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3. Markets

Dominica income opportunity

This table illustrates the key incremental income opportunities with the shortlist of products for Dominica:

• Key opportunities are summarized (primarily ‘import substitution’ but also ‘export’ for ginger and tumeric)
• The potential value of domestic production to meet demand is illustrated as ‘domestic potential’ and ‘value’
• Based on average yields and acreage this translates to ‘income’ and ‘profit potential’ per farmer each year.

Women & Youth Vegetables Herbs & Spices
Income opportunity
(USD) Onion Tomato Hot pepper Irish potato Ginger Tumeric Celery
income potential
import import import import import & import &
Key opportunity domestic
substitution substitution substitution substitution export export
import volume (MT) 254 12 22 132 232 29 28
import value (USD) $ 343,006 $ 20,283 $ 22,719 $ 479,137 $ 629,630 $ 44,781 $ 60,169
import value CIF (USD/kg) $ 1.35 $ 1.69 $ 1.03 $ 3.62 $ 2.71 $ 1.57 $ 2.15
domestic value (USD/kg) $ 1.43 $ 2.65 $ 0.73 $ 1.04 $ 1.84 $ 1.33 $ 1.84
total domestic potential (MT) 254 12 22 132 116 29 28
total domestic value (USD) $ 362,946 $ 31,845 $ 16,167 $ 137,771 $ 213,113 $ 37,948 $ 51,441
acreage per farmer (Acre) 1 0.25 0.25 2 0.25 0.25 0.25
yield per acre (kg) 8,094 12,366 8,499 9,326 4,599 4,139 4,231
yield (Kg p.a.) @10/20% wastage 6,475 2,473 1,700 14,921 1,035 931 846
Av Income potential per farmer p.a. $ 9,252 $ 6,563 $ 1,388 $ 16,752 $ 2,007 $ 1,236 $ 1,555
Av Profit potential per farmer p.a. $ 6,133 $ 4,685 $ 833 $ 4,325 $ 1,635 $ 901 $ 1,416
Farmer acceptance % 66% 77% 74% 61% 90% 78% 88%

This suggests a focus on a number of key crops to maximise income potential per farmer:
• Vegetables: Onions, Tomatoes and Irish Potatoes.

• Herbs & Spices: Ginger for export & Celery for the domestic market

Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean (SAC) Project

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