Grape Subsector Assessment Report for the Yemen Agriculture Support Program

By International Development Agency

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Excerpt: The Yemen Agriculture Support Program (YASP) is a three-year, USAID-funded activity designed to improve nutrition and household incomes of small farmers in targeted governorates (Amran, Sa?adah, Al- Jawf, Shabwah, Marib). Several subsector horticultural ...

Table of Contents
CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES ...................................................................... iii ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS................................................................ v EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................... vi 1.0 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION.................. 1 2.0 YEMEN GRAPE ASSESSMENT ? DISCOVERY PHASE......................... 6 3.0 OBJECTIVES AND METHODOLOGY ..................................................... 9 3.1 OBJECTIVES.......................................................................................................................... 9 3.2 METHODOLOGY.................................................................................................................. 9 4.0 GRAPE VARIETIES GROWN AND QUANTITIES PRODUCED....... 11 4.1 MAJOR LOCATION AND BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH VARIETY PRODUCED ......11 4.2 PRINCIPAL USE OF EACH VARIETY GROWN .....................................................................14 4.3 ESTIMATED HECTARES OF EACH VARIETY AND QUANTITY PRODUCED........................15 4.4 POST-HARVEST PROCESSING............................................................................................16 5.0 INPUTS AND SERVICES TO THE GRAPE SECTOR .......................... 19 5.1 WATER.............................................................................................................................. 19 5.2 FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICAL PESTICIDES .........................................................................19 5.3 SERVICES .............................................................................................................................20 5.4 THE AGRICULTURE EXTENSION BODY ...........................................................................20 5.5 RESEARCH ..........................................................................................................................20 5.6 CULTIVATION PRACTICES.................................................................................................20 6.0 GRAPE LAND OWNERSHIP................................................................... 22 7.0 SUMMARY OF CONSTRAINTS TO GRAPE SUBSECTOR DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION.................................................. 23 7.1 LAND.................................................................................................................................23 7.2 WATER.............................................................................................................................. 23 7.3 LABOR ...............................................................................................................................23 7.4 PROCESSING AND MARKETING........................................................................................24 8.0 OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPANDING GRAPE PRODUCTION......... 25 9.0 VARIETIES, VOLUMES AND LOCAL MARKET TIMING................... 26 10.0 PREVAILING PRICES ............................................................................... 27 11.0 GRAPE MARKETS AND TRADE PATTERNS....................................... 30 11.1 DOMESTIC MARKET DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS..................................................30 11.2 TRADE PATTERNS .......................................................................................................30 12.0 FRESH AND DRIED GRAPE VARIETY PREFERENCES...................... 31 13.0 THE ROLE OF THE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE UNION IN THE GRAPE INDUSTRY....................................................................... 32 14.0 GRAPE AND RAISIN EXPORT............................................................... 34 14.1 EXPORTED VARIETIES..................................................................................................34 14.2 EXPORTED QUANTITIES .............................................................................................34 14.3 EXPORT PRICES ...........................................................................................................34 14.4 EXPORT RECIPIENT COUNTRIES ................................................................................35 15.0 GRAPE PRODUCTION CONTRIBUTION TO YEMEN GDP............. 36

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Grape Subsector Assessment Report for the Yemen Agriculture Support Program

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