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• Agriculture Workforce – More than half of national workforce is employed in the agriculture sector. Two thirds of the population is rural – 16 million people.
• Agriculture Area - Cultivated area is 1.4 million hectares, 2 - 3 percent of total land area with more than 1.2 million farmers. Less than 50% of crop area is dependent upon rainfall (most agriculture production is groundwater dependent).
• Agriculture Constraints -. Water Scarcity, Qat Competition, Lack of Access to Markets, Low Agricultural Productivity and Limited Investment Capital.
Agriculture Sector
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USAID Yemen Agriculture Program• Community Livelihoods Program - Past programs in agriculture focused
on stabilization activities (designed to reach large number of beneficiaries but unsustainable over long term).
• Agriculture Value Chain Program – Short term (nine month) value chain approach: honey, coffee and horticulture. Assessing situation, developing strategic approach, focus on marketing pilots (especially for coffee), and coordinating activities with stakeholders, existing programs, and other donors.
• Agriculture Livelihoods Program – Market-focused program aimed at improving value chains in food insecure areas by linking farmers to high value markets, providing assistance to improve productivity and yields, and developing farm-gate purchase agreements.
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Water Scarcity
Source: World Bank Water Presentation, Sana’a Yemen – September 2012
Freshwater availability is 115 m3/citizen/year – this is equivalent to 10% of Middle East North Africa availability and only 2% of the world average.
There are 55,000 operational wells in Yemen and about 800 rigs. Water table drops by 1 to 7 meters in many basins. Fossil groundwater is fast depleting.
Wells are going dry in bulk increasing the possibility of conflict. In the rural sector, 50% to 60% of investments have no sustainability beyond 5 years.
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Qat Production
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Rainfall in Yemen
Rainfall in Feed the Future Focus AreaCoffee Terraces
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• Low Productivity - A World Bank study indicates that the productivity of Yemeni agriculture (particularly crops and livestock sub-sectors) is at least 50% lower than Middle Eastern countries with comparable environments. Irrigation systems are inefficient, resulting in significant waste of water, estimated to be in the range of 50% to 65%.
• Limited Export Market – Ag exports constitute less than 9 percent of total exports ($551 million in agriculture exports out of $6.4 billion total). Market share of high value export markets is decreasing in coffee and honey.
• Lack of Access to Investment Capital - Commercial banking sector is not effectively addressing agriculture sector. Loans according to the International Finance Corporation require high interest rates (up to 60% annually) and banks can request collateral (preferably housing and land) up to 400% of loan size.
Agriculture Productivity, Market Access & Capital
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Agriculture Strategy • Emerging strategy in agriculture sector focuses on a value chain
approach -- linking producers with other players in the market. Focus on honey, coffee & horticulture. Focus on rainwater harvesting for sustainable production.
• Targeted focus on value chains is expected to improve market access, increase productivity and quality, strengthen small-scale farmer opportunities for partnerships with the private sector.
• Value chain approach seeks to reduce private sector risk thus encouraging greater private investment in the sector. Overall goal is to promote resilient agriculture based on a market-driven approach using sustainable production, processing and marketing mechanisms promoting broad-based economic growth.
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