CRP Dryland Systems Béni Khédache site

CRP Dryland Systems North Africa and West Asia

Annual Coordination and Planning Meeting

Béni Khédache-Sidi Bouzid site

Hotel Alhambra, Yasmine Hammamet, 17-18 November, 2014

Sghaier M., Abdeladhim M., Fetoui M., Licheheb N., Ouessar M.

Value chains of cash crops for enhancing market access to small holder farmers and improved harvest and post-

harvest technologies

Outline • Objectives of the activity

• Tasks for 2014

• Methodology

• Major achievements

• Results – Olive oil sector in Tunisia

– Olive oil sector in Medenine • Problems

• Value chain map

• Identification and description of main actors and operators

• Works plan 2015

Objectives of the activity Diagnostic and selection of the relevant stakeholders (main players) in the value

chain of one of the two selected crops: Producers, input providers, traders, agro-processing, regulators, quality, wholesalers, retailers, and consumers.

Mapping the challenges for smallholder market access: Review of literature on institutional arrangements in collective marketing.

Contribute on the improvement of the locally appropriate postharvest handling and processing options.

Facilitate the development of stakeholder-driven strategies for improving the marketing efficiency, postharvest management and value addition for the selected commodity

Assist stakeholders (men, women and youth) in implementing the strategies identified

Tasks for 2014

Selection of the relevant crops/commodities

Literature review on the constraints and opportunities and mapping the challenges for smallholder market access: Review of literature on of the relevant stockholders in the value chain of the selected product

Diagnostic and selection of the relevant stakeholders (main players) in the value chain of this selected crop: Producers, input providers, traders, agro-processing, regulators, quality, wholesalers, retailers, and consumers.

Methodology

• Review of literature on of the relevant stockholders in the value chain of the selected product

• Workshops and meeting with relevant stakeholders

• Focus group

• Survey

• Focus group and contact – Olive growers (farmers)

– Collectors and processors (mills)

– Traders

– Services providers

– IO

– ONH

– Administrations (CRDA, ODS, APIA, UA)

– The Agricultural Development Programme (RDP, PGRN, FAIDA ...)

– Research institutions (IRA and olive Institute)

Major achievements

• Selection of the main relevant products

• Report summarizing the main results on the diagnosis and selection of the relevant stakeholders (main players) in the value chain of one of the two selected products

Major achievements& Results

• Selection of the main relevant products (olive oil)

• Report summarizing the main results on the diagnosis and selection of the relevant stakeholders (main players) in the value chain of one of the two selected products – Identification and description of main actors and

operators

– Value chain map and structure

Olive oil sector in Medenine

• The olive cropping system in Medenine – The olive tree located in the open plains with a

density of 16-20 plants per hectare and a spacing that varies from 18 to 24 m

– The foothills olive and mountains olive behind jessours: This type of ancestral plantations grown behind small water retention structures

– The olive tree on the rangeland (Case of Hnich and Hmada): This cropping system, originally implemented on deep soils, was greatly expanded in the past to land previously used for grazing years

• 190,000 hectares representing 82.5% of the total cultivable area

• 4 million olive trees (or 6.5% of Tunisia)

• The annual average production of olive in (2000-2010) : 50,000 tons

• Production of the last season (2012/2013) reaches 106,000 T

Olive sector in Medenine

Districts Area (ha) Number of olive

trees

Number of mills Crushing capacities

(T / jours)

Olive oil production

(T)

Medenine Nord 9345 190500 5 50 600

Medenine Sud 13580 286100 18 250 2000

Sidi Makhlouf 22500 470160 13 150 2700

Ajim 8440 392100 8 90 300

Houmet Souk 4890 217400 14 200 1100

Midoun 4715 227800 3 50 900

Zarzis 62304 1256800 65 1600 9800

Benguardane 51504 875900 18 300 2600

Beni Khedache 12722 257700 13 60 1200

Total 190000 4174460 157 2750 21200

Problems

• Harsh climate condition ( less than 200 mm)

• The land structure, which suffers from excessive fragmentation

• Lack of skilled labour

• Lack of expertise for tree maintenance

Production fluctuation

• Plantation, labour, irrigation, collect, sale of olives and olive oil

Farmers

• Transformation of olive, Sale and purchase of olive oil

Industrial processing

• Organizing farmers

• Experimental value chain (Labelling, marketing, processing packaging, organic olive oil, etc.)

CBOs (SMSA)

• The purchase and sale of olive and olive oil Traders

• Integrating man and women farmers to the economic and social activities and involved them as full partners in the development process

UTAP

Direct operators

Identification and description of main actors and operators

• Responsible for promoting agricultural projects at regional level, implement state policies at regional level and help investor’s projects

• Responsible for preparing the technical package for all crops that can adapt to the climate of the region

CRDA (commissariat of

regional agriculture development)

• Collecting all relevant information, conduct the necessary studies, propose measures that can be helpful of policy development

• Participate in the development of plans and action programs to promote and boost private investment

• Ensure achievement, harmonization of development plan

ODS (South développement

office)

• promote private investment in the fields of agriculture, fisheries and related services

• Identification of investment opportunities

• The assistance and sponsoring

• The training of young agricultural promoters

APIA (Agency for Agricultural Investment Promotion)

Supporting institutions

• links between stakeholders at all levels of the olive oil sector as a integrate sectoral approach by encouraging farmers, industrial and exporters for enhancing value added and make use of Tunisian oil olive

• Facilitating dialogue between professionals and public administration to Encourage the promotion of the quality of olive oil and its marketing through the integration of professionals in the scientific and technological developments

The national olive oil

office (ONH)

• Achieving the necessary research to agricultural development, protection of natural resources and to fight against desertification in arid and desert regions

• Implementing of integrated development projects at national, sub regional, regional and international level

• Facilitation and coordination of efforts of various intervenient involved in development and research activities in arid regions.

Institute of Arid Regions

(IRA)

• Organize and perform all research, to improve the production and productivity of the olive sector and fruit trees in semi-arid areas

• Ensuring the protection and preservation of natural resources

• Conduct technical and economic studies

• Contribute to the development of a strategy for the development of olive growing in semi-arid area

• Dissemination and make use of research result

Olive Institute

Olive growers and

processors

Olive growers

Collectors and

traders Collectors and

processors

Processors and oil

mills

Brokers

Sfax

Other

exporters

ONH

Consumer

Value chain Structure

Works plan 2015 • Objective:

– Analysis of the operations and operators

– Post harvest value chain strucure

– Financial analysis (distribution of the VA, )

– Etc.

• Methods and tools

– Surveys by questionnaire (operators, activities, price, cost, flux, VA, organization, structure, problems, challenges, expectations, etc.)

– Informal tools (Focus groups, Gender, etc.)

– Multi-stakeholders workshop (CBOs (SMSA, GDA), NGOs, processors, traders, exporters, etc.);

• Reporting

• Dissemination: Attending of scientific events

– “Integrated Land and Water Resources Management In Drylands Under Climate Change”– ILDAC2015. Djerba, Tunisia, May 11-14th, 2015. http://www.ildac2015.tn/

– 16th Annual Global Development Conference, Ben Guerir, Morocco on 11-13 June, 2015. Conference http://www.gdn.int/html/page2.php?MID=3&SID=24&SSID=73&SCID=54

– Others to be identified.

Thank you