1. Challenge Program: High Value Crops - Fruits and Vegetables Plugging the income and nutrition gap in food security development

2. Global Horticulture Assessment
2005

3. 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

4. 10 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

5. Most important crops across all regions

6. Underutilized and high potential crops across all regions

7. Most important crops in sub-Saharan Africa

8. Underutilized/high potential crops in Sub-Saharan Africa

9. Constraints to horticulture in Africa

10. Constraints to horticulture in Asia

11. Fruits & Vegetables

12. Sub-Saharan Africa

13. Top 10 Fruits & Vegetables in SSA – Area
Source: FAOSTAT, 2007

14. South Asia

15. Top 10 Fruits and Vegetables in South Asia - Area
Source: FAOSTAT, 2007

16. Production of fruit and vegetables
Source: FAOSTAT, 2007

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

18. Share of fruit and vegetables in global cropped area
Source: FAOSTAT, 2007

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

20. Export value of fruit and vegetables
Source: FAOSTAT, 2007

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

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

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28. Area Harvested (million ha)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Area Harvested (million ha)
1995
2005 1
Unclassified vegetables
1.68
1.96 2
Bananas
0.84
0.98 3
Minor citrus fruit
0.73
0.83 4
Chillies and peppers
0.54 5
Unclassified fruit
0.66
0.70 6
Maize, green
0.38 7
Tomatoes
0.25 8
Okra
0.32
0.36 9
Guavas, mangoes, mangosteens
0.26
0.35 10
Pineapples
0.18
0.23
F+V
6.99
8.42

29. Area Harvested (million ha)
South Asia
Area Harvested (million ha)
1995
2005 1
Unclassified vegetables
2.80
3.79 2
Guavas, mangoes, mangosteens
1.44
1.83 3
Unclassified fruit
1.14
1.28 4
Chillies and peppers
1.10
1.21 5
Bananas
0.49
0.77 6
Onions
0.50
0.75 7
Tomatoes
0.39
0.61 8
Eggplants
0.44
0.53 9
Pumpkins, squash and gourds
0.38
0.42 10
Okra
0.43
F+V
11.54
14.51

30. Share of Global Fruit & Vegetable Production

31. Production of Fruits & Vegetables
Area share (%)
Production share (%)
1995
2005
Sub-Saharan Africa
Unclassified vegetables
24.0
23.3
21.9
22.4
Bananas
12.1
11.6
12.5
11.7
Minor citrus fruit
10.5
9.9
8.8
7.3
Unclassified fruit
9.5
8.6
7.5
6.8
Chillies and peppers
7.7
8.3
6.1
6.6
Maize, green
5.4
4.5
5.0
4.7
Okra
4.6
4.2
Guavas, mangoes, mangosteens
3.7
4.3
4.4
Tomatoes
3.6
4.1
3.4
Pineapples
2.6
2.7
3.3
South Asia
24.3
26.1
21.3
26.2
12.6
11.2
12.0
10.0
7.6
Onions, dry
5.3
5.9
5.6
5.2
5.5
Eggplants
3.8
4.9
3.9
2.9
Pumpkins, squash and gourds

32. Production Share: South Asia – Sub-Saharan Africa
Production share (%)
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Okra
68.2
23.6
Minor citrus fruit
1.3
58.4
Guavas, mangoes, mangosteens
44.9
8.6
Unclassified fruit
27.6
10.0
Bananas
24.3
8.9
Eggplants
27.2
1.1
Pumpkins, squash and gourds
20.0
4.3
Pineapples
9.0
14.8
Unclassified vegetables
15.7
5.1
Onions
12.9
4.1
Maize, green
0.0
15.6
Chillies and peppers
5.7
5.5
Tomatoes
6.6
3.0

33. Production of Fruits & Vegetables
2005
(metric tonnes)
Production
Production share (%)
South Asia
SSA
World
Bananas
17,886,319
6,545,762
73,676,901
24.3
8.9
Chillies and peppers
1,559,092
1,501,062
27,425,992
5.7
5.5
Citrus fruit, nec
88,000
3,841,220
6,574,816
1.3
58.4
Eggplants
8,371,740
335,001
30,833,171
27.2
1.1
Fruit, nec
11,376,600
4,116,486
41,229,573
27.6
10.0
Guavas, mangoes, mangosteens
12,809,730
2,467,258
28,548,305
44.9
8.6
Maize, green
1,444,475
9,243,104
0.0
15.6
Okra
3,659,239
1,264,688
5,368,023
68.2
23.6
Onions
7,963,515
2,558,898
61,855,849
12.9
4.1
Pineapples
1,593,325
2,616,037
17,686,339
9.0
14.8
Pumpkins, squash and gourds
4,060,809
866,133
20,316,525
20.0
4.3
Tomatoes
8,211,649
3,719,410
124,426,995
6.6
3.0
Vegetables, nec
38,920,376
12,600,502
248,362,619
15.7
5.1

34. Increasing volume of vegetable exports