3. № 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.

6. 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

7. 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 0.2
Source: State Inspection Service for Phytosanitary Plant Quarantine and Seeds; MoA, Seed Growing Department and Plant
Growing Department.

8. № Item
Year
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

10. 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

11. 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