Vegetables in Bangladesh: A Study on Some Selected Vegetables Markets in Dhaka.

Abstract

Vegetables have a important for its commercial and nutritional value in the world as well as Bangladesh. The study was conducted aiming at examining the marketing system of Cauliflower, Cabbage, Radish, Brinjal and Bottle gourd in selected area of Dhaka. Samples were purposively selected in order to meet the objectives. The total sample size was 40 respondents including 5 Bepari, 5 Aratdar and 30 retailers that was collected from Shewrapara, Krishi Market and Town Hall Market. Primary data were collected through face to face interview with the intermediaries by the researcher himself during the period from the month of September to November, 2016. Secondary data were collected from various books, journals and government publications. In the study, we find the purchase and selling price difference in those selected market. We also find that, retailer gets the highest margin from Mohammadpur Krishi market and that is tk. 2599.6 per day. Total cost is higher in Town hall market and that is tk.1900 per day, but maximum net profit gets the retailer from shewrapara bazaar. The Bapari of Chuadanga district get maximum net profit per day. From these selected vegetables, Brinjal has the maximum price in compare with other vegetables and it provides maximum margin to the middleman. The farmers usually sold their produce to local market and Bepari. Pricing of the product was mostly done through open bargaining by all the intermediaries. Aratdar was the commission agents in vegetables market at the study area. Both farmers and intermediaries face many problems in marketing of the vegetables. The major problems faced by them included lack of transportation and storage facilities, low marketing price at harvest period, lack of credit facilities, lack of infrastructure facilities, lack of adequate market information, high rate of market tolls and commission, price fluctuation and low price, problem of credit sale, problems of strike and hartal. Measures suggested for solving the above mentioned problems were: easy supply of institutional credit, supplying quality inputs, and improvement of transportation, storage and communication system, reducing the uncertainty of price, and bringing political stability in the country.