Value Chains research report Tajikistan final - Microfinance Centre

• To provide farmers with input materials (such as plastic films which they could
use more than many years and that would give an opportunity to save on longterm
prospect).
2. Financing to Strengthening Marketing
• For creation of successful lemon exportation system in Tajikistan there is a need
to build a system of calibration and sorting. It is also necessary to create facilities
for lemon packing under exporting organization's requirements and to provide the
fast delivery according to export requirements (special boxes and labels). It is
necessary to create this system close to export centers which are in Khatlon
region.
• Creation of storage system and industrial scale storage that would buy in and
store the lemons for a long period. Such a facility could be used for
consolidation/storage lemons.
The transferring Knowledge and now-how
• Introduction and adapting best practices and technology for efficiently lemon
production and crop protections techniques
• To work for effective use of fertilizers and pesticides
• To conduct trainings for storage lemons, and decreasing loss and shrinkage
ratios in case of proper storage;
• Processing off-grade lemons. As the lemon business develops, there will always
be off-grade or small fruit that do not meet the state standart and market
requirements. These will be priced low, making processing more feasible.
• Technical Assistance on facility design and storage upgrading
• Understanding costs and benefits of storage and delayed sales, and when/how to
speculate
5.8. Grape value chain analysis.
The choice of grapes for value chain analysis is explained by the fact that this is a fast
growing sub-sector. The volumes of production are growing annually; this growth is
described in detail below and in the report provided. Grapes are interesting both from
the aspect of their export potential (since the majority of finished product are exported to
the CIS countries) and from the internal market point of view. Grapes are a traditional
product, with existing infrastructure that has mostly been destroyed during the civil war
and financial crisis in the 90-ies. Grape growing in Tajikistan has many centuries of
history. Even in the Soviet times Tajikistan was famous for its sweet grapes, raisins and
wines. However, at the moment the quality of finished products is far from perfect, due
to violation of technology, insufficient maintenance and financing.
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