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Buyers of watermelons come from cities and districts, for example Khatlon region provides the market of Dushanbe “Giprozem”, Vahdat town, Gissar district, Kulyab zone. Watermelons from western Khatlon also supply all of Sughd Region. Caravans of trucks filled with watermelons pass through the mountains on their annual trek to Sughd Region. This continues until the watermelons of Maschoh district of Sughd Region ripen. The diagram below shows average prices for 2008-2009 by regions. The price fluctuation shows the ripening of melons. They ripen in June in Khatlon Region and are available in the market through the end of January. Khatlon production first enters the Dushanbe and DNJ markets before filling the Khatlon markets as prices are higher in Dushanbe. Once the Khatlon market is served watermelons move north to Sughd Region where the price is higher due to transportation costs. Once melons ripen in Maschoh prices drop steadily. Prices in the Dushanbe market are more stable as it is the major market for watermelons. Sughd Region watermelon sales extend into the fall even though prices drop as Sughd has better late varieties and are able to store watermelons extending the season. Watermelons are marketed uniquely as vendors set up stalls throughout the city. Watermelons are sold on street corners and along the highways as well as more traditional market places. The most important factors affecting the increased sale of melons are: • Wholesale prices, • Purchasing capacity of the population, • Quality and freshness of melons, • Seasonal availability, • Appearance, • Size. Farmers use number of watermelons sold as the gage of productivity. An average yield is more than 12,000 fruits (3 harvests of 4,000 melons each). Farmers sell watermelons from the field from 1.20 to 4 somoni/watermelon, price depending on the season. Buyers come from Gissar district, Vahdat, Dushanbe (Giprozem), Tursunzade and Sughd. Information from the Market Little price information is available to producers who customarily rely on word of mouth information. Prices are set by the buyer and may vary between 20 and 50% from district to district. 60
Diagram 4. Dynamics of Watermelon Prices in <strong>Tajikistan</strong> for 2008-2009 Note: • Current diagram shows the prices for watermelons averaging 3.5 kg. • Prices shown in the diagram are wholesale, retail prices vary widely between markets. • Prices are average for the region; prices within the regions vary widely. • The diagram does not show prices in GBAO as the prices here are more dependent on transportation due to distance from market and do not reflect prices for watermelons paid to producers. Exporters/Importers Watermelons are exported to Russia, Kazakhstan and Afghanistan. As we can see in the table below the volume of export is not large, most melons are used for domestic consumption which is decreasing annually. According to the State Customs Committee s only 354 tonnes of watermelons were exported in 2010, which is just 0.1% of the volume of gross production. Transportation to Russia and Kazakhstan is by rail. Watermelons are transport in the bulk by placing 2 artificial wooden tiers, where fruits 61
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Research on agricultural value chai
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List of abbreviation AMFOT - Associ
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and watermelon, sixth VCA for potat
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Page 41 and 42: 5.3. Open field Tomato value chain
Page 43 and 44: Diagram 2. Tomato Semi-Wholesale Pr
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Page 53 and 54: In general, the wide price fluctuat
Page 55 and 56: Scheme 4. Value Chain for greenhous
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Page 63 and 64: Scheme 5. Value chain for Watermelo
Page 65 and 66: from sprouting to harvesting lasts
Page 67 and 68: Employment Characteristics The fiel
Page 69 and 70: Big traders purchase potato from co
Page 71 and 72: Scheme 6. Value Chain Map for Potat
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Page 75 and 76: As it shown in table 36, more than
Page 77 and 78: Traders and Wholesalers Farmers sel
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Page 83 and 84: Scheme 7. Lemon Value Chain Markets
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Page 87 and 88: Scheme 8. Value chain for grape. Ma
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Wire and comb foundation are source
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Diagram 6. Places where honey and s
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Traders. Honey marketing agents: Th
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• Facilitating the establishment
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targets group in each value chain.
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Rushdi Dekhot, PO, Khasan Temirov A
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MMC/ATAS, agricultural training and
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