Value Chains research report Tajikistan final - Microfinance Centre

controls, officers of State Agency for Standardization, and representatives of consulting
firms, interviews with microfinance institutions and staff of other value chain projects.
Research Geography was the local markets, farms and enterprises of Dushanbe,
Sughd and Khatlon regions and districts surrounding Dushanbe city. The various data
sources were used to assess markets outside of Tajikistan.
Study Objectives. The main objective of the study is to understand the agricultural
chains existing in Tajikistan and to identify potential opportunities to engage MFIs in the
development of agricultural value chain financing in Tajikistan.
Current situation. The agricultural value chain research proposed here at the initiative
of ICCO will discover the needs on various levels of the value chain organization and
among different actors. Agricultural value chains in Tajikistan are already in the spotlight
of several development projects. Value chain development projects of Frankfurt School
and ICCO/Helvetas already provide support which aims at strengthening farming
activities through training and extension service. Microfinance institutions are typically
engaged in value chain financing by providing loans to agricultural producers. However,
there are also some MFIs which serve processors (dairy, grain mill), input (seeds,
fertilizers) producers and traders as well as procurement companies (see table below).
These institutions managed to extend their services beyond the producers thanks to the
external guidance and technical assistance.
Staffing. The study was implemented by ‘LLC Harif’ consulting company with Bakhtyior
Abduvokhidov acting as a lead consultant.
Timeline. The consultants worked on that project from November to December, 2011.
2. Existing initiatives supporting the development of the
agricultural value chains in the Tajikistan.
Dozens of projects are being implemented by various donors in Tajikistan in the
last decade, in the area of agricultural development, business development or economic
development of individual regions or specific areas of activity. These projects provide
both educational and consultancy services for business representatives, including work
with input dealers, producers, processors, wholesalers, traders, and exporters. These
projects and donors provide technical support to value chain representatives.
Below we provide table which include the list of institutions and organizations providing
non-financial support and financing to the actors of value chains.
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