vegetables + development AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center 1 / Challenge Program: High Value Crops - Fruits and Vegetables Plugging the income and nutrition gap in food security development

vegetables + development AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center 2 / Global Horticulture Assessment 2005

vegetables + development AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center 3 / Priorities: 10 most important crops 1. Tomato 2. Mango 3. Banana 4. Onion 5. Cabbage 6. Citrus 7. Pineapple 8. Potato 9. Papaya 10. Ornamentals

vegetables + development AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center 4 / 10 most underutilized high potential crops 1. Guava 2. Indigenous vegetables 3. Avocado 4. Ornamentals 5. Papaya 6. Tomato 7. Squash 8. Leafy vegetables 9. Mango 10. Hot pepper

vegetables + development AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center 5 / Most important crops across all regions

vegetables + development AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center 6 / Underutilized and high potential crops across all regions

vegetables + development AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center 7 / Most important crops in sub-Saharan Africa

vegetables + development AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center 8 / Underutilized/high potential crops in Sub-Saharan Africa

vegetables + development AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center 9 / Constraints to horticulture in Africa

vegetables + development AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center 10 / Constraints to horticulture in Asia

vegetables + development AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center 11 / Fruits & Vegetables

vegetables + development AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center 12 / Sub-Saharan Africa

vegetables + development AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center 13 / Top 10 Fruits & Vegetables in SSA – Area Source: FAOSTAT, 2007

vegetables + development AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center 14 / South Asia

vegetables + development AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center 15 / Top 10 Fruits and Vegetables in South Asia - Area Source: FAOSTAT, 2007

vegetables + development AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center 16 / Production of fruit and vegetables Source: FAOSTAT, 2007

vegetables + development AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center 17 / Diversification into horticulture  Only small productivity increases  Increasing area under horticultural production →1990: 75 million ha →2005: 105 million ha  Substitution of →Staple crops →Traditional cash crops

vegetables + development AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center 18 / Share of fruit and vegetables in global cropped area Source: FAOSTAT, 2007

vegetables + development AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center 19 / Increasing production for export  Driven by global supply chains  Facilitated by trade liberalization  Important income source for some countries → i.e. Kenya: 13% of GDP  Less than 10% of global fruit and vegetable production for export

vegetables + development AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center 20 / Export value of fruit and vegetables Source: FAOSTAT, 2007

vegetables + development AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center 21 / Domestic supply chains  Volume and value larger than export markets  Continue to be dominated by informal chains (“wet markets”)  Sector characterized by very rapid change → Supermarket growth → More sophisticated, more integrated supply chains  Changing procurement system → Shorter supply chains → Increasing importance of contract farming

vegetables + development AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center 22 / Increasing horticultural production  Total production growth →1990: 816 million MT →2005: 1.4 billion MT  Growth in per capita supply →Fruit and vegetable: 1.6% →Cereals: 0.4%  Large regional differences →China (world largest producer), India →Kenya, Zambia, Senegal, Madagascar

vegetables + development AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center 23 / Thank you very much