Challenges of value chain actors for vegetable production and marketing in North-East Bangladesh

GeoJournal ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Mostafizur Rahman ◽  
Deyi Zhou ◽  
Swarup Barua ◽  
Md. Shaikh Farid ◽  
Khadija Tut Tahira
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
North East

scholarly journals A case based, combined LCA and S-ROI methodology for sustainable mining in the Suceava County, Romania

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-2020
Author(s):  
Ruxandra Ionce ◽  
Iuliana Gabriela Breaban
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Return On Investment ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Great Opportunity ◽  
Mining Sites ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Impact Reduction

LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) is a useful tool in decision-making for most businesses that opt for sustainability and offers the possibility to compare different products, processes, and value chain scenarios, both real and hypothetical. Coupled with S-ROI (Sustainable Return on Investment), the LCA has a great potential in using available data for existing mining sites in the North-East Region of Romania to assess the economic, social and environmental benefits of certain sustainability measures on a local and regional level. The article will explore this approach of combining the two methodologies: LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) and S-ROI (Sustainable Return on Investment), with necessary adjustments according to the characteristics of the local mining activities, to show key investment areas that can improve the value chain of copper exploitation and preparation in the mining perimeter Mănăila. The case of the copper mine in Mănăila offers a great opportunity to apply the current LICYMIN (Life Cycle of Mining) research and to use available Ecoinvent data for the copper ore by comparing the current value chain scenario with a proposed scenario that includes a different location for a mining ore preparation unit, closer to the quarry. The results will give an insight into the potential social and economic impact (the measure can translate into a higher local employment rate, better social stability, lower transportation costs, etc.) as well as the environmental impact (reduction of GHG emission, pollution, and energy efficiency) of the suggested changes.

scholarly journals Sustainability in the Case of Small Vegetable Farmers: A Matrix Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 10320
Author(s):  
Ioan Sebastian Brumă ◽  
Simona-Roxana Ulman ◽  
Cristina Cautisanu ◽  
Lucian Tanasă ◽  
Gabriel Vasile Hoha
Keyword(s):  
Added Value ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Vegetable Farmers ◽  
Time Space ◽  
Social Environmental

Considering that sustainability is a relative concept, but also that this limitation could be avoided through continuous adaptation of the evaluation tools by taking into account the directions of change (such as time, space, application domain), the goal of the present study is to elaborate a matrix for measuring the level of sustainability for small vegetable farms. Thus, looking at what sustainability could represent under such circumstances, we divided its characteristics into four main dimensions (economic, social, environmental, cultural), while adding the private dimension. Inclusion of the private dimension may provide potential added value to this study, and thus enrich the general perspective of producers’ capacity to meet the sustainability goals in their entrepreneurial activity. To quantify these five dimensions of the sustainability matrix, a questionnaire was built up and used as support for face-to-face interviews conducted at the level of the North-East Development Region of Romania. Our results showed associations between diverse components of the dimensions considered, revealing their synergy in farm activity, along with the occurrence of some differences in the levels of sustainability dimensions and sub-dimensions, which differ as a function of the specific types of vegetable production (conventional, ecologic, natural, mixed).

scholarly journals VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS OF VEGETABLE SEED IN WESTERN RUKUM DISTRICT, NEPAL

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-27
Author(s):  
Melsan Shresth ◽  
Shiva Chandra Dhakal ◽  
Rishi Ram Kattel ◽  
Susan Parajuli ◽  
Katherine Parker
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Quality Standard ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Vegetable Seed

The vegetable seed is one of the growing high-value subsectors in Nepal because of the increasing commercialization of vegetable production, the deficit of seed supply, and the rising involvement of different actors at different levels of its value chain. In this context, the present study was designed to analysis the value chain of vegetable seeds with a special focus on the competitiveness of the value chain actors. The study was conducted in Western Rukum, Nepal in 2017. Data from 210 randomly selected vegetable seed producers using simple random sampling, 13 seed traders including seed collectors, seed companies and agro vets, eight enablers as well as information from secondary sources were collected and analyzed by using descriptive statistics. The result showed that even having nine functional vegetable seed marketing channels in the district there was a weak relationship among value chain actors. The actors involved in the production and marketing sides had different areas of interest. The producers were typically interested in access to technical input and market assurance in both price and quantity, on the other hand, the market actors were interested in quality assurance and market-led price fixation. Additionally, the market information was limited to the local level seed traders. In the contrast, networking among local traders was found very strong. However, they were also not sure about the quality of seed produced by farmers and had to wait until the quality test by the seed company to clear their product. The finding of this study indicates farmers should maintain the quality of seed, the seed traders should provide the essential information to producers regarding the price and quality standard that need to be met, and government agencies should increase the extension service on the technical know-how of high yielding varieties based on consumers demand to promote the export of the seeds.

