High-Value Agriculture in Southern and

Eastern Africa

Post Harvest and Transport Technologies:

Reducing Losses and Improving Quality in
Fruits & Vegetables in Madagascar

22 June 2010
 Contents
1. Horticulture in Madagascar

1. Present status of the Storage, Transport

and Logistics for horticultural produce ;

2. Management of the issues raised by post

harvest and transport

3. On-going strategy at regional level.

 Horticulture in
Madagascar
• Diverse ecological Mahajanga Mahajan
zones and biodiversity ga

• Several species of
fruit plants
Fenoariv
Fenoarivo
o

• and vegetables Antananarivo Antananar

Toamasi
Toamasina
na
Main
Production
ivo zones

Antsirabe Antsirab
• Few private e

investors for large Fianarantsoa Fianarants

commercial farms oa

Manakara Manaka

• Small scale producers ra

over the country

Faradofay Faradof
• Supply issues on quality, quantity, ay

regularity
 Post harvest issues
• Influenced by crop quality (seed quality –
diseases & pests)
• Affected by maturity, harvest management
and transport
• Limited cooling chain => night transport and
early open market
• Solar drying, processing in jams and vinegar
sour by formal and informal small enterprises
• CTHT support on post harvest processing
• Private exports management
• Professional Enterprises processing and
exportation
 Transport issues
Transportation (type
and organization at
different levels)
– Personal head
– Rickshaw
– Public transport
– Trucks
– Train
– Boats
– Ships
– Flight
 Horticultural Market issues

• National level
– Quality and Sanitation not committed
– Increase losses due to Transport
management
– Farmer organization

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 Horticultural Market issues

• Regional & International

level
– Customs clearance??
– Lack of Cooling chain
– Quantity, quality and
regularity not committed 900
Figure 3: Export trends

Others

– Freight cost non

800
Agricultural
700 Non Agricultural

600

in Millions DTS
competitive 500

400

300

200

100

0
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Management of the issues raised by the
Post Harvest and Transport
• UPFL : Fruits and Vegetables platform
networking to regional country
• Litchi platform through CTHT supported by EU
• Vegetable program supported by AVRDC
• Community Based Organization capacity
building supported by many NGOs and
Agriculture Service Center
• Small processing enterprises supported by FAO,
ONUDI, PROSPERER...
• Cooling chain program??
 On-going strategy of the Post Harvest and
Transport
Based on the opportunities,

• Enhance Quantity, Quality and Periodicity of market

supply
• Develop more diversified crops to meet the market
• Encourage the emergence of medium processing
enterprises
• Develop cooling chain system for perishable export
products
• Sharing market information from coordinated and
managed database
• Enhance existing platform organization (UPFL, litchi) to
join regional network