Bolivia Case
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Bolivia Case • Market shed • Potato diversity in system • Potato diversity in the market • Market actors • Value Chain • Policy environment STA CRUZ Market shed MESOTERMICO Colomi Rodeo Triangulo El Puente Campesino Tiraque QUILLACOLLO Morochata COCHAMBAMBA SUCRE ORURO LA PAZ PUNO, PERU STA CRUZ Market shed MESOTERMICO Colomi Rodeo Triangulo El Puente Campesino Tiraque producer markets COCHAMBAMBA wholesale markets retail markets LA PAZ Potato system & diversity • 3 different potato systems functioning parallel – Papa Holandesa: Desiree, Alpha (5 varieties) – Papa Waycha: Waycha (1 + 3 varieties) – Papa Nativa • commercial varieties (6 varieties) • non-commmercial varieties(100-25 varieties) Commercial vs Home consumption Improved varieties: papa Waycha/Holandesa Formal seed production: only for improved varieties Potato diversity in the market • Producer Market – commercial ware potatoes – native potatoes – (pre-)seed native potatoes: brought along with commercial ware potatoes (ex. Colomi) what producers bring to the market is a fraction of the diversity they have seed: producers bring seed size, intermediaries purchase and transformed ware potatoes: additional quality selection, sprouting seed of native potato varieties almost absent in the market place Potato diversity in the market • Peri-urban whole sale market – commercial ware potatoes – native potatoes – (pre-)seed native potatoes: brought from various places by producers/intermediaries to be sold to retailers and consumers more diversity (native potato varieties) than in producer markets (ex. Colomi) specialised seed markets: intermediaries offer prepared seed (transformed ware potatoes) seed of native potato varieties practically absent Potato diversity in the market weekly rural ferias daily wholesale markets in Cochabamba Variables Tiraque El Puente Rodeo Colomi El Campesino Triangulo Volume potatoes (*100 2250 950 500 1280 3300 600-800?? kg) % commercialised 95-100% 95-100% 75-100% 95-100% 50 % 50% importance: • ware potato +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ • seed -/+ +++ ++ +++ -/+ Total no. varieties 17 14 9 22 21 21 spotted 11 1 62 33 15 4 15 5 14 6 • native (incl. Waycha) 6 8 6 7 6 7 • improved • No. of varieties 5.5 5.4 3.9 9.7 8.4 8.0 spotted (average) No. varieties per vendor 1.15 1.11 1.18 1.11 1.18 (producer) 1.39 (producer) average Shannon index 0.66 0.60 0.71 1.43 0.76 (producers) 1.00 (producers) (from sample) Shannon index (over 0.87 0.89 1.13 1.63 0.99 1.41 totals) Similar markets Sacaba Calatayud Punata Tiraque market El Puente market Rodeo market Waycha Desiree Waycha Runa Toralapa Desiree Puka Nawi HH Yuraj Holandesa (Alpha) Puka Nawi Waycha Rosita Jaspe Desiree Puka Toralapa Robusta HH Josi Imilla Romano Puka Nawi Amajaya Capiro Jaspe Runa Toralapa Runa Qori Sonq'o Puka Toralapa Imilla Blanca Sambo Qori Sonq'o Imilla Negra Runa Sani Imilla Wawilo Wawilo Pinta Boca Pinta Boca Yana Q'oyllu Azul Nawi Luki Colomi market Waycha Campesino market,Cochabamba Triangulo market, Cochabamba Waycha Desiree W aycha Desiree HH/Runa T Desiree HH/Runa T Puka Nawi Runa Toralapa Puka Nawi Puka Ňawi Runa Runa Runa Capiro Imilla Blanca Tomasina?? Corisongo Imilla Negra Robusta Rosita Rosita Robusta Puka Toralapa Q'ori Songo Peruana Blanca Luna Imilla Saylula Puka Toralapa Puka Toralapa Amajaya Robusta Ka ňawe Sicha Imilla Tomasina Capinote ňa Icari Pali Amajaya Imilla Negra Capiro Rosa Papa Imilla Blana Canastillo Imilla Blanca Canastillo Candelero Sani Imilla Pinta Boca Pinta Boca Candelero Q'oyllu Wawilo Pinta Boca W awilo Yana Q'oyllu Wawilo Bola Q'oyllu Bola Q'oyllu Puka Roja Puka Q'oyllu Katawi Yana Q'oyllu Yan Q'oyllu Market actors weekly rural ferias daily wholesale markets in Cochabamba Variables Tiraque El Puente Rodeo Colomi El Campesino Triangulo Volume potatoes (*100 2250 950 500 1280 3300 600-800?? kg) % commercialised 95-100% 95-100% 75-100% 95-100% 50 % 50% importance: • ware potato +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ • seed -/+ +++ ++ +++ -/+ Type of vendor producers producer producer (male) producer * producer * producer (male) • from the (male) (male) 56 % (male/fem?) (male) * intermediary municipality 77 % 70 % 44 % 100 % * intermediary (female) • from elsewhere 23 % 30 % 0 % (female) * retailer (female) Type of buyer intermediary intermediary intermediary intermediary intermediary retailer (female) (Chochabamba) (Cochabamba, (St Cruz) (Cochabamba, La (female) consumer St Cruz) Paz) retailer (female) (male/female) producer producer (seed) consumer (seed) (male/female) seed purchaser (male) Value Chains : specific combinations of varieties – markets - actors different market chains Value Chains Value Chains Value Chains Value Chain FARMER (SEED) 30-35 USD/100kg 20-40% INTERMEDIARY FARMER CONSUMER RETAILER 36 USD/100kg 25 USD/100kg 30 USD/100kg 20% 0% 20% RESTAURANT OWNER/ •inputs 30 USD/100kg PROCESSOR CONSUMER •seed 20% 1000 USD/100kg •labour 300% •land •commercialisation •profit •potatoes •potatoes •commercialisation •processing •profit •commercialisation •profit •potatoes •commercialisation •profit Regulatory system & Policy • conventional structure & function (‘programa nacional de semilla’) – registration of varieties for commercialisation of seed – seed certification • only certified seed availble of commercial (holandesa and waycha) • less than 5 % of the planted area with semilla ‘certificada’ or ‘fiscalizada’ • specific attention in law (1999) which stress the importance of constant improvement of potato seed supply • currently no NAR system in Bolivia.