M. A. Matin
Senior Scientific Officer
Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Gazipur
M. A. Hossain
Senior Scientific Officer
Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Gazipur
Q. M. Alam
Chief Scientific Officer and Head
Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Gazipur
Among food grain crops, globally maize occupies third position in terms of area and production. Maize accounts for 18 percent of the world cereal area and about 25 percent of the world cereal production (Haque 1999). During the last two decades, maize area has increased by more than four times while production has increased by about 15 times. The area and production under maize cultivation during 2004-05 was about 66802 hectares and about 356000 metric tonnes respectively with yield of 5.32 tonne/ hectare. The area and production of this crop are increasing day by day but the marketing information of the crop is not known to all, which is very important for future guide line for the researchers and policy makers for its future improvements. In Bangladesh where production oriented researches took place largely, on contrary, marketing aspect of researches has little been done. In that context no doubt this maize marketing system research and findings will be very much useful to meet up crying need for multipurpose industrial use and policy formation. For the reason, the present study has been undertaken.
Maize, marketing channel, marketing margin,price spread,
Bogra, Dinajpur, Kustia, and Rangpur district
i. To find out the institutions, functions and channels of maize marketing;
ii. To estimate the costs, margins and price spreads at different levels of marketing;
iii. To estimate supply response of maize;
iv. Project the supply of maize for the period of 2020 for Bangladesh and
v. To identify the problems and constraints faced by the maize growess, traders and to indicate the most effective means to solve those problems and constraints.
The study was conducted in four major maize growing areas, namely Bogra, Dinajpur, Kushtia and Rangpur districts. The specific locations were, Sherpur thana of Bogra, Biral thana of Dinajpur, Sadar thana of Chuadanga and Hatibhanda thana of Lalmonirhat district were purposively selected for the study. Secondly, one union of each selected thana was taken for collecting the data. The sample of the study was the selected maize farmers, intermediaries, processors and users of maize. From the selected union, a list of maize growers was prepared and from them a total of 120 farmers taking 30 farmers from each union were selected randomly. Total number of 88 intermediaries was selected for the study. Out of 88 intermediaries 30 were farias, 40 beparies (chatal) and 18 were wholesaler (Assembler). In Bangladesh maize is mainly used as animal feed. The maize processors were divided into two categories viz.; feed mill and trader cum processor. Eight feed mills ( Kazi feed Mill., Universal feed mill National feed mills, Paragon feed mill, Quality feed mill, Agro - industrial trust, Aftab bohumukhi feed mill and Saudi Bangla feed mill) and twelve trader - cum - processors were selected randomly. Data were collected during the period April to May /2007. In order to collect information for these study three sets of interview schedules were prepared. The first one was designed for collecting of information from the farmers and the second one for the intermediaries. The third schedule was used for collecting data from maize processors namely feed mill and trader- cum - processors. The schedules were pre-tested and necessary modifications were made for ensuring consistency and applicability in actual field condition.
Annual Research Report 2007, Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Gazipur
Maize as a food crop differs from rice and wheat having several advantages compared to rice and wheat. The most important one is diversified uses such as food, feed, fodder, industrial use and fuel. The average cost of marketing of maize for the growers was Tk 18.20 per quintal. Among the marketing cost items, transport cost incurred the major share which was about 69 percent of the total cost. The area and production under maize cultivation during 2004-05 was about 66802 hectares and about 356000 metric tones respectively with yield of 5.32 ton/ hectare. The area and production of this crop are increasing day by day but the marketing information of the crop is not known to all, which is very important for future guide line for the researchers and policy makers for its future improvements. It can be said from the findings of the study that if the farmers sell their maize directly to the feed millers/feed processing units, they get more benefits, otherwise they loss benefits. Reducing of marketing tiers and middlemen can create more benefits to the farmers.
Report/Proceedings