Agricultural Research Management Information System

Home
Research Summary
Search
About Us
- ARMIS
- Brochure
Contact Us
Report
User Request
Data Input
Help
- Operation Manual
  - PDF
  - Video
- Program Area & Commodity
We have reached 37600 number of research entries at this moment.

- Logout

Research Detail

Home
Research
Detail

Marketing of Aman Paddy with Special Reference to the Government Procurement Programme in Two Selected Areas of Bangladesh

Md. Abul Quasem
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The study was undertaken to estimate marketable surplus of different farm size groups and their channels of marketing with respect to Aman paddy. The extent of farmer participation in selling paddy to the government procurement centre was also examined. The study indicated that all size groups sell paddy immediately after harvest though about half of them buy back in the off-season at a higher price. The main cause of immediate sales was the need for consumption goods. The government procurement programme of paddy benefited the intermediaries more than the farmers because the mechanism of procurement provided little incentive to farmers for selling at the procurement centres.

Keywords: Marketing, Paddy, Procurement, Selected area, Bangladesh

Location: Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies

Start Date: 00-00-1977

End Date: 00-00-1978

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Analysis and interpretations

Objectives:

1. To estimate the marketable surplus of different groups of farms;
2. To determine the marketing channel of Aman Paddy;

3. To investigate the position of small farmers under the existing marketing structure; and

4. To examine the extent of farmers' participation in the government procurement programme and the impact of the programme on market.

Methodology:

Two main procurement centres in the two biggest rice surplus districts of Bangldesh were selected for the propose of this investigation. The centres are Haluaghat in Mymensingh and Birganj in Dinajpur. These two centres were among the top few centres of Bangladesh on the basis of 1976/77 grain collection. The survey was conducted in 1977/78 Aman season. Three villages around important local markets at different distances from the two procuremet centres were purposively selected. From these markets paddy/rice are supplied to the centre by the middlemen. In each village 50 randomly selected farmers were planned to be interviewed with small (upto 2.5 acres), medium (2.5 to 5.0 acres) and large (5.01 acres and above) farmers representing in the ratio of 5 : 3 : 2 in keeping with the overall Bangladesh situation.

Source of Information: BJAE, II (1), June 1979 51-74

Article Link (Online Journal):

Funding Source:

Budget:

Total Budget (Tk.) :

Achievement/Findings:

The study indicated that all size groups sell paddy immediately after harvest though about half of them buy back in the off-season at a higher price. The main cause of immediate sales was the need for consumption of goods.

Knowledge Management: Journal