@ Ilsha, Banshkhali, 25/11/2016
king for farmers: To develop farming, it is important to develop farmers by providing proper knowledge. Our endeavor is to establish a Farmer's library in a primary school.
Monday, 28 November 2016
Site visit For Establishing Farmers Library
Saturday, 8 October 2016
Social Business Meeting with Dr. Muhammad Yunus
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashik-sayem-chowdhury-a74b3b46?trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile
Friday, 17 June 2016
Thursday, 16 June 2016
Fourth year celebration and Iftar party 11.06.2016
News on The Daily Purbokone 16.06.2016
Environmental Activist AWARD: NOMAN ULLAH BAHAR
Best volunteer award 2013 : Sheikh Iftekhar Ahmed
Best volunteer award 2014 : Shourav Barua
Best volunteer award 2013 : Moahammad Abdullah Noman
link : http://www.edainikpurbokone.net/index.php?page=1&date=2016-06-16
Link : http://www.dainikpurbokone.net/94059/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF/
Environmental Activist AWARD: NOMAN ULLAH BAHAR
Best volunteer award 2013 : Sheikh Iftekhar Ahmed
Best volunteer award 2014 : Shourav Barua
Best volunteer award 2013 : Moahammad Abdullah Noman
link : http://www.edainikpurbokone.net/index.php?page=1&date=2016-06-16
Link : http://www.dainikpurbokone.net/94059/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF/
Monday, 28 September 2015
Saturday, 1 August 2015
Krishoker Bazar News 24.com 1st edition
HeadLine:
Started A new Journey To make a Better world for Farmers
Published in 01.08.2015
Editorial by Sourav Barua
(need to be edited later)
Krishoker Bazaar Organization is a renowned organization. We are getting many support from our followers and members. Recently we thought to make an E-News letter. And we started to collect writing and photos. At that time we realize that our followers and members are how much active and attentive. We are glad and proud to have such types of followers and members. I heartily thanks to those who gave their writing and spending their valuable time. Krishoker Bazaar Organization is started on 28th June, 2012. At that time we thought that we could not stand up our organization. Because at that time there was lack of fund & active members. But now we are able to change our luck. Because now our organization have followers, members, and supporters. Though Bangladesh is an Agro based country. But most of the people neglect the poor farmers. Most of the farmers don’t get their actual and proper rights. Because of not able to repay the loan, many farmers had lost their life. Seeing these we remain silent. Yet we are neglecting farmers. Aiming to work for our motherland Bangladesh we wanted to do something. So we choose to work for farmers. At that time we realize that if we want to do something for motherland than we have to work for farmers. But now a-days many youth don’t understand the importance of creating social awareness. So we thought to publish the E News letter. And with the support of you we did it. Again We want to thanks all respective members and writers.
1.WRITTEN BY SHOURAV BARUA.
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HOW TO GET RID FROM FORMALIN
Formalin is one of the threats to the modern world. With the
advancement of the technology, man has discovered the way of preserving
foods for long time. They invented formalin to preserve foods like fish,
fruits, vegetables etc. Earlier, the foods were preserved in natural
ways. But now, the use of chemicals has become a great threat to the
health of mankind. By consuming formalin mixed food, many people die
each year. But if you become a bit careful about this harmful substance,
you can easily get rid of this threat. In this post, I will discuss how
to remove formalin from fruits, fishes & vegetables.
Fruits: If you suspect that the fruit contains formalin, you must sink it under water for at least 1hour. Then the formalin will be removed and this fruits will able to eat.
Vegetables: Vegetables can be ripe by formaldehyde too. You should sink those under salt water for at least 10minutes before cooking. It will remove the formalin from the vegetables.
Fishes: Sink the fishes under the water for one hour. It will remove 60% formalin. If you sink it under salt water for one hour it can removes 90% formalin will be removed. If you sink fish in 90% vinegar & 10% water it will remove 100% formalin.
But by only following this rules our activity won’t finish. We have to take strict step against them with the help of administration. Otherwise this problem will increase day by day. We should also encourage other to stand before this dangerous activity. By this we can get rid from Formalin.
2.
3.
Written By Laila Jenifer.
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Golden Bangla: Her agriculture & farmers
Laila Jenifer
This world of ours is rich with wealth, grains and flowers,
But in between all these, there is a country which is the best among all countries,
This country is made of dreams, surrounded by memories
You will not find such a country anywhere else
This country is the Queen of all countries, it is my birth land,
My birth land, My birth land!!
Unfortunately, our golden mother land is ill treated by her own off spring. It made us feel proud we are Bangle once but with the course of time it’s getting fade. It is saying, the dust of her is gold. Her land is fertile and normally ample water supply. So in this main reason she is agriculture based .Nature is very kind to her and enriches Bangla. But today’s perspective is different for who are the miner here they are ill paid. As a result, she lost her past glory.