scholarly journals Sustainable agriculture through organic farming in India

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-304
Author(s):  
Rajkaranbir Singh
Keyword(s):  
Organic Farming ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Organic Production ◽  
Export Market ◽  
Chemical Fertilizers ◽  
Climatic Regions ◽  
North East ◽  
Organic Products

Organic products are grown under a system of agriculture without the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides with an environmentally and socially responsible approach. Organic agriculture is developing rapidly and today 186 countries produce organic food commercially. Currently, only 1.5 percent of the world’s agricultural land is farmed organically. The status of organic farming in India is bestowed with lot of potential to produce all varieties of organic products due to its various agro climatic regions. In several parts of the country, the inherited tradition of organic farming is an added advantage. This holds promise for the organic producers to tap the market which is growing steadily in the domestic market related to the export market. India ranks 9th in terms of World’s organic agricultural land and 1st in terms of total number of producers. The popularity of organic food is growing dramatically as consumer seeks the organic foods that are thought to be healthier and safer. As per the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (MoAFW), 2.78 million ha was covered under organic farming in India which is about 2 per cent of the 140.1 million ha net sown area in the country. Of this, 1.94 million ha (70%) area is under National Project on Organic Farming NPOP, 0.59 million ha (21.5%) under Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY), 0.07 million ha (2.6 %) under Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North East Region (MOVCDNER) and 0.17 million ha (6.1% ) under state schemes or non-schemes. The certified organic production for all crop categories stood at 2.6 million metric tons.in 2018-19. Sugar crops (sugarcane), oilseeds, cereals and millets, fiber crops, pulses, medicinal, herbal and aromatic plants, and spices/condiments are the highest produced organic commodities in India. However, the Indian organic food industry is curtailed by multiple challenges including reduced farm production per hectare, a general apprehension among farmers to forego the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides and higher storage and transportation costs due to the lack of preservatives required for long-term storage. The states should step up their action in a concerted way to promote organic and natural farming. States can play an instrumental role in helping farmers sell their organic and natural produce by developing organic value chains, procuring organic produce and helping farmers get remunerative prices.

scholarly journals Dynamics of value chain in Climate Resilient Vegetable Practices

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 58-67
Author(s):  
Ujjal Raj Acharya
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Farming Practices ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
Vegetable Farming ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The vegetable production is based on the farmer's initiation into which the processes combine with the climate resilient techniques and marketing strategy. The study is also an introduction of an integrated process of climate resilient practices that can help in coping with climate change related problems. The main objective of the study is to analyze the value chain of climate resilient vegetable farming practices. The study was carried out in Udayapur district of Nepal. The data used for the study were from Himalica pilot project initiated by ICIMOD. Primary data were collected from 300 vegetable farmer's households using a semi-structured questionnaire and checklist for interviews with farmers groups. The value chain study shows that profit of farmers depends on the market type and farmer's revenue increases when they sell their produce through farmer's co-operatives. The farmers need material support, technology as well as farmers group organization in order to increase the profit and to mitigate the risk from climate change and climate variability. The study found that value chain of vegetable farming has benefits in terms of social, economic and environmental aspects.

Value Chain Analysis and Marketing Performance of Vegetable Subsector: A Case of Sindupalchowk District, Nepal

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 453-458
Author(s):  
Manoj Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Marketing Channels ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Value Chain Analysis ◽  
Marketing System ◽  
Marketing Performance ◽  
Chain Analysis ◽  
Market Channel

