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Local Market Research on Vegetables in Jessore of the High Ganges River Floodplain, Bangladesh

Kazuhiko EGASHIRA*
Laboratory of Soil Science, Division of Soil Science and Plant Production, Department of Plant Resources, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812–8581, Japan

Abu Zofar Md. MOSLEHUDDIN
Department of Soil Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh–2202, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Local market research was implemented in Jessore District, southwestern Bangladesh. It was done in July 2006 and March and July 2007 at the vegetable bazaar in Jessore Town and in March and July 2007 at the Marua hut of Marua Village, Chowgachha Upazila. Many kinds of vegetables were identified with some seasonal variation at the vegetable bazaar in Jessore Town. Among them, fruit vegetables including gourds, root vegetables, leaf vegetables including local varieties, kachu and spices were more variable. In comparison to the vegetable bazaar in Jessore Town, kinds of vegetables identified at the Marua hut of Marua Village were limited and less varied with the seasons. Vegetables sold in the Marua hut were probably all essential to daily life of villagers in Marua Village.

Keywords: Local Market Research, Vegetables. Jessore, Ganges River Floodplain, Bangladesh

Location: Jessore District, southwestern Bangladesh

Start Date: 00-07-2006

End Date: 00-07-2007

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Commodity: Vegetables

Objectives:

The purpose of the present study is to identify vegetables sold at bazaar and hut and to understand seasonal variation in the kind and price of vegetables in Jessore, Bangladesh.

Methodology:

Location Bangladesh is located in the Ganges–Brahmaputra delta under the tropical to subtropical monsoon with distinct rainy and dry seasons. Jessore District is located in the southwestern part of Bangladesh with bordering with India, and has the area of 2,567 km² and population of 2,417 thousands in 1996 with the population density of 942 persons/km² . Jessore Town, a center of Jessore District, is situated at 23⁰17’ N and 89⁰17’ E. Jessore District is a hottest and driest area in Bangladesh; the mean annual rainfall was 1,491 m, and the mean monthly maximum temperature ranged from 25.3 ⁰C in December to 36.2 ⁰C in April and the mean monthly minimum temperature ranged from 11.3 ⁰C in January to 26.0 ⁰C in June and August as an average of 1951 to 1980 (Navin, Jr. and Khalil, 1988). Physiographically or agroecologically, Jessore District is located in the southern half of the High Ganges River Floodplain, and the land type is medium highland and highland and mostly above normal flood– level (FAO–UNDP, 1988); it means no more occurrence of deposition of new river sediment on the land. Soil is Calcareous Brown or Dark Grey Floodplain Soil according to the Bangladesh soil classification system (FAO– UNDP, 1988; Saheed, 1988). Administratively, Jessore District is composed of eight upazilas of Sadar, Chowgachha, Bagherpara, Jhikargachha, Sarsha, Manirampur, Abhaynagar and Keshabpur. Jessore Town is situated in Sadar Upazila and is a center of Sadar Upazila and Jessore Disrict. Marua Village is under Chowgachha Upazila and is located about 10 km northeast of Chowgaccha Town, a center of Chowgaccha Upazila, and around 25 km northwest of Jessore Town. Marua Village is composed of around 600 households. They mainly make a living in agriculture. Marua Village has been severely suffered from arsenic contamination of groundwater. Vegetable market There are several vegetable markets in Jessore Town. They are open every day and called “bazaar”. At a vegetable bazaar only men are selling vegetables. They are sitting at both sides of a small street with a fixed interval over a distance of around 100 m or more. Some persons sell a few kinds of vegetables while others sell various vegetables. Most of them sell vegetables under sky while a few persons sell them in a house. We walked slowly in the vegetable bazaar while looking at vegetables. We identified a vegetable and recorded it with its price which was asked to a selling man. We covered almost all of vegetables sold at the vegetable bazaar. In Marua Village, a vegetable market is open two days in a week and called “hut”. The Murua hut is open on Saturday and Tuesday. Fish is also sold in the hut. The Marua hut is open at the place called Marua bazaar, a center of the village, after around 4 p.m. Only men are selling vegetables. They occupied one of compartments arranged in two rows with a distance of 20~25 m and sold vegetables carried in by themselves. Each compartment was covered with tent. We waked in the space between the two rows and identified a vegetable and recorded it with its price which was asked to a selling man. Because almost similar vegetables were sold in different compartments, we covered several compartments.

Source of Information: J. Fac. Agr., Kyushu Univ., 53 (1), 121–126 (2008)

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Achievement/Findings:

Green and red chilies were sold with the nearly same price as that at the vegetable bazaar in Jessore Town. They are essential as spices to city residents and villagers. Only banana was identified as fruits at the Marua hut. It may be important for supporting human life in the village in the rainy season. In addition to the vegetables, pui shak (Indian spinach) and sugar palm were bought by the P&P team, but we missed them with no record of their names and prices.

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