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Inland Wholesale Market for Cultured Fishes in Bangladesh

Shuraya Tasnoova
Faculty of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202

Izumi Iwamoto
Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, 1-21-24 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890 0065, Japan.

ShochiTashiro
Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, 1-21-24 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890 0065, Japan.

Yutaka Tomoyuki
Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, 1-21-24 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890 0065, Japan.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The fish marketing system in Bangladesh is traditional, complex and less competitive but plays a vital role to reach the product fish farmer to consumer. The present study was carried out to describe the history and function of Sattrasia fish wholesale market, to compare the role and the efficiency of landing market with that of terminal market, to observe the impact of Sattrasia fish wholesale market and to identify the problems of marketing system in the study areas. The study was based on a sample survey of 60 randomly selected fish traders from Mymensingh town and Sattasia wholesale fish market and 20 farmers from Muktagacha sub district under Mymensingh district in Bangladesh. Data were collected during March, 2006. The average per day cost and return were calculated for Beparis, wholesalers and Retailers in Mymensingh town at Tk.395.20, Tk. 268.19, Tk. 79.14 and Tk.714.70, Tk.987.84, Tk. 378.84 respectively while average per day cost and return in Sattrasia were calculated for Baperis, wholesalers and Retailers at Tk.240.00, Tk.150.20, Tk. 71.25 and Tk.420.00, Tk.643.31 and Tk. 256.96 respectively. The study also revealed that after establishing this market farmers were benefited in many ways (such as getting better price, time consume, sale the fresh fish and reduce the farmers’ marketing cost etc.)

Keywords: Inland whole market, Fish landing market, Cultured fish, Sattrasia

Location: Mucktagacha and Mymensingh.

Start Date: 00-00-2006

End Date: 00-00-2006

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Market analysis

Objectives:

To describe the history and the functions of Sattrasia fish wholesale market.
To compare the role and the efficiency of landing market with that of terminal market.
To observe the impact of Sattrasia fish wholesale market for farmers, and
To identify the problems of marketing system in the study areas.

Methodology:

For this study, data and information were collected from both primary and secondary sources. The study was conducted on the interview methods during march 2006. Sattrasia fish wholesale market which was newly established fish landing market in Mucktagacha and Mymensingh town terminal fish market were selected purposively for this study. 15 and 44 data were collected from Sattrasia fish wholesale market and Mymensingh town terminal fish market respectively.20 data were collected from farmers Sattrasia region for information on changes on establishing the Sattrasia fish wholesale market. This market is located in the middle of Mucktagacha sub district. Semi-structured interviews were also conducted with personal of other stakeholder organization. Besides, secondary data and information were collected from various organizations as well as from published and unpublished sources of government agencies and trade organizations in Bangladesh in the type of documents, reports, handouts, notifications, etc. having relevance with this study. The data and information from all these field surveys, were summarized by Microsoft excel which were used to write this paper. Tabular techniques were used according to the objectives. History and role of Sattrasia fish landing market is very important. Therefore it had included in result part.

Source of Information: Journal of American Science 2014;10(4s):41-49. ISSN: 1545-1003.

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Achievement/Findings:

Sattrasia market which is a newly established landing market played an outstanding role for not only fish farmers but also the different kinds of intermediaries. Comparing Sattrasia fish landing market and Mymensingh terminal market from the view point of costs and returns for intermediary there are not large difference between two markets. But to analyze more carefully we can find that the efficiency of landing market wholesalers is better than that of terminal market wholesalers mainly by saving cost. And the complaints’ on the situation of market is relatively high in terminal market wholesalers. Many of the wholesalers reported that the lack of hygienic, storage and quality control knowledge are main problems. Though market intermediaries had a lot of problem in fish trading but this business was profitable for all intermediaries. This market offered direct selling opportunity for farmers and fair price fixing and helped saving marketing cost especially and this market also saved farmers time. After establishing this market, fish culture is expanding day by day. Now farmers can sell the fresh fish. They need not to harvest the fish in the midnight; they can harvest fish early in the morning. According to farmers’ report, all farmers had mantel satisfaction which is important for continuing the fish farming.

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