Bangladesh is an agro based country and farmers are her main driving force. The foundation of her economy is fully dependent on this sector. Out of total population of her 80% earn their livelihood from this sector. Rice and Jute are the primary crops. Vegetables, Poultry, Tea, Wood and Fishing are the important in agriculture. Besides, she has experienced cheap labour price which is the lucky charm for the country’s development. Rice is the staple food of about 135 million people of Bangladesh. It provides nearly 48% of rural employment, about two-third of total calorie supply and about one-half of the total protein intake of an average person in the country. Rice sector contributes one-half of the agricultural GDP and one-sixth of the national income in Bangladesh. Almost all of the 13 million farm families of the country grow rice. Rice is grown on about 10.5 million hectares which has remained almost stable over the past three decades. About 75% of the total cropped area and over 80% of the total irrigated area is planted to rice. Thus, rice plays a vital role in the livelihood of the people of Bangladesh. Total rice production in Bangladesh was about 10.59 million tons in the year 1971 when the country's population was only about 70.88 millions. However, the country is now producing about 25.0 million tons to feed her 135 million people. This indicates that the growth of rice production was much faster than the growth of population. This increased rice production has been possible largely due to the adoption of modern rice varieties on around 66% of the rice land which contributes to about 73% of the country's total rice production.
In a glimpse let’s go inside the whole atmosphere of her economic base. Bangladesh has a primarily agrarian economy. Agriculture is the single largest producing sector of the economy since it comprises about 30% of the country’s GDP and employs around 60% of the total labor force. The performance of this sector has an overwhelming impact on major macroeconomic objectives like employment generation, poverty alleviation, human resources development and food security. People here earn their living from agriculture. Mainly rice and jute are cultivated here. Due to the expansion of irrigation networks, some wheat producers have switched to cultivation of maize which is used mostly as poultry feed. Tea is grown in the northeast. Fertile soil and normally ample water supply, rice can be grown and harvested three times a year in many areas here. Due to a number of factors, Bangladesh’s labor-intensive agriculture has achieved steady increases in food grain production despite the often unfavorable weather conditions. These include better flood control and irrigation, a generally more efficient use of fertilizers, and the establishment of better distribution and rural credit networks. With 35.8 million metric tons produced in 2000, rice is Bangladesh’s principal crop. National sales of the classes of insecticide used on rice, including granular carbofuran, synthetic pyrethroids, and Malathion exceeded 13,000 tons of formulated products in 2003. The insecticides not only represent an environmental threat, but are a significant expenditure to poor rice farmers. The Bangladesh Rice Research Institute is working with various NGOs and international organizations to reduce insecticide use in rice.
With 28.8 million metric tons produced in 2005-2006 (July-June), rice is Bangladesh’s principal crop. By comparison, wheat output in 2005-2006 was 9 million metric tons Population pressure continues to place a severe burden on productive capacity, creating a food deficit, especially of wheat. Foreign assistance and commercial imports fill the gap, but seasonal hunger (“monga”) remains a problem. Underemployment remains a serious problem, and a growing concern for Bangladesh’s agricultural sector will be its ability to absorb additional manpower. Finding alternative sources of employment will continue to be a daunting problem for future governments, particularly with the increasing numbers of landless peasants who already account for about half the rural labor force. Due to farmers’ vulnerability to various risks, her poorest face numerous potential limitations on their ability to enhance agriculture production and their livelihoods. These include an actual and perceived risk to investing in new agricultural technologies and activities, a vulnerability to shocks and stresses and a limited ability to mitigate or cope with these and limited access to market information.
Jute, often called the "golden fibre" of Bengal, is the main export-earner for Bangladeshi agriculture, as Bangladesh remains the world's second-largest producer of jute (after India) and the world's largest exporter of fiber. Jute is traditionally used for the fiber of carpet backing, burlap bags, cheap paper, and various other purposes. Its importance for the Bangladeshi economy comes from the fact that almost 3 million farms are involved in jute production. In 1999 Bangladeshi export earnings from jute amounted to US$55 million, with the country producing 720,000 metric tons of jute, although this is about one-third of the jute production of the middle of the 1980s. The decline in jute production is attributed to declining world prices for this crop and to farmers switching to other crops.
Bangladesh also produces tea leaves, mainly for export, although the export of this product contributes only 1 percent of the country's hard currency earnings. In 1998-99 the country produced 56,000 metric tons of tea leaves, but it could produce twice that amount. The main obstacle to increasing production is in falling prices for tea in the international market and in management and regulation problems in the industry in the country.
Wheat is not a traditional crop in Bangladesh, and in the late 1980s little was consumed in rural areas. During the 1960s and early 1970s, however, it was the only commodity for which local consumption increased because external food aid was most often provided in the form of wheat. In the first half of the 1980s, domestic wheat production rose to more than 1 million tons per year but was still only 7 to 9 percent of total food grain production. Record production of nearly 1.5 million tons was achieved in FY 1985, but the following year saw a decrease to just over 1 million tons. About half the wheat is grown on irrigated land. The proportion of land devoted to wheat remained essentially unchanged between 1980 and 1986, at a little less than 6 percent of total planted area Wheat also accounts for the great bulk of imported food grains, exceeding 1 million tons annually and going higher than 1.8 million tons in FY 1984, FY 1985, and FY 1987. The great bulk of the imported wheat is financed under aid programs of the United States, the European Economic Community, and the World Food Programmed.
