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Supply Chain Analysis of Mud Crab (scylla Serrata) in Bangladesh

Himu Bain
Research Officer
Planning and Evaluation Cell, Department of Livestock Services (DLS), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Anup Kumar Mandal
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics and Sociology, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali, Bangladesh.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The present study has been under taken to examine supply chain of mud crab and to identify socioeconomic characteristics of crab collectors. The study finds out that the main actors of mud crab in Bangladesh are collectors, faria, depot owners, suppliers, exporters, fatteners, local consumer, commission agents and dokandar. The marketing channel involved collector, fattener, depot owner, supplier and exporter. The wild collectors play an important role in the sense that they collect 63 per cent of the total crabs from Sundarban areas. Commission agents charged commission @ Tk. 2 per kg of crab The findings shows that respondents of Khulna were more educated that of Satkhira. 25% percent of the collectors had secondary education in Khulna while it was only 15% in Satkhira. The findings also shows that most of the crab collectors (60%) and (65%) in Khulna and Satkhira districts lived in mud-walled with golpata shed respectively, whereas 5% of them lived in wooden walled with tin shed house both in Khulna and Satkhira districts. Most of the crab collectors were illiterate because in the early stage of life they are compelled to enter into different activities due to their poor economic condition.

Keywords: Collector, Depot owner, Fattener, Mud crab, Supply chain

Location: Paikgacha and Dacop in Khulna district and Shamnugar and Kaligonj in Satkhira district.

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Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Commodity: Crab

Objectives:

The annual changes of export earnings from crab are 115.55 percents (BBS 2004-2005). So Bangladesh has immense prospect of exporting mud crab to the world market. Realizing the increasing importance of crab business, the present study has been undertaken with the following objectives: (i) to identify the socioeconomic characteristics of mud crab collectors (ii) to examine supply chain of mud crab.

Methodology:

2.1 Selection of the study area In this study researcher selected the areas which reflected the crab business throughout the country. Firstly the researcher has purposively selected two districts like Khulna and Satkhira and then he was selected two upazila in each districts. Four upazilas were namely Paikgacha and Dacop in Khulna district and Shamnugar and Kaligonj in Satkhira district.

2.2 Selection of the samples The sample included crab collector, depot owner, supplier and exporter. At first a list of 140 crab collectors, 40 fatteners, 80 depot owners and 80 suppliers from Khulna and Satkhira district and a list of 40 exporters from Dhaka were selected. Forty crab collectors, 10 fatteners, 20 depot owners and 20 suppliers were selected randomly from selected areas. Besides, 10 different types of crab exporters were selected randomly from Dhaka city for this study. Thus the sample size was 100.

2.3 Collection of data Both primary and secondary data were used in this study. Greater Khulna region is one of the concentration areas of crab business. Primary data were collected from the selected sample by using three sets of questionnaires. Secondary data were collected from different sources like EPB, BBS and from various Journals and reports.

2.4 Data processing and analysis The collected raw data of each and every schedule were carefully edited to detect errors and omissions and to avoid irrelevant information. Then the data were transferred to excel sheets from the survey schedules in a systematic way for easy analysis. Necessary pre-tabulation tasks were accomplished before the final tabulation. Finally, the tabulated data were analyzed on the basis of the set objectives.

Source of Information: International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies 2017; 5(1): 302-305

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Achievement/Findings:

Mud crab can be identified as a significant one for our economy for its noteworthy contribution in raising the exchange earnings and occupies an important position among the items exported from Bangladesh. The export of crab directly benefits the coastal belt communities; increases in export certainly raise the income of the coastal people and cater to the alleviation of coastal people poverty through generating coastal belt development.

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