% of the electrical energy was generated from fossil fuels. Energy transition towards zero impact from CO2 emission requires a major shift in the energy mix of the primary sources, decarbonization of the electricity generation, and the use of Hydrogen as the alternative low CO2 emission solution for the high temperature industrial process. Low CO2 Hydrogen could be produced using the conventional technologies (steam methane reform i.e.) with Carbon Capture and Storage, from renewable energy sources through water electrolysis or from biogas / biomass. At this moment none of the low CO2 Hydrogen technologies is competitive, as natural gas-based Hydrogen is around 1.5 EUR/kg while renewable based Hydrogen is in the range of 2.5-5.5 EUR/kg. From the sustainability point of view, besides the production cost issue, the whole life cycle emissions need to be considered. The main goal of this article is to assess different low CO2 emission Hydrogen production technologies by analyzing the CO2 emission along the value chain, together with a sensitive analysis on the main cost drivers, evaluating the impact on upstream and downstream economic sectors, based on case study methodology. This article provides the basis for selecting the most sustainable technology, the prerequisites for an energy transition towards a hydrogen-based economy and highlights the critical links between a Low CO2 Hydrogen transition strategy and other energy strategies. The results suggest that access to low-cost renewable electricity will be the most important factor in driving the production cost down, a decentralized onsite production will further reduce the losses and wind based renewable energy is having the lowest CO2 emission across the entire life cycle.

ANALISIS NILAI TAMBAH KELAPA MENJADI KOPRA DI DESA TANDAIGI KECAMATAN SINIU KABUPATEN PARIGI MOUTONG

Coconut (cocos mucifera) is one of the plantation commodities that has an important role in the economy in Indonesia. In addition to contributing to Indonesia's exports, as a result of foreign exchange, as well as a source of income for coconut farmers themselves, helping the absorption of labor from the upstream to downstream sectors as well as playing a role in meeting domestic needs. Coconut is a versatile plant because all parts of the plant are useful in everyday human life. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of added value of coconuts into copra in Tandaigi Village, Siniu District, Parigi Moutong Regency. The location of this research was chosen purposively with the consideration that Tandaigi Village is one of the copra-producing areas in Siniu District, Parigi Moutong District. The study was conducted for ± 2 months from September to October 2019. The sample in this study was coconut farmers in Tandaigi Village, Siniu District, Parigi Moutong District. Determination of the sample is done by simple random sampling (simple random method). The number of samples is 123 coconut farmers who seek copra. This research uses secondary data and primary data. The results showed that the average amount of copra production produced by Coconut farmers in Tandaigi Village, Siniu District, Parigi Moutong District. An average of 16,919,000 kg / harvest season, with an average revenue of Rp. 4,289,545,455 / harvest season, the total labor cost used by farmers is Rp. 31,529,500 / harvest season. The average income earned by copra farmers is Rp. 3,353,803.03 / harvest season. Revenues are obtained by reducing total revenues and total costs used during the coconut production process into copra

Flexibility and Frictions in Multisector Models

We show that during the Great Recession, more-flexible sectors paid lower sectoral bond spreads. We rationalize this fact with a model with input-output linkages, heterogeneous elasticities, and binding working capital constraints in the use of intermediates. We show that the difference in flexibility between upstream and downstream sectors is key for determining the role of input-output linkages in amplifying or mitigating distortions. Calibrating the model to the US economy, we find that our sectoral elasticity estimates amplify distortions by a factor of 1.7 compared to the Cobb-Douglas case, and generate an input-output multiplier 1.2 times the homogeneous elasticity case. (JEL E23, E32, E43, E44, H56, L16)

Strategic Planning and Decision-Making Process During the Period of Covid -19 Crises in Salamair

Air transportation is an essential input for downstream sectors, as it permits various economic exercises through buying and selling goods mostly in services by way of the movement of natural individuals. The preparation of aviation expanded a major number of destinations is also helpful for tourism, especially global tourism. Air transport is distinguished by both complementarity and substitutability with other systems of transport. The differences in the way of behaving passengers following the COVID-19 crisis, travel imitations forced by the government and the following economic crisis have caused significant fall in demand for airline services. Controlling costs are probably to rise for both airlines and airports with reason of extra health and safety necessities (e.g. disinfection, PPE, temperature checks or viral tests) before they can be passed on to customers. Besides, the application of social distancing measures has forced a restriction in the passenger by up to 50% of the capacity. Direct aviation jobs (at airlines, airports, manufacturers, and air traffic management) drop down by 4.8 million, and aviation-supported jobs potentially fall off by 46 million to 41.7 million (-52.5%) (a 43% reduction compared with the preCOVID situation) these are the impact of covid -19 in the aviation industry as a whole.

