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Agro-industrial Development and Sustainability in Bangladesh - a Study

M.A. Latif
Senior Assistant Chief
Bangladesh Planning Commission, Ministry of Planning, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh

M.H. Rahman
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

M.A. Ehasan
Deputy Director
Directorate of Food, Department of Food, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

A study was conducted to know the current state of development sustainability of the agroindustrial sector in terms of its product diversity, export volume, export value, destination of the product by region and country. A structured questionnaire was prepared to do the random sampling survey and focused group discussion also held with the relevant stakeholder in agro-industrial sphere. The study revealed that in terms of value, the highest exported agro processed product is spices 21.46 million US$ (25%) and in terms of weight, the highest exported agro processed product is drinks (26735 ton). It is investigated that 81% of Bangladesh agro processed product goes to Asian market which value is US$ 70.13 million. In terms of export value, the major destination of Bangladesh agro-processed product is Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) which amount is 20.2 million US$. In terms of export in weight, the major destination of Bangladesh agro-processed product is India (24372.88 metric ton).

Keywords: Agro-based Industry, Product diversity, Development & Sustainability

Location: Seventyfive leading agro-based industries in the country

Start Date: 00-03-2014

End Date: 00-02-2015

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Market analysis

Objectives:

To know the current state of development sustainability of the agroindustrial sector in terms of its product diversity, export volume, export value, destination of the product by region and country.

Methodology:

The study was conducted during the period March 2014 to February 2015 covering seventyfive leading agro-based industries in the country. In the study, a structured questionnaire has been developed for collecting quantitative as well as qualitative data on production, export volume, production technology (manual/automation) etc. from agro-based industries. Focus Group Discussion (FGD) also arranged to exchange views with the stakeholders in the agro-industrial arena like Bangladesh Bank, Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), and Agro-Business Promotion Council (ABPC) under Ministry of Commerce. Verbal informed consent of participants was also taken. The secondary data were collected from research journals, books, reports and webpage's available on the Internet etc. Preliminary data sheets have been crosschecked and screened through pre-testing, edited and coded at the field-level to adopt final data. The collected data have been analyzed (mainly addition/summation, subtraction, multiplication, division, percentage) in the excel sheet. Then analysed data have been presented with pie chart.

Source of Information: Int. J. Agril. Res. Innov. & Tech. 5 (2): 37-43, December, 2015; ISSN: 2224-0616

Article Link (Online Journal): Available online at http://www.ijarit.webs.com

Funding Source:

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Achievement/Findings:

Agro-industries in Bangladesh is completely based on local raw material and are labor intensive. By utilizing its potentials and retreating the inherent drawbacks and challenges, sustainability of this sector can be achieved which does have enormous potential to contribute towards Bangladesh economy.

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