Value Chains research report Tajikistan final - Microfinance Centre

5.1 Apricot Value Chain
Producers
During the Soviet era in Tajikistan was developed big plantation of apricot. Based on
this plantations and development new Tajikistan produces significant quantities of dried
fruits. The area of production of apricots in 2011 comprises about eight percent of global
production and continues to grow (see the table below showing 7,3 % globe plantation
of apricot was in 2009). The Tajik government has plans to increase both the planting
and production of apricots by 50% through 2014.
Table 5. The globe production the apricot in 2009, by leader countries and their
capacities.
area of
gross
# Country
production,
ha
figures
in %%
production,
tons
figures
in %%
1 Turkey 59000 11,1% 695364 16,5%
2 Islamic Republic Iran 53107 10,0% 397749 9,5%
3 Uzbekistan 42000 7,9% 290000 6,9%
4 Tajikistan 39000 7,3% 120000 2,9%
5 Algeria 34119 6,4% 202806 4,8%
6 Pakistan 30206 5,7% 193936 4,6%
7 China 22349 4,2% 89890 2,1%
8 Italy 18400 3,5% 233600 5,6%
9 Japan 18000 3,4% 115200 2,7%
10 Russian Federation 18000 3,4% 53000 1,3%
11 Spain 18000 3,4% 97100 2,3%
12 Egypt 15000 2,8% 100000 2,4%
13 other 55 countries 165827 31,1% 1618993 38,5%
Total 533008 100,0%
4
207638,00 100,0%
Source: FAO Stat and State Statistic Agency of Tajikistan
Table 5 showing that VC of apricot is very interested and has high potential for
development. Especially, the VCF with combination with other tools could bring
productivity of apricots with considering fact that the yield of apricot is too low in
worldwide comparison.
Currently large scale production of apricots is concentrated Northern Tajikistan,
in four districts in Sughd Region (Isfara, Bobojon Gafurov, Asht and Kanibadam). These
districts, located in a part of the Fergana Valley with similar climate, are dominated by
apricot orchards.
As can be seen from the table below, the largest areas of apricot orchards are
present in Asht district – more than 11.1 thousand hectares. Isfara and Kanibadam
come second, with 6.6 thousand hectares each. Bobojon Gafurov district comes in
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