This study assessed value chain and marketing performance of vegetable subsector of Sindupalchowk district, Nepal with the objectives of identifying the value chain actors and their roles, analyzing the market channel and identifying the problems related to production and marketing system The study was based on both primary and secondary data. The primary data were collected from 84 households that were selected purposive proportionately. The study showed major vegetable value chain actors as input suppliers, producers, bulk traders, retailers, wholesalers and consumers. The total amount of vegetable production was 29.73 tons with productivity of 7.2 tons/ha transacting 17.92 tons of vegetables through four marketing channels. The channel transacting the vegetables to consumers directly by producers was found to be dominant in terms of volume of vegetable which represented 71.75% of total vegetable supplied by farmers (12.86 tons). The bulk traders supplied 18.97 % of vegetables to Kathmandu and 8.77% to consumers of Sindupalchowk district through retailers. The wholesalers were of least volume transacting actor to consumers through retailers (0.51%). The study suggests that Government of Nepal should focus on development of marketing infrastructures to provide equitable market sharing to actors. Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 7(4): 453-458

Sea cucumber fishing pattern and the socio-economic characteristics of fisher communities in Sri Lanka

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ganeshan Nishanthan ◽  
Ajith Kumara ◽  
Pahan Prasada ◽  
Chamari Dissanayake
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Sea Cucumber ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Market Price ◽  
Northern Region ◽  
Breath Hold ◽  
North East ◽  
Scuba Divers ◽  
Management Measures

Sea cucumber fishing pattern and the social and economic characteristics of sea cucumber fisher communities in the north, north-west and north-east regions of Sri Lanka were assessed using the data collected from November 2015 to January 2017. A total of 9 sea cucumber species is landed in these areas using three fishing methods; diving (SCUBA and breath-hold), gleaning and surrounding nets. SCUBA diving is the dominant fishing method and SCUBA divers do both day and night fishing reporting the highest catch rates (CPUE ± SD in numbers/person/day) than the other fishers (p < 0.05; ANOVA). Gleaning is entirely carried out by fisherwomen in the northern region whereas 28 surrounding nets are used targeting low-value Stichopus naso. CPUE found to be varied with respect to species, region and fishing method (p < 0.05; ANOVA). Bohadschia vitiensis made the highest percentage contribution (61.3%) to the total sea cucumber landings during the study period. Among all fishers, SCUBA divers reported the highest average net monthly income. Men play a dominant role in sea cucumber fishing (98%), processing (99%) and marketing (100%). Fishermen in the age range of 25–67 yr, having only primary education mainly involved in the sea cucumber industry. The sea cucumber value chain consists of fishers (∼2000), middlemen (12), processors (16) and exporters (7). A significant increase in overall price development from fishers to the exporters was reported for all 9 species (p < 0.05; ANOVA). Fishers received a proportionally higher share of the end-market price mainly for low-value Bohadschia spp. Although fishers receive disproportionately low returns compared to other value chain players, 47.8% of fishers showed high satisfaction towards the prices they received from buyers. However, 83.6% of fishers are not satisfied with existing management measures. Apart from strengthening the existing management measures, this information is important to update the regional and global sea cucumber statistics.

Productivity differences between organic and other vegetable farming systems in northern Thailand

2013 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pranthanthip Kramol ◽  
Renato Villano ◽  
Paul Kristiansen ◽  
Euan Fleming
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Farming System ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Stochastic Production Frontier ◽  
Northern Thailand ◽  
High Productivity ◽  
Synthetic Chemicals ◽  
Vegetable Farming ◽  
Organic Farming System

AbstractWe analyzed the productivity levels of smallholder farms in northern Thailand practicing different ‘clean and safe’ vegetable farming systems or conventional vegetable (CV) production. ‘Clean and safe’ farmers are categorized into three groups based on their use of synthetic chemicals: organic, pesticide-free and safe-use. Farm-level data on vegetable production were collected from random samples of farms operating these farming systems. A standard stochastic production frontier model and a metafrontier model were estimated for each system to obtain estimates of technical efficiency (TE) with respect to their cohorts, metatechnology ratios (MTRs, showing the extent of technology gaps between farming systems) and overall productivity measures. Productivity levels were found to vary moderately between farming systems. ‘Clean and safe’ farms achieved a higher mean TE score than conventional farms, indicating a more efficient use of inputs in producing a certain level of output within their system. However, their MTRs were significantly lower than those of conventional farmers, indicating greater production technology constraints because of the need to conform to strict guidelines. All four farming systems had at least one farmer who could overcome the technological constraints to achieve the highest possible output regardless of the technology used. Effective assistance providers were found to be crucial for farmers to achieve high productivity in the organic farming system. Improvements are needed to raise low productivity levels through technology transfer, value chain improvement and farmer capacity in production and marketing. The required improvement strategies differ among farming systems.

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