AVRDC The World Vegetable Center vegetables development Challenge
AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center vegetables + development Challenge Program: High Value Crops - Fruits and Vegetables Plugging the income and nutrition gap in food security development 1/
AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center vegetables + development Global Horticulture Assessment 2005 2/
AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center vegetables + development Priorities: 10 most important crops 1. Tomato 8. Potato 2. Mango 9. Papaya 3. Banana 10. Ornamentals 4. Onion 5. Cabbage 6. Citrus 7. Pineapple 3/
AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center + development 10 vegetables most underutilized high potential crops 1. Guava 8. Leafy vegetables 2. Indigenous vegetables 9. Mango 3. Avocado 10. Hot pepper 4. Ornamentals 5. Papaya 6. Tomato 7. Squash 4/
AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center vegetables + development Most important crops across all regions 5/
AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center vegetables + development Underutilized and high potential crops across all regions 6/
AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center vegetables + development Most important crops in sub-Saharan Africa 7/
AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center vegetables + development Underutilized/high potential crops in Sub-Saharan Africa 8/
AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center vegetables + development Constraints to horticulture in Africa 9/
AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center vegetables + development Constraints to horticulture in Asia 10 /
AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center vegetables + development Fruits & Vegetables 11 /
vegetables + development 12 / Sub-Saharan Africa AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center
AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center vegetables + development Top 10 Fruits & Vegetables in SSA – Area 13 / Source: FAOSTAT, 2007
AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center vegetables + development South Asia 14 /
AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center vegetables + development Top 10 Fruits and Vegetables in South Asia - Area 15 / Source: FAOSTAT, 2007
AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center vegetables + development Production of fruit and vegetables 16 / Source: FAOSTAT, 2007
AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center vegetables + development Diversification into horticulture q Only small productivity increases q Increasing area under horticultural production → 1990: 75 million ha → 2005: 105 million ha q Substitution of →Staple crops →Traditional cash crops 17 /
AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center vegetables + development Share of fruit and vegetables in global cropped area 18 / Source: FAOSTAT, 2007
AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center vegetables + development Increasing production for export q Driven by global supply chains q Facilitated by trade liberalization q Important income source for some countries → i. e. Kenya: 13% of GDP q Less than 10% of global fruit and vegetable production for export 19 /
AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center vegetables + development Export value of fruit and vegetables 20 / Source: FAOSTAT, 2007
AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center vegetables + development Domestic supply chains q Volume and value larger than export markets q Continue to be dominated by informal chains (“wet markets”) q Sector characterized by very rapid change → Supermarket growth → More sophisticated, more integrated supply chains q Changing procurement system → Shorter supply chains → Increasing importance of contract farming 21 /
AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center vegetables + development Increasing horticultural production q Total production growth → 1990: 816 million MT → 2005: 1. 4 billion MT q Growth in per capita supply →Fruit and vegetable: 1. 6% →Cereals: 0. 4% q Large regional differences →China (world largest producer), India →Kenya, Zambia, Senegal, Madagascar 22 /
AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center vegetables + development 23 / Thank you very much
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