The Potato Marketing System and Its Changes in Bangladesh: From the Perspective of a Village Study in Comilla District

Moazzem, Khondaker Golam; Fujita, Köichi

doi:10.1111/j.1746-1049.2004.tb01016.x

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“…Notable thing was no higher educated people in Bangladesh were directly involved in the cultivation of potato. Generally potato cultivating farmers can be grouped in to 4 groups-landless (0 acres), small farm size (0.01-0.49 acres), medium farm size (0.50-1.49 acres) and large farm size (≥1.50 acres) (Moazzem and Fujita, 2004). They found that 25% farmers were landless but they cultivate other land that's why they known as borgachasi.…”

Section: Socio-economic Status Of Potato Cultivation Farmersmentioning

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“…In Bangladesh more than 100 vegetables are produced (Rubayet and Jony, 2016). Among a huge variety of vegetables, potato stands first by choice of farmers after introducing some preservation facilities like cold storage and so on (Moazzem and Fujita, 2004). Whole year round demand of potato by consumers and the high perishable rate of other vegetables due to lack of preservation facilities are also responsible for the higher production within last few years though the cultivation of potato was started at late 19 th century in Bangladesh (Baset et al, 2009) in contrast to 17 th century in Indian sub-continent (Pandey et al, 2000) and commercial production of crops was started from 1920 (Hossain et al, 2008).…”

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Production, Marketing System, Storage and Future Aspect of Potato in Bangladesh

Singha

Maezawa

2019

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Potato (Solanum tuberosum), is the most consumed vegetable in Bangladesh throughout the year round. Due to the suitable environment, potato production is increased day by day and in 2019 Bangladesh became the seventh largest potato producing country in the world. Now the amount of production is more than the demand and hence from recent few years Bangladesh starts to exports potato and its associated food products to the different countries in the world. Unemployment problem is very common in the developing countries like Bangladesh but potato gives an opportunity to solve the problem and also help to eradicate the situation of hunger. Though bumper harvest of potato is very common in Bangladesh but the growers are sometimes devoid of to get the fair price due to the extreme margin by the middlemen. Hence, the aim of this study is to examine the present situation of potato production, storage, marketing system, and export. The major findings of this study are as follows: Firstly, poor transportation system, inadequate storage facilities, lack of capital, lack of knowledge of farmers about market price, illiteracy, and syndicate system of middlemen are some key factors for inefficient marketing system of potato in Bangladesh. Secondly, giving the increased important in potato is not the ultimate solution, instantly improve the marketing mechanism of potato is required for Bangladesh. Finally, it is exigent that government needs to take the obligatory steps for the sustainable production and marketing system of potato in Bangladesh.

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Section: Socio-economic Status Of Potato Cultivation Farmersmentioning

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Production, Marketing System, Storage and Future Aspect of Potato in Bangladesh

Singha

Maezawa

2019

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“…Besides, there are more than hundred palatable foods made from potatoes (Das [6]). Adequate supply of potato stabilizes the vegetable market all around the year (Moazzem and Fujita [7]). Potato are also used in processing industry such as production of starch, alcohol, glucose, dextrin and citric acid in textile and paper industries, inks, dyes, soap and leather processing (Sarker [8]).…”

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Forecasting Potato Production in Bangladesh by ARIMA Model

Hossain

2016

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Abstract. Bangladesh is recognized as a rice-eating nation; nevertheless, large quantities of potatoes are produced and consumed each year. In Bangladesh, potato has gradually gained popularity. Potato is used as food crop as well as vegetable by both the poor and rich people. Recently, the government has been trying to diversify food habits and encourage potato consumption to reduce pressure on rice. In this regard, potato can play an important role as an alternative and a multipurpose food crop of Bangladesh. This study considered the published secondary data of yearly potato production in Bangladesh over the period 1971 to 2013. The best selected Box-Jenkins ARIMA model for forecasting the potato production for whole Bangladesh is ARIMA(0,2,1). The comparison between the original series and forecasted series shows that the fitted model behaved statistically well and is suitable to forecast the potato productions in Bangladesh.

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“…The effect of their emergence is not well understood and has led to charges of market power and price manipulation (e.g. Basu, 2010;Moazzem and Fujita, 2004).…”

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The Potato Value Chain in Bihar: An Assessment and Policy Implications

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the NAIP project in Bihar are focusing on. Primary surveys were fielded with producers, traders, cold storages, and retailers at the end of 2009 on the rural-urban potato value chain in Bihar, more in particular from the disadvantaged districts part of the NAIP project (Vaishali and Samastipur) to urban consumers in Patna. The most salient findings are presented below.Upstream. First, potato production in Bihar is largely in the hands of smallholders: farmers from the smallest half of potato producers cultivate 0.5 acres of potato. This compares to 1.8 acres for farmers from the largest group. Second, farmers suffer from an important late blight disease problem. Actual potato yields in 2009 were two-thirds lower than the expected yields due to that disease. Despite the incidence of this disease, reported potato yields in the districts are as high as the national level, casting doubts on the national agricultural statistics in vogue which consider Bihar a lagging potato state. Third, farmers rely relatively little on seed markets and almost all farmers store their own seeds in cold storages. Only on 18% of the plots were purchased seeds used, indicating that seed replacement ratios are about 1 out of 5 years. However, larger farmers replace seed more often. Fourth, despite the low use of seed input markets, important changes have happened over time and the white potato variety has now become much more important than the traditional red variety that was usually grown. Especially the larger farmers have switched relatively more to the white variety. Fifth, larger farmers are able to obtain higher yields, possibly because of their more intense use of inputs. Sixth, 70% of the potato farmers are now empowered by a mobile phone. While some farmers use it to do market transactions, this is still only a minority (20%). Seventh, sales in the harvest season are almost all to a village broker while in the off-season, potatoes are mostly sold to traders at the cold storage. Wholesale market sales by the farmers are of less importance. Eight, an important reason why a number, and especially the smaller, farmers sell after harvest is the urgent need of money. Little credit or advances are used in market transactions and the major reason for the choice of a trader is when 2 he pays immediately. Ninth, while almost all farmers participate in cold storages as to store their seeds, larger farmers store relatively much more for sale at an expected higher price in the offseason.Midstream. First, an important boom in cold storage capacity -and thus in potato productionhas happened in the two studied districts. The number of cold storages in the last decade doubled or tripled and rapid up-scaling of cold storages led to an even faster total capacity expansion, i.e. a triple and five-fold increase over the same period. Second, the boom is associated with increasing commercialization of potatoes from the two districts as the share of storage for seed potatoes is relatively on the decline. Third, several triggers explain the boom in thi...

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The Potato Marketing System and Its Changes in Bangladesh: From the Perspective of a Village Study in Comilla District

Cited by 15 publications

References 5 publications

Production, Marketing System, Storage and Future Aspect of Potato in Bangladesh

Production, Marketing System, Storage and Future Aspect of Potato in Bangladesh

Forecasting Potato Production in Bangladesh by ARIMA Model

The Potato Value Chain in Bihar: An Assessment and Policy Implications

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