Food grains are cultivated primarily for subsistence. Only a small percentage of total production makes its way into commercial channels. Other Bangladeshi food crops, however, are grown chiefly for the domestic market. They include potatoes and sweet potatoes, with a combined record production of 1.9 million tons in FY 1984; oilseeds, with an annual average production of 250,000 tons; and fruits such as bananas, jackfruit, mangoes, and pineapples. Estimates of sugarcane production put annual production at more than 7 million tons per year, most of it processed into a coarse, unrefined sugar known as gur, and sold domestically.
In the era of free economy, Bangladesh like many other countries, adopted a liberalized trade policy in the food grain sector. This facilitated the private sector to play an important role in augmenting the supply of food grain in the market and thus stabilizing the market prices. Private sector has been playing a vital role in food grain market since the inception of the private sector grain trading in early-1990. The government did not require to import any food grain by its own resources for the years 1999/00 to 2002/03 as the domestic supply was smooth through private sector import.
Total food grain import in the fiscal year 2007-08 as mentioned in the food situation report from the government Food Planning and Monitoring Unit/FPMU was 3.47 million metric tons against 2.42 million metric tons in 2006-07. Of this amount, 2.06 million metric tons was rice and the remaining 1.41 million metric tons was wheat. Private import constituted 84% of total import of which 58% was rice and 42% was wheat. There was 296 million metric tons of commercial/ public import of rice by the government but there was no such government import of wheat in 2007-08. The increased import of rice in 2007/08 was to compensate for the loss of rice production due to flood and cyclone. The government had to import more food grains in 2007/08 to recover the short fall in domestic procurement and to meet the increased requirement for PFDS, particularly resulting from the flood and cyclone in 2007. The projection for total food grain import in the fiscal year 2008/09 is 3.13 million metric tons of which 1.07 million metric tons rice and 2.06 million metric tons wheat.
Bangladesh produces aromatic fine quality rice in small scale such as kalijira, chinigura, kataribhog badshabhog etc. Although this rice is mostly consumed within the country at a very high price, a part of it is exported for which the major consumers are the ethnic Bangladeshi community living in different countries of the world. According to the information received from the Rice Exporters Association of Bangladesh, a total of 10,000 and 8,500 metric tons of aromatic fine rice were exported in 2006 and 2007 respectively mainly to USA, UK, Canada, Italy and some middle-eastern countries.
How are they who work day- night to feed us?
Bangladesh is an agricultural country. Over 80% of Bangladesh's workforce is rural, yet the vast majority is extremely poor, illiterate and politically marginalized. Farmers are the life of our nation. They supply food for us. They are self-employed. In this way they are solving our unemployment problem. They are leading an important role of our economic but they live under the poverty level. The food grains they produce are essential for us but they don’t have good food, shelter or cloths. They are honest, sincere, simple and gentle. They struggle hard to live their life. Poverty is their constant companion. These farmers live in harsh and degrading conditions, earning a pittance working for landlords. Their situation is worsened through an absence of political and social awareness and a lack of capacity to defend their rights. As a result of this they are often exploited and oppressed. Women face an even more difficult situation due to the persistence of conservative religious structures that serve to oppress women, and LRC works to increase women's awareness and rights and campaigns to eliminate the discrepancy between treatment of women and men. However, they are happy souls with all their sufferings. They are God fearing. They accept it without complaint to God. Hardship of their life not dried up their smile, kindness, love, affection and sympathy. Sometimes they are seen working all over the night. For refreshing or forgetting their tiredness or pains a they sing melodious song like Baul song, Bhatiali, Bhawaiya, Marfuti and murshidi. It makes our environment charming. Even they are poor, they are very nice and hospitable. If you ask for a glass of water, they will bring it and often with something extra to go with the water. They enjoy and share the happiness with everyone. The farmers arrange a party for getting new crops. This party called as ‘Nobanno Utshob’ (Festival of foods made by new paddy). In this party the farmers welcome their neighbors and guests by chira, murri and many kinds of pittha. In this way they celebrate their ‘Nobanno Utshob’.
