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Economics and Utilization of Potato Storage Methods at Farmers' Level in Bangladesh

S. A. Sabur
Department of Agricultura1 Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural institute, Dhaka.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

On an average, 31 percent of the potatoes produced in Bangladesh are stored which is more or less same for all groups of farmer. Relatively lesser proportion of small farmers avail of cold storage facility and consequently storage loss is higher than that of large farmers. Both traditional and refrigeration methods of potato storage were found to be profitable in the study area. Regarding release of potato from cold storage, months from August to December were found to be profitable.

Keywords: Economics, Utilization, Storage, Potato, Farmers level

Location: Dhaka, Comilla and Bogra Region

Start Date: 01-07-1985

End Date: 30-06-1986

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Commodity: Potato

Objectives:

To examine the various aspects of the farmers' storage methods of potato in the selected areas of Bangladesh.

Methodology:

On the basis of potato area against total cropped area, Dhaka, Comilla and Bogra region (greater district) ranked higher in Bangladesh. Among them two potato growing areas, namely, Bogra sadar upazila and Tongibari upazila of Dhaka region were selected for this study. One union from each of the above upazilas were chosen on the basis of highest potato production. All the potato farmers of the selected union were then divided into three groups or strata according to the size of their operational holding i.e. small (<1.0 hectare), medium (1.0-2.0 hectares) and large (> 2.0 hectares) and a proportionate random sample was selected from each stratum to make the total sample size 100 for each union. The selected 200 farmers at two sites were then interviewed with pre designed questionnaire during the year 1985-86. For estimating monthly price variation, one urban and one rural market from each of the selected upazila were chosen and collected weekly wholesale prices of potato were then converted into monthly average prices.

Source of Information: Bangladesh Hort.,16(1):22-29,1988; ISSN 0379-4288

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Achievement/Findings:

On the average, 31 per cent of the potato produced are stored. Relatively less proportion of small farmers avail of cold storage facility and their storage (traditional) loss is nearly double than that of large farmers. In this regard, the local banks may help the poor farmers by providing credit against their potato in the cold storage. Alternatively, more scientific non-refrigerated storage system may be developed at farmer's level so that storage loss can be minimized. The study reveals that both traditional and refrigeration methods are profitable to store potato in the study area. However, traditional method in Tongibari and refrigeration method in Bogra are found to be more profitable. This calls for feasibility study before constructing a cold storage in the particular area. It is found that October in Tongibari and December in Bogra are the most profitable months for releasing potato from cold storage. Therefore, farmers may be made aware of thorough necessary training so that they can release potato from cold storage in the most profitable months.

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