ANALISIS PENGEMBANGAN DAN KELAYAKAN USAHA OBAT TRADISIONAL JAMU MASYARAKAT KABUPATEN KULONPROGO

On the economic side, the herbal medicine industry has contributed greatly to national income, increasing people’s welfare and providing employment opportunities. Approximately 99% of herbal ingredients are domestic products and are considered capable of bringing a significant multiplier effect in economic growth in Indonesia, starting from the upstream sector (agriculture) to the downstream sector which includes industry and trade. However, along with the incessant variety of medicines (pharmaceuticals and imported herbal medicines) that are circulating and appear to be attractive to the public, it is not impossible that the demand for herbal medicines as traditional medicines in the last five years has tended to decline. Considering that herbal medicine is a product of the nation’s cultural heritage and has contributed greatly to the creation of domestic workers, the herbal medicine industry, which incidentally is a small and medium industry, must continue to exist amid increasingly fierce competition. Kulonprogo Regency has quite a number of diverse herbal and traditional medicinal plants businesses, most of which are classified as UMKM.. In general, the business diversity is divided into four types of businesses, namely, (1). Liquid herbal medicine business; (2). Herbal medicine business; (3). Herbal dipping business; and (4). Business of herbal tablets/capsules. In order to survive, they need to find some business strategy development to remain viable and profitable. Based on these problems, it is necessary to research the Feasibility and Development Analysis of the Traditional Herbal Medicine Business of the Kulonprogo Regency, with the aim of finding several development strategies and business feasibility. The sample was randomly selected as many as 30 traditional herbal medicine business actors in Kulonprogo Regency. Through the results of the SWOT analysis, there are several business strategies, including (1). Increasing the scale of production and business scale, (2). Following the development of market trends, (3). Marketing innovation and market expansion. (4). Development of licensing legality (certification), such as the legality of an official distribution permit, and being under the guidance of the health office/BPOM. Meanwhile, based on the business feasibility analysis using the Payback Periode (PP) and Benefit Cost Ratio (B/C) method, the liquid herbal medicine business, the brewed herbal medicine business, the dipping herbal medicine business, and the herbal tablet business, capsules are feasible

Supply Chain Risk Management and Business Performance of Selected Oil and Gas Marketing Companies in Lagos State, Nigeria: Moderating Role of Firms' Size

The oil and gas marketing firms in Lagos State are faced with issues such as natural disasters (pandemic), man-made hazards (pipeline vandalization and oil theft) and macro-economic events (economic downturn, high inflation and foreign exchange volatility). These challenges have critically affected consumers purchasing power, cause increasing high cost of operations, dwindling revenue and consequently decline in operating performance of oil and gas companies, especially oil and gas marketing firms. This study investigated the effect of supply chain risk management strategy on business performance of oil and gas marketing companies in Lagos, Nigeria as moderated by firm size. The study adopted a survey research design. The study population study was 1,044 full-time employees of five selected oil and gas marketing companies in the downstream sector of petroleum industry in Nigeria where a sample size of 362 employees were selected. The study adopted purposive, stratified and proportionate sampling techniques. An adapted and validated questionnaire was used to collect primary data from the respondents. Data was analyzed using descriptive and hierarchical multiple regression technique. Findings indicate supply chain risk management strategy had significant effect on usiness performance of oil and gas marketing companies in Lagos, Nigeria. Finding further revealed that firm size significantly moderated the relationship between supply chain risk management strategy and business performance among oil and gas marketing companies in Lagos, Nigeria. The study recommended that management of oil and gas marketing companies need to employ strategic agility measures in order to thoroughly understand the Nigerian oil and gas business environment which is germane for oil and gas marketers so as to enable them build a framework that will enable them survive the changing environment and gain overall performance. Keywords: Firm Size, Food and Beverage Companies’, Business Performance, Supply Chain Risk Management Strategy, Lagos State

Evaluation of contributions of technology changes to commercialization among small holder crop Farmers in South East Nigeria.

The study evaluated the contributions of technology changes to commercialization among small holder crop farmers in South East Nigeria. This was carried out using 408 registered farmers. Multistage, purposive, proportionate and random sampling method were used in the selection of Agricultural zones, Local Government Areas and communities for the study. Data were collected on technologies available and products generated. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages and net return analysis. The results indicate that the major technologies are improved variety (88%), inorganic fertilizer(65%), rice mill(59%) and gari processing machines (81%).The major products are milled rice, gari and shelled maize. The crops subjected to value addition by processing gave more revenue to the farmer, hence 53% of cassava processed gave additional revenue of ₦138,168.62 to the farmer. There is need to ensure optimum utilization of agricultural produce through effective downstream sector so as to address local and international demand.

Early impacts of the largest Amazonian hydropower project on fish communities

Hydropower is a threat to freshwater fishes. Despite a recent boom in dam construction, few studies have assessed their impact on mega-diverse tropical rivers. Using a before-after study design, we investigated the early impacts of the Belo Monte hydroelectric complex, the third-largest hydropower project in the world, on fishes of the Xingu River, a major clear-water tributary of the lower Amazon. We explored impacts across different river sectors (upstream, reservoir, reduced flow sector, and downstream) and spatial scales (individual sectors vs. all sectors combined) using joint species distribution models and different facets of diversity (taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic). After 5 years of the Belo Monte operation, species richness declined ~12% in lentic and ~16% in lotic environments. Changes in abundance were of less magnitude (<4%). Effects were particularly negative for species of the families Serrasalmidae (mainly pacus), Anostomidae (headstanders), Auchenipteridae, and Pimelodidae (catfishes), whereas no taxonomic group consistently increased in richness or abundance. The reservoir and downstream sectors were the most impacted, with declines of ~24–29% in fish species richness, overall reductions in fish body size and trophic level, and a change in average body shape. Richness and abundance also declined in the reduced river flow, and changes in size, shape, and position of fins were observed. Relatively minor changes were found in the upstream sector. Variation in functional and phylogenetic diversity following river impoundment was subtle; however, across sectors, we found a reduction in functional divergence, indicating a decline in the abundance of species located near the extremities of community functional space. This may be the first sign of an environmental filtering process reducing functional diversity in the region. Greater changes in flow and habitats are expected as hydropower operations ramp up, and continued monitoring is warranted to understand the full scope and magnitude of ecological impacts.