№ Activity Stakeholders Functions Constraints

1.Breeder seed

production

Public sector –

research and

public institutes

Research; variety

development

Little coordination, leading to

duplicative efforts; lack of finance;

old equipment; lack of educated

human resources

2.

Foundation

seed

production

Public sector –

research and

public institutes

Research; variety

development;

seed

multiplication

Lack of finance; old equipment; lack

of educated human resources

3.

Registered /

certified seed

production

Research institutes

and special public

and private seed

farms

Seed

multiplication

Lack of finance; old equipment; lack

of educated human resources

4.Marketing of

seed

Seed producers,

ginneries, private

companies

Seed marketing

and distribution

Lack of finances, knowledge and

equipment at the end-users; poor

marketing; high prices; high interest

rate of loans; shortage of

medium/long term loans.

Crop Seed requirement, Mt Seed availability, Mt seed supply, %

Wheat 64,138 33,991 53

Rice 1,925 1 0.1

Maize 608 145 24

Other cereals 9,134 1,712.3 18.7

Legumes 588 150 25.5

Potato 88,500 7,451 8.4

Cotton 28,050 15,679 56

2008 data

Year Item Country Amount, MT

2006 Potato Russia 401.3

2007

Wheat Russia 742.0

Cotton Turkmenistan 103.0

Potato Kyrgyzstan, Netherlands, Russia 362.4

Maize Kazakhstan 165.0

2008

Wheat Russia 401.7

Cotton Uzbekistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan 72.7

Potato Germany, Kyrgyzstan, Netherlands 203.8

Maize Austria, Kazakhstan 435.5

Vegetables Uzbekistan 3.0

Alfalfa Uzbekistan 1.2

Grass-plot Germany 15.4

2009

Wheat Russia 1298.0

Cotton Turkey 305.0

Maize Turkey 32.0

Pumpkin Iran, Uzbekistan 2.4

Melon Iran 1.0

Alfalfa Uzbekistan 2.0

Rape Kazakhstan 879

Rice Iran 0.5

Flowers Netherlands 0.2Source: State Inspection Service for Phytosanitary Plant Quarantine and Seeds; MoA, Seed Growing Department and Plant Growing Department.

№ ItemYear

2009 2011

1. Cotton 305.0 306.0

2. Wheat 1298.0 900.0

3. Rape 879.0 0

4. Alfalfa 2.0 0

5. Pumpkin 2.4 0

6. Rice 0.5 0

7. Melon and watermelon 1.0 0

8. Flowers 0.2 0

Source: SISPPQS

Item Medium price

Price without

custom duty

and VAT

Cotton – Carmen 7.00 5.39

Cotton – Flora 5.00 3.85

Cotton – Khujand 67 4.00 3.08

Cotton – Zafar 40 2.00 1.54

Potato – Condor 2.00 1.54

Potato – Picasso 2.00 1.54

Wheat – Lastochka 3.00 2.31

Wheat – Starshina 3.00 2.31

Lending for period, Somoni (‘000)

Change, %2008 2009 2010 2011

Total lending1 4,830,685 4,626,396 6,592,762 7,583,599 57.0%

Agricultural lending 1,112,229 1,066,775 1,128782 1,347,474 21.2%

Commercial banks 631,820 623,452 735,312 824,507 30.5%

Micro-finance organizations 480,409 443,323 393,470 522,967 8.9%

Agriculture as % of total lending 23.0% 23.1% 17.1% 17.8% na

Memorandum

Nominal interest rates2

Domestic currency 19.23 22.35 21.95 22.50 17.0%

Foreign currency 17.80 24.73 22.17 21.89 23.0%

Real interest rates3

Domestic currency 7.43 17.35 12.15 13.20 77.7%

Foreign currency 6.00 19.73 12.37 12.59 109.8%

Source: National Bank of Tajikistan, Banking Statistics Bulletin 2012, № 8 (205)1Commercial Banks and Micro-Finance combined; 2Commercial Banks only; 3Nominal interest rate minus annual inflation measured as CPI