Life is possible where there is a will. Golden Bangla has potentiality in this sector. Her people know how to fight back and survive. We are having lacking, discriminations, political violence, ups and downs even though there is a light of hope. Now time to look back what we have and how to implement those precious potential factors. Have a look on the positives side of our agriculture:
1. Having competent and versatile human resources
2. Having a well-set up professional man power
3. Working with groups
4. Possessing generally adequate physical facilities including a network of local offices
5. Farmers training center
6. Diversified available technologies
7. Follow up planning
8. Location specific agricultural knowledge of ext. officers.
9. Environmental awareness particularly Integrated Soil fertility & pest worker
10. Human resource development institute (ATI & CERDI)
11. Competence in a wide range of extension methods
Apart from these we are having some sort of draw backs:
1. In adequate communication
2. Lack of incentives for efficient extension worker
3. Lack of expertise and institution to prepare extension material for the users.
4. Lack of appropriate technologies for char (Sandy / Land)
5. Lack of Raw material
6. Lack of awareness
7. Natural Calamity (Flood, Cyclone, Heavy Raining etc)
The foundation, in short we can assume, of our economy is agriculture and its backbone is farmer. Therefore top most priority must be given to this sector. Various programmers for the improvement of agriculture are taken different time by different body but it is the high time to think in wide angle. Our Agriculture is now in the process of transformation from subsistence farming into commercial farming. We have already entered into the European Market for export of vegetables and other high value crops. This process opens a vista to private sector investment in the areas of production of high value crops, production of seeds of chemical and blended fertilizers, agro-processing enterprises, etc. Finally, for longer term growth, well-designed management of the water resources is absolutely essential and will be particularly important for adaption to climate change.
Ref:
• Different survey
• On line journals
• Newspaper clippings
• Photo Collected
Fruits: If you suspect that the fruit contains formalin, you must sink it under water for at least 1hour. Then the formalin will be removed and this fruits will able to eat.
Vegetables: Vegetables can be ripe by formaldehyde too. You should sink those under salt water for at least 10minutes before cooking. It will remove the formalin from the vegetables.
Fishes: Sink the fishes under the water for one hour. It will remove 60% formalin. If you sink it under salt water for one hour it can removes 90% formalin will be removed. If you sink fish in 90% vinegar & 10% water it will remove 100% formalin.
But by only following this rules our activity won’t finish. We have to take strict step against them with the help of administration. Otherwise this problem will increase day by day. We should also encourage other to stand before this dangerous activity. By this we can get rid from Formalin.
2.
Written by SHOURAV BARUA
======================= Formalin is a great threat for Bangladesh Agriculture
Do you know what is formalin?? Formalin is a solution in water of the gas formaldehyde (CH2O). Formalin is a colorless, liquid with a strong irritating smell, due to the off gassing of formaldehyde. It is this compound that is mainly responsible for the solution’s chemical properties. The solution is neutral in terms of acidity and alkaline, but it can be oxidized to produce formic acid. As it can be oxidized easily, it is a reducing agent. Strong formalin solutions are flammable, burning to produce carbon dioxide and water. According to the EPA, formaldehyde can cause watery eyes, burning sensations in the eyes and throat, nausea and difficulty breathing in some humans exposed at elevated levels (above 0.1parts per million). By study it is assure that it may cause cancer to human. Other health related issues associated with formaldehyde are skin and/or eye irritation, coughing, vomiting and diarrhea.
Everyone knows that formalin is a poison. But few people know how much it is threat for us, our society, and our country. And now a day’s formalin makes a great threat for our agriculture also. But many of us ignore this and busy with there work. May be they forget that Bangladesh is agro based country. May be they don’t want to remember that we are Bengali by fish and rice. If any one mix poison with your food what will you do?? You will take a step against it and object hat it was an attempt to murder. So why you’re not taking any step now? Tell me who give right to them, to mix formalin (poison) with food?? Do you ever thought that?? So think now. May be you saw the above writing. Analyze how much dangerous & worst is formalin. We are not against formalin. But we are against of them, who use formalin not for welfare of society. Use only for there self interest. According to me they are doing a great crime. In one sentence they are murderer. They are killing quality, taste, value of Bangladesh’s agriculture. According to them pride of country is not important. People of Bangladesh are not important for them. Profit is there main motivation. At first they are taking much price betraying innocent farmer and now are betraying people of Bangladesh. What they want?? Instead of giving Flowers to motherland they are giving Formalin. Not a single voice is talking against those misuses of formalin. No one is stand in front of this problem. At last we will see that our life become a formalin plus nation. Can’t we do anything? Yes, we will do something for our nation, our country and for people of our motherland. So first we have to inform to administration if we saw applying formalin without license anywhere. Otherwise we can directly give these types of criminal to POLICE. Government should make some strict legal aspects for defense this great threat. And most important saying for us to not underestimate FORMALIN & AGRICULTURE. And we will stands along them who want to stop this dangerous problem. Otherwise we can’t live a peaceful life.
======================= Formalin is a great threat for Bangladesh Agriculture
Do you know what is formalin?? Formalin is a solution in water of the gas formaldehyde (CH2O). Formalin is a colorless, liquid with a strong irritating smell, due to the off gassing of formaldehyde. It is this compound that is mainly responsible for the solution’s chemical properties. The solution is neutral in terms of acidity and alkaline, but it can be oxidized to produce formic acid. As it can be oxidized easily, it is a reducing agent. Strong formalin solutions are flammable, burning to produce carbon dioxide and water. According to the EPA, formaldehyde can cause watery eyes, burning sensations in the eyes and throat, nausea and difficulty breathing in some humans exposed at elevated levels (above 0.1parts per million). By study it is assure that it may cause cancer to human. Other health related issues associated with formaldehyde are skin and/or eye irritation, coughing, vomiting and diarrhea.
Everyone knows that formalin is a poison. But few people know how much it is threat for us, our society, and our country. And now a day’s formalin makes a great threat for our agriculture also. But many of us ignore this and busy with there work. May be they forget that Bangladesh is agro based country. May be they don’t want to remember that we are Bengali by fish and rice. If any one mix poison with your food what will you do?? You will take a step against it and object hat it was an attempt to murder. So why you’re not taking any step now? Tell me who give right to them, to mix formalin (poison) with food?? Do you ever thought that?? So think now. May be you saw the above writing. Analyze how much dangerous & worst is formalin. We are not against formalin. But we are against of them, who use formalin not for welfare of society. Use only for there self interest. According to me they are doing a great crime. In one sentence they are murderer. They are killing quality, taste, value of Bangladesh’s agriculture. According to them pride of country is not important. People of Bangladesh are not important for them. Profit is there main motivation. At first they are taking much price betraying innocent farmer and now are betraying people of Bangladesh. What they want?? Instead of giving Flowers to motherland they are giving Formalin. Not a single voice is talking against those misuses of formalin. No one is stand in front of this problem. At last we will see that our life become a formalin plus nation. Can’t we do anything? Yes, we will do something for our nation, our country and for people of our motherland. So first we have to inform to administration if we saw applying formalin without license anywhere. Otherwise we can directly give these types of criminal to POLICE. Government should make some strict legal aspects for defense this great threat. And most important saying for us to not underestimate FORMALIN & AGRICULTURE. And we will stands along them who want to stop this dangerous problem. Otherwise we can’t live a peaceful life.
AGRICULTURE IN
BANGLADESH
Sheikh Iftekhar.
Bangladesh is a country which is mainly dependent on its agriculture sector. The agriculture unit is handled by the hand working farmers of our country. But the farmers aren’t in such a good position in the society of our country. They cultivate goods and vegetables and the finished goods then get delivered to the citizens of the city. The farmers of our country are one of the most hand working farmers in the world. Everyday they get up work hard on their fields and they produce goods and vegetables for selling them in the local market, but there they don’t get the demanded price they want in their goods. Instead they got a lot lower amount of profit. They also don’t get the necessary equipments which they need to develop more and good quality of goods. The seeds and other items they get supplied with aren’t of that good quality and the price of those items get increased to such a height that makes them very difficult to buy. Aside these problems the farmers work day and night and try to produce the goods so that they can sell them. They work in the cold, stormy weather and even in the heat but still they are not appreciated. The farmers do a lot of hard work for the country and its people. The least we can do is help them in their long run. We need to start events and programs that will encourage the young ones in school and homes to know what type of work the farmers of our country does. We should also establish fund raising events so that we can help supply the farmers with advance farming equipment and high quality seeds. We should take steps that will help the farmers in any ways necessary. The farmers in our country are the driving force of our great nation. Their struggle should be admired and respected. We should always try to help them in anyway possible. Because if they are established than our country will be established.
Sheikh Iftekhar.
Bangladesh is a country which is mainly dependent on its agriculture sector. The agriculture unit is handled by the hand working farmers of our country. But the farmers aren’t in such a good position in the society of our country. They cultivate goods and vegetables and the finished goods then get delivered to the citizens of the city. The farmers of our country are one of the most hand working farmers in the world. Everyday they get up work hard on their fields and they produce goods and vegetables for selling them in the local market, but there they don’t get the demanded price they want in their goods. Instead they got a lot lower amount of profit. They also don’t get the necessary equipments which they need to develop more and good quality of goods. The seeds and other items they get supplied with aren’t of that good quality and the price of those items get increased to such a height that makes them very difficult to buy. Aside these problems the farmers work day and night and try to produce the goods so that they can sell them. They work in the cold, stormy weather and even in the heat but still they are not appreciated. The farmers do a lot of hard work for the country and its people. The least we can do is help them in their long run. We need to start events and programs that will encourage the young ones in school and homes to know what type of work the farmers of our country does. We should also establish fund raising events so that we can help supply the farmers with advance farming equipment and high quality seeds. We should take steps that will help the farmers in any ways necessary. The farmers in our country are the driving force of our great nation. Their struggle should be admired and respected. We should always try to help them in anyway possible. Because if they are established than our country will be established.
Written By Laila Jenifer.
===================
Golden Bangla: Her agriculture & farmers
Laila Jenifer
This world of ours is rich with wealth, grains and flowers,
But in between all these, there is a country which is the best among all countries,
This country is made of dreams, surrounded by memories
You will not find such a country anywhere else
This country is the Queen of all countries, it is my birth land,
My birth land, My birth land!!
Unfortunately, our golden mother land is ill treated by her own off spring. It made us feel proud we are Bangle once but with the course of time it’s getting fade. It is saying, the dust of her is gold. Her land is fertile and normally ample water supply. So in this main reason she is agriculture based .Nature is very kind to her and enriches Bangla. But today’s perspective is different for who are the miner here they are ill paid. As a result, she lost her past glory.
Bangladesh is an agro based country and farmers are her main driving force. The foundation of her economy is fully dependent on this sector. Out of total population of her 80% earn their livelihood from this sector. Rice and Jute are the primary crops. Vegetables, Poultry, Tea, Wood and Fishing are the important in agriculture. Besides, she has experienced cheap labour price which is the lucky charm for the country’s development. Rice is the staple food of about 135 million people of Bangladesh. It provides nearly 48% of rural employment, about two-third of total calorie supply and about one-half of the total protein intake of an average person in the country. Rice sector contributes one-half of the agricultural GDP and one-sixth of the national income in Bangladesh. Almost all of the 13 million farm families of the country grow rice. Rice is grown on about 10.5 million hectares which has remained almost stable over the past three decades. About 75% of the total cropped area and over 80% of the total irrigated area is planted to rice. Thus, rice plays a vital role in the livelihood of the people of Bangladesh. Total rice production in Bangladesh was about 10.59 million tons in the year 1971 when the country's population was only about 70.88 millions. However, the country is now producing about 25.0 million tons to feed her 135 million people. This indicates that the growth of rice production was much faster than the growth of population. This increased rice production has been possible largely due to the adoption of modern rice varieties on around 66% of the rice land which contributes to about 73% of the country's total rice production.
In a glimpse let’s go inside the whole atmosphere of her economic base. Bangladesh has a primarily agrarian economy. Agriculture is the single largest producing sector of the economy since it comprises about 30% of the country’s GDP and employs around 60% of the total labor force. The performance of this sector has an overwhelming impact on major macroeconomic objectives like employment generation, poverty alleviation, human resources development and food security. People here earn their living from agriculture. Mainly rice and jute are cultivated here. Due to the expansion of irrigation networks, some wheat producers have switched to cultivation of maize which is used mostly as poultry feed. Tea is grown in the northeast. Fertile soil and normally ample water supply, rice can be grown and harvested three times a year in many areas here. Due to a number of factors, Bangladesh’s labor-intensive agriculture has achieved steady increases in food grain production despite the often unfavorable weather conditions. These include better flood control and irrigation, a generally more efficient use of fertilizers, and the establishment of better distribution and rural credit networks. With 35.8 million metric tons produced in 2000, rice is Bangladesh’s principal crop. National sales of the classes of insecticide used on rice, including granular carbofuran, synthetic pyrethroids, and Malathion exceeded 13,000 tons of formulated products in 2003. The insecticides not only represent an environmental threat, but are a significant expenditure to poor rice farmers. The Bangladesh Rice Research Institute is working with various NGOs and international organizations to reduce insecticide use in rice.
With 28.8 million metric tons produced in 2005-2006 (July-June), rice is Bangladesh’s principal crop. By comparison, wheat output in 2005-2006 was 9 million metric tons Population pressure continues to place a severe burden on productive capacity, creating a food deficit, especially of wheat. Foreign assistance and commercial imports fill the gap, but seasonal hunger (“monga”) remains a problem. Underemployment remains a serious problem, and a growing concern for Bangladesh’s agricultural sector will be its ability to absorb additional manpower. Finding alternative sources of employment will continue to be a daunting problem for future governments, particularly with the increasing numbers of landless peasants who already account for about half the rural labor force. Due to farmers’ vulnerability to various risks, her poorest face numerous potential limitations on their ability to enhance agriculture production and their livelihoods. These include an actual and perceived risk to investing in new agricultural technologies and activities, a vulnerability to shocks and stresses and a limited ability to mitigate or cope with these and limited access to market information.
Jute, often called the "golden fibre" of Bengal, is the main export-earner for Bangladeshi agriculture, as Bangladesh remains the world's second-largest producer of jute (after India) and the world's largest exporter of fiber. Jute is traditionally used for the fiber of carpet backing, burlap bags, cheap paper, and various other purposes. Its importance for the Bangladeshi economy comes from the fact that almost 3 million farms are involved in jute production. In 1999 Bangladeshi export earnings from jute amounted to US$55 million, with the country producing 720,000 metric tons of jute, although this is about one-third of the jute production of the middle of the 1980s. The decline in jute production is attributed to declining world prices for this crop and to farmers switching to other crops.
Bangladesh also produces tea leaves, mainly for export, although the export of this product contributes only 1 percent of the country's hard currency earnings. In 1998-99 the country produced 56,000 metric tons of tea leaves, but it could produce twice that amount. The main obstacle to increasing production is in falling prices for tea in the international market and in management and regulation problems in the industry in the country.
Wheat is not a traditional crop in Bangladesh, and in the late 1980s little was consumed in rural areas. During the 1960s and early 1970s, however, it was the only commodity for which local consumption increased because external food aid was most often provided in the form of wheat. In the first half of the 1980s, domestic wheat production rose to more than 1 million tons per year but was still only 7 to 9 percent of total food grain production. Record production of nearly 1.5 million tons was achieved in FY 1985, but the following year saw a decrease to just over 1 million tons. About half the wheat is grown on irrigated land. The proportion of land devoted to wheat remained essentially unchanged between 1980 and 1986, at a little less than 6 percent of total planted area Wheat also accounts for the great bulk of imported food grains, exceeding 1 million tons annually and going higher than 1.8 million tons in FY 1984, FY 1985, and FY 1987. The great bulk of the imported wheat is financed under aid programs of the United States, the European Economic Community, and the World Food Programmed.
Food grains are cultivated primarily for subsistence. Only a small percentage of total production makes its way into commercial channels. Other Bangladeshi food crops, however, are grown chiefly for the domestic market. They include potatoes and sweet potatoes, with a combined record production of 1.9 million tons in FY 1984; oilseeds, with an annual average production of 250,000 tons; and fruits such as bananas, jackfruit, mangoes, and pineapples. Estimates of sugarcane production put annual production at more than 7 million tons per year, most of it processed into a coarse, unrefined sugar known as gur, and sold domestically.
In the era of free economy, Bangladesh like many other countries, adopted a liberalized trade policy in the food grain sector. This facilitated the private sector to play an important role in augmenting the supply of food grain in the market and thus stabilizing the market prices. Private sector has been playing a vital role in food grain market since the inception of the private sector grain trading in early-1990. The government did not require to import any food grain by its own resources for the years 1999/00 to 2002/03 as the domestic supply was smooth through private sector import.
Total food grain import in the fiscal year 2007-08 as mentioned in the food situation report from the government Food Planning and Monitoring Unit/FPMU was 3.47 million metric tons against 2.42 million metric tons in 2006-07. Of this amount, 2.06 million metric tons was rice and the remaining 1.41 million metric tons was wheat. Private import constituted 84% of total import of which 58% was rice and 42% was wheat. There was 296 million metric tons of commercial/ public import of rice by the government but there was no such government import of wheat in 2007-08. The increased import of rice in 2007/08 was to compensate for the loss of rice production due to flood and cyclone. The government had to import more food grains in 2007/08 to recover the short fall in domestic procurement and to meet the increased requirement for PFDS, particularly resulting from the flood and cyclone in 2007. The projection for total food grain import in the fiscal year 2008/09 is 3.13 million metric tons of which 1.07 million metric tons rice and 2.06 million metric tons wheat.
Bangladesh produces aromatic fine quality rice in small scale such as kalijira, chinigura, kataribhog badshabhog etc. Although this rice is mostly consumed within the country at a very high price, a part of it is exported for which the major consumers are the ethnic Bangladeshi community living in different countries of the world. According to the information received from the Rice Exporters Association of Bangladesh, a total of 10,000 and 8,500 metric tons of aromatic fine rice were exported in 2006 and 2007 respectively mainly to USA, UK, Canada, Italy and some middle-eastern countries.
How are they who work day- night to feed us?
Bangladesh is an agricultural country. Over 80% of Bangladesh's workforce is rural, yet the vast majority is extremely poor, illiterate and politically marginalized. Farmers are the life of our nation. They supply food for us. They are self-employed. In this way they are solving our unemployment problem. They are leading an important role of our economic but they live under the poverty level. The food grains they produce are essential for us but they don’t have good food, shelter or cloths. They are honest, sincere, simple and gentle. They struggle hard to live their life. Poverty is their constant companion. These farmers live in harsh and degrading conditions, earning a pittance working for landlords. Their situation is worsened through an absence of political and social awareness and a lack of capacity to defend their rights. As a result of this they are often exploited and oppressed. Women face an even more difficult situation due to the persistence of conservative religious structures that serve to oppress women, and LRC works to increase women's awareness and rights and campaigns to eliminate the discrepancy between treatment of women and men. However, they are happy souls with all their sufferings. They are God fearing. They accept it without complaint to God. Hardship of their life not dried up their smile, kindness, love, affection and sympathy. Sometimes they are seen working all over the night. For refreshing or forgetting their tiredness or pains a they sing melodious song like Baul song, Bhatiali, Bhawaiya, Marfuti and murshidi. It makes our environment charming. Even they are poor, they are very nice and hospitable. If you ask for a glass of water, they will bring it and often with something extra to go with the water. They enjoy and share the happiness with everyone. The farmers arrange a party for getting new crops. This party called as ‘Nobanno Utshob’ (Festival of foods made by new paddy). In this party the farmers welcome their neighbors and guests by chira, murri and many kinds of pittha. In this way they celebrate their ‘Nobanno Utshob’.
Life is possible where there is a will. Golden Bangla has potentiality in this sector. Her people know how to fight back and survive. We are having lacking, discriminations, political violence, ups and downs even though there is a light of hope. Now time to look back what we have and how to implement those precious potential factors. Have a look on the positives side of our agriculture:
1. Having competent and versatile human resources
2. Having a well-set up professional man power
3. Working with groups
4. Possessing generally adequate physical facilities including a network of local offices
5. Farmers training center
6. Diversified available technologies
7. Follow up planning
8. Location specific agricultural knowledge of ext. officers.
9. Environmental awareness particularly Integrated Soil fertility & pest worker
10. Human resource development institute (ATI & CERDI)
11. Competence in a wide range of extension methods
Apart from these we are having some sort of draw backs:
1. In adequate communication
2. Lack of incentives for efficient extension worker
3. Lack of expertise and institution to prepare extension material for the users.
4. Lack of appropriate technologies for char (Sandy / Land)
5. Lack of Raw material
6. Lack of awareness
7. Natural Calamity (Flood, Cyclone, Heavy Raining etc)
The foundation, in short we can assume, of our economy is agriculture and its backbone is farmer. Therefore top most priority must be given to this sector. Various programmers for the improvement of agriculture are taken different time by different body but it is the high time to think in wide angle. Our Agriculture is now in the process of transformation from subsistence farming into commercial farming. We have already entered into the European Market for export of vegetables and other high value crops. This process opens a vista to private sector investment in the areas of production of high value crops, production of seeds of chemical and blended fertilizers, agro-processing enterprises, etc. Finally, for longer term growth, well-designed management of the water resources is absolutely essential and will be particularly important for adaption to climate change.
Ref:
• Different survey
• On line journals
• Newspaper clippings
• Photo Collected
4.
Written by:- Bishal Barua.
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Bangladeshi village farmers
Bangladesh is an agriculture dependent country. Most of the people live in villages. A large number of them are occupied with agriculture and they earn their living from agriculture. The people that are involved with agriculture are called farmers. Once, jute, rice and some selected crops were preferred by farmers to deal with. But now a days the Bangladeshi village farmers has find out an expanded area to work with. Now farmers have several sites to work and they are showing a mentionable performance at their own workplace.
Bangladeshi village farmers have some categories. They are:
Crop farmers
Vegetable farmers
Fruit farmers
Flower farmers
Fish farmers
Poultry farmers
Dairy farmers
Nursery farmers
Crop farmers
Bangladesh is a country of fertile land. There are many rivers, canals, streams and lakes all over the country that’s why this country is suitable for cultivation. From a long ago the Bangladeshi village farmers are familiar with crop cultivation. In those days also there were two types of farmers – agrarians and landless. Both types are visible till now in villages. The first one gets the larger part of the crop because of their land ownership. The second one though gives hard labor, though after that they live a miserable life. In the very northern area of Bangladesh a short timed famine is seen every year.
Vegetable farmers
Many Bangladeshi village farmers are now showing their interest in this project and doing also well. Vegetables were not cultivated commercially before. But now lots of areas are covered with vegetable field. Government and some NGOs are showing the technique of proper irrigation and how to decrease the uses of insecticide.
Fruit farmers
For the last few years Bangladeshi village farmers are showing their success in fruit field. Bangladeshi agricultural research sector are also helping them in this field by giving them new invented plants of much growing fruits.
Flower farmers
Now a days Bangladeshi village farmers are also doing well in flower cultivating. They are now producing various types of flowers that are sold in the flower markets. The increasing demand for flowers has inspired them to take this step. A lot of people are occupied with flowering sector.
Fish farmers
Once there was a time that the Bangladeshi people’s demand for fish could be fulfilled by the fish that the fishermen caught from natural reservoirs. But now the situation is much more changed. Unplanned fishing, using current net for fishing, use of poisonous chemical insecticides has driven the reservoirs inappropriate for growing more fish and to fulfill the demand for fish. As a result, for the growing population’s fish supply now Bangladeshi village farmers has started to produce fish commercially.
Poultry farmers
Poultry farming is a very familiar sector in Bangladesh. The Bangladeshi village farmers have shown their mentionable activity in this sector. There is not so much difficulties to run a poultry farm. It only takes a hard labor and attention to keep a poultry farm running. Many village families have changed their economical condition by starting a poultry farm.
Dairy farmers
Dairy farm is one of the old farming in Bangladesh. From the very beginning Bangladeshi village farmers used to keep up cows and goats as domestic animals. They also used the cow to plough their land for cultivation. But now the government and some NGOs are inspiring village farmers to keep high quality cows and goats and as a result they are able to change their life style by the profits that come from the dairies.
Nursery farmers
“Plant trees – save the world” – this is the slogan to save the environment as well as to save the country. Unplanned tree cuts, rapidly growing population, cutting trees to establish factories and housings all these are pushing the country at a risk of natural disaster as well as global worming. To prevent these types of disasters it needs.
5.
Krishoker Bazaar Organization’s Team.
================================
Written by Krishok Bondhu
In our organization there is great camaraderie among the members of the team. It is a voluntary in nature lout the members are performing as professional executives. The team members seemed amenable to my all suggestion. The general members are cordial in nature. There are no misconceptions among the members because of our organized authority and our own constitution. But it is a matter of sorrow that there is a lack of perception about social business. I want to share save documents with my members which are narrative in nature I hope that there will