Value Chains research report Tajikistan final - Microfinance Centre

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are in 2 layers. One rail car can carry 30-40 tonnes of watermelons. According to railroad regulations for transportation of watermelons in refrigerator rail cars they should be on the boxes, 4 per box. A major difficulty in transporting watermelons is the high nitrates used by producers. The watermelons with high nitrate levels spoil quicker and do not reach the destination in an acceptable form. Table 28. Export of Watermelons and Melons in Tajikistan, 2006 and 2008 and 2010 2006 2008 2010 Country Tonnes US Tonnes US Tonnes US Dollars Dollars Dollars (000) (000) (000) Totally 990 146 507 121 354 37 Kazakhstan 25 3 - - Russia 911 138 295 97 8 13 Afghanistan 54 5 212 24 342 23 Kyrgyzstan 4 1 Source: State Statistic Agency of Tajikistan. As we can see from the table 28 for exports of melon and watermelons small, the main volume was exported to Afghanistan. The export of melons and watermelons to Russia declined rapidly. It is connected with high the competition in Russian market and problems with transportation. The railway connection from Southern Tajikistan problematic due to problems with Uzbekistan as country transit which not allow the flow from this direction. Functions. • Farmers, procurers, exporters and retail sellers are the main players in the melon value chain, each linked to the other. The producer segment of the value chain is growing as more farmers realize the profit potential of watermelons and are shifting acreage to their production. The increase is also due to the breakup of larger farms and the reduction of restrictions on land devoted to cotton production, diverting irrigated land to melon production. • Exporters are entrepreneurs who have contacts in the exporting market. The number of exporters is stable however; exports is decreasing, largely due to the problems with Uzbekistan. • Retail traders are those who sell watermelons in districts and towns, trading in the markets and along the roads. Their number is growing. 62
Scheme 5. Value chain for Watermelons and Melons. Markets Domestic Export wholesale Exporters Exporters Wholesaler/ warehouse keepers Wholesalers Producers Population production, Dekhkan Farms and Collective Farms Source of Growth. Watermelon production is increasing as producers perceive it to have better profit potential than other crops. Gains have been made in cultural practices raising average per hectare yields. Watermelons are a popular commodity among Tajiks and are consumed fresh throughout the hot summers. The potential for growth is the early products as well as increasing level of production melons, which usually imports from Uzbekistan. Opportunities for financing melon value chain: • Promotion of working capital loans for with interested dealers • Cash flow modeling with Best Practice inputs/equipment, and available financing • Financing the farmers of has better access to the seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, purchasing plastic film to improve growth characteristics. • Equity and asset financing for development processing facility for producing candied fruits or fruit staffing for confectioner industry. • Loan guarantees / direct financial support to farmers/ farm enterprises 63
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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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Table 1. Institutions/organizations
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seminars, providing potato seed, fe
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Page 67 and 68: Employment Characteristics The fiel
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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
Page 89 and 90: Table 42. Export fresh Grape from T
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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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