Ministry of Agriculture of

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Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of
Tajikistan
Development of the
agriculture sector and food security of the SCO
countries

Presentation Deputy Minister of
Agriculture of RT, Mr Isroilov S.I
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• AGRICULTURE is the most important sector of the
  economy of states - members of the SCO. The
  stable functioning of the agricultural sector is
  largely depends on the state of the economy and
  food security of the state of the SCO. In
  connection with this, the integration within the
  Shanghai Cooperation Organization, has a special
  place in the agreement of Agrarian Policy of the
  States Parties. Today's meeting of the Council of
  Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation
  Organization on The development of agriculture
  and food security of the SCO" is one of the
  vectors of the interaction of our countries to
  ensure sustainable agricultural development the
  SCO.
• The Republic of Tajikistan is an agrarian
  country, and this sector plays a key role in
  ensuring food security, creating new jobs in
  rural areas, and social development of the
  village and, in general, the development of the
  republic's economy. In this regard, one of the
  strategic directions of development of the
  country selected by the Government of our
  Republic is to ensure food security and improve
  the welfare of the population.

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Detail information on TAJIKISTAN
Population of the Republic of Tajikistan more than 8,2 million In rural areas live more than 70 of population of the country and 46 of them are busy with the agriculture sector Agriculture share in GDP accounts 21-23 percentage Tajikistan has suitable climate condition for developing the agriculture and these conditions are promoting to grow probably all type of crops In agriculture sector of the country are functioning more than 87,6 thous. dehkan farms, 456 cooperatives, , 621 collective dehkan farms, 6 agrofirms, and 119 Dehkan farm associations.
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Prioritized direction of the Agrarian
reform programm up to 2020 year
  Diversification of the agriculture crops 2. Farm reform 3. Improve movements of the cooperatives 4. Institutional reform 5. Establishment of the Center on provision of informational advisory services
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Food Security

• Food security and agricultural development is a
  major sector of the economy, and sustainable food
  supply of the country largely depends on the
  development of this sector. Development of the
  agricultural sector will provide a reliable,
  stable and balanced food supply of the country by
  means of dynamic and steady growth of
  agricultural production, income and employment of
  the rural population, as well as the protection
  of natural resources for its expanded
  reproduction.
• Taking these factors into account, and to ensure
  food security, the following laws and programs
  were adopted, such as the Law of RT "On Food
  Security" "Food Security Program of the Republic
  of Tajikistan for the period up to 2015" and the
  Council on Food Security of the Government of the
  Republic of Tajikistan
• Priorities of the Government of Tajikistan in the
  field of "food security"
• To make the food accessible (economic and
  physical accessibility) on the basis of
  sustainable development of the agricultural
  sector
• Ensuring food safety and proper organization of
  nutrition (especially for vulnerable groups)
• Ensuring a stable food supply.
• Implementation of these priorities will help to
  achieve the strategic goals of the country,
  including poverty reduction.

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PROGRAMMS RELATED TO THE AGRICULTURE

• With the support of the Government of
  Tajikistan, 15 medium-term Governmental Programms
  up to 2015 years is currently implementing,
  including
• 7 Programms on crop production sector
• -Improve of cotton production -Improve of
  horticulture and vineyards
• - Improve of potato production -Improve of
  seed production
• - Improve of tobacco production - Locust
  control
• - Plant and garden protection .
• 8 Programms on livestock sector
• -Improve of livestock and pedigree
• -Improve of poultries
  -Improve of horse breeding
• -Improve of fishery -Improve
  of yak breeding
• -Improve of apiculture
  -Improve of livestock biotechnology
• - Pasture improvement .

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Horticulture and vineyards

• Horticulture and vineyards are the main sector in
  economic development, actually in food processing
  and strengthening of export potential of the
  country
• Currently, total area of the gardens are
  consist of 131 thous. ha, from this area stone
  fruits 70,1 thousand ha, pips 49,4 thousand ha,
  nuts 5,2 thousand ha, subtropical 5,1 thousand
  ha and citruses 369 Ha
• Total area of the vineyards are 37,8 thousand
  ha
• In frame of the on gong implementation of
  agrarian reform, in order of diversification of
  the sectors is started to planting prunes, new
  varieties and high quality of apricots, apples,
  pears, peach and citruses, such as for Prune
  Anna Shpet, Vengerka ajeni and italian for
  ?pricot Mirsnadjali, Subhani, Khurmai, Kandak,
  Ahmadi for Apples Renet Simirenko, Jonatan,
  Golden Delishes, Rozamarin, Zolotoe Graymo for
  Pear Dilafruz, Belebosk, Kyure, Lastochka,
  Lesnaya krasavisa for Peach ?djiri surch,
  Kamberlend, Malinoviy, Lola, Farhod, Guldor,
  Sunbuli for Citrus Villa Franko, Meyera,
  Grecheskiy, Ioskuriya for Persimon Khiakuma,
  Zendji-maru, Gosha-Gaki and etc.

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The result of the implementation of the
Governmental programms on crop production sector
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The results of implementation of Government
programms in seed production sector

• In the country, more than 65 special seed farms
  are currently functioning, who are engaged with
  growing of cotton, cereals, vegetables, potatoes
  and Lucerne.

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Crop production

• Crop production is one of the main sector of the
  agriculture, and playing important role in
  provision of the food security in the country.
• In the country producing more than 400-450
  thousand MT of cotton, more than 1,3 million MT
  of cereal, more than 1,1 million MT of potato,
  1,4 million MT vegetables, 495 thousand MT of
  melons, 330 thousand MT of fruits, 175 thousand
  of grapes.
• Export of cotton fibers , vegetables and fruits
• from Tajikistan to the SCO countries for last 8
  months of 2014 year

Importer countries Unit Cotton fibers Dry fruits Onion Cherry Apricot Grapes Apples Plum
Kazakhstan MT - 45936 70078 225 1866 60 - 256
Kirgizstan MT - - - - 467 49 - -
China MT 866 241 - 125 - - - -
Russia MT 6701 91 729 95 8,5 - 2 -
Total MT 7567 46027 70807 445 2341,5 109 2 256
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EXPORT and IMPORT between SCO countries and
Republic of Tajikistan

• For 2013

• For last 6 months of 2014

? Country (thousand USD ) (thousand USD )
? Country Export Import
1 Kazakhstan 85 531 625 758
2 Kirgizstan 7 199 179 315
3 China 86 323 595 799
4 Russia 123 095 906 260
5 Uzbekistan 4 574 7 490
Total 306 722 2 314 622
? Country (thousand USD ) (thousand USD )
? Country Export Import
1 Kazakhstan 89 088 325 470
2 Kirgizstan 2 272 9 788
3 China 20 413 334 727
4 Russia 50 235 706 377
5 Uzbekistan 1 684 1 580
Total 163 692 1 377 942
Commodity circulation of Tajikistan with SCO
countries composed in 2013 more than 2 billion
621 million USD, For last 6 months of 2014
composed more then 1 billion 542 million USD.
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Livestock

• Livestock is main part of the agrarian sector of
  Tajikistan and providing population with meat,
  and milk, animal fat, eggs, honey, fish provides
  industry with raw materials, skin, wool,
  karakuls, fluff, etc. Livestock based on total
  production of the agriculture products takes
  second place after crop production sector
• More than 2,1 million head of big cattle 4,9
  million head of sheep and goat, more than 5,0
  million head of all type of poultries and 78,0
  thousand head of the horses exist in the country
  
• The value of the livestock sector production in
  overall value of the GDP the agriculture
  consist of 31,5 percent. Each year the country
  produces more than 175 thousand MT of meat, 828
  thousand MT of milk, 3510 MT of honey, 344
  million pcs of eggs, 1723 MT catching of fish and
  6,6 thousand MT of wool

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Poultry, Apiculture and Fishery

• Poultry Starting from
  2007, poultry is developing with high speed. Now
  51 poultry enterprises are functioning in the
  country. According to the statistic data in all
  categories of the poultry enterprises there are
  2,1 million head of poultries up to 01.01.2014 .
• It is indicated, that with involving of local and
  foreign investment brought and launched modern
  technology in production from Iran, Turkey,
  Ukraine, and Russian Federation in 12 poultry
  enterprises. The poultry holders of the country
  engaging holding quails and partridges, their
  meat and eggs are using as dietary cookery.
• Apiculture Currently in the country is being
  breed more than 196 of thousand bee families and
  each year are being producing more than 3510
  MT of honey. Each year, in order to improve the
  sector in the framework of Apiculture
  Improvement programm are imported 500-600 bee
  family from the Russian Federation.
• Generally the country has resources of
  nectariferous crops, which it is allows to
  breed more than 800 bee families, which can be
  harvest 18 thousand MT of honey per year and
  huge quantity of the other products will follow
  strengthening export potential of the country.
• Each year in all regions of the country are
  organizing national fair and competitionsHONEY
  DAY.
• Fishery Tajikistan according to the
  availability of the fresh water is taking one of
  the main place in the world. 63 percent of the
  fresh water out Central Asia ,exists in
  Tajikistan. 1300 natural pools, 8 big water
  reservoirs, 6 big river, 5 big glaciers with
  total value 414 sq. ?? are located in the
  country. Fishery is one of the high income
  sector in Tajikistan.
• Currently 2 governmental and 190 dehkan fishery
  farms are functioning in the country. There is
  indicated that today Tajikistan is using only
  17 of available potential, but need of the
  country is 14 thousand MT.
• In future Tajikistan has potential to produce up
  to 300 thousand MT of the fishery products based
  on existing value of the water resources.

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Implementation results of the Governmental
Programms on livestock sector
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Collaboration in the sphere of Agro technician
with the member countries of SCO

• In order to improve collaboration on provision of
  agriculture machineries and equipments in one
  frame of collaboration with SCO countries many
  tajik companies such as SUE Madad, NSUE
  Tajikagrolizing, OJSCAgrotechservis and OSC
  Madadi Tursunzoda are collaborating with
  Russian companies such as Rostselmash,
  ?gromashkholding, Agroremradiator and
  Gryazokultivator, China companies YUTO,
  DIFUN
• During the collaboration with above mentioned
  companies to RT were delivered from the
  Russian Federation more than 300 unit, from
  China 1100 unit of agriculture machines and
  equipments
• It is necessary to indicate that in 2014 SUE
  Madad in collaboration with Chinese company
  Difun has jointly established Center on
  provision of the services and repairing
  agriculture machines
• In agrarian sector of the country there exist
  19,7 thousand tractors, 780 cereal harvesting
  combines 6,4 thousand ploughs and 1,7
  ?thousand seeding machines
• Need of Tajikistan for agriculture machines and
  equipments
• Universal tractors-11 065 unit
• Tillable tractors -10 959 unit
• 3 wheels (inter-row cultivation) - 6770 unit
• combine harvester -1 890 units
• Seeding machine 4 890 units.

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Dear participants of the business forum

• The present meeting of the members of SCO will be
  the place for decision making, and gives for
  Tajikistan an impulse in achieving the food
  security.
• During the short period the SCO was able to solve
  a lot of problems generated during the decade,
  improve the cooperation between the member states
  and move the collaboration to the advanced level,
  thus became acknowledged in the region the world.
• The cooperation and collaboration between the
  member states has an great value in effective
  implementation of tasks and goals set for the
  agrarian sector as well as achieving the food
  security.
• Taking in to the consideration the fact that
  Tajikistan is an agrarian country, the investment
  to the agriculture sector in not enough and
  sufficient, thus it requires an attraction of
  mutually profitable investments from SCO member
  states which will allow and force to strengthen
  and improve the export capacity of the country in
  nearest years and achieve the food security.

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Thank you for your attention!!!