Value Chains research report Tajikistan final - Microfinance Centre

Transferring Knowledge
• Financial Literacy – Understanding costs and benefits of Best Practice inputs and
equipment, and when/how to finance
• Trainings farmers for appropriate use fertilization, soil testing and plant protection
• Training on agronomy on increase productivity of field grown tomatoes to
decrease cost per unit;
• Dissemination of technique know-how at every stage from sowing to production
and post-harvest management.
• Technical assistance on implementing quality standards for processing factories
• Market assessment and business development plans
5.4. Value chain analyses for greenhouse tomato.
We outlined the value chain for production tomato in separate topic since players
for that value chain has different nature and working according different motivation and
schemes. The production tomato in greenhouses separated as industry in Tajikistan few
years ago. The information and analyses provided in these value chain analyses is
applicable and could be used for cucumbers and other products grown in greenhouses
in Tajikistan.
Production tomato in greenhouse.
Indoor production of tomatoes is a niche production, which has recently shown its
attractiveness from the business viewpoint. Until recently, all off-season products were
supplied to Tajikistan from the neighboring Uzbekistan. The farmers in that country,
enjoying access to cheap natural gas, have strongly developed indoor production of
tomatoes and cucumbers. Tajikistan has not received natural gas for the last 20 years,
and heating the greenhouses with other types of fuel is not reasonable. However, in the
last five years there has been an increase in greenhouse operation using solar energy.
This development became possible as the country has a large number of sunny days.
Currently Tajikistan is using a variety of greenhouse types.
The main activity in such greenhouses is fresh tomato production in off-season. It
is developing and offers producer profit potential. In wholes Tajikistan there are
increased investment activities in greenhouse construction for tomato production.
Currently the greenhouse could be found in all districts of Tajikistan, but still farmers
from some districts more advances in these activities than others. The biggest area of
concentration of greenhouses observed nearby the main cities where the consumption
of tomato high, as well as purchasing capacity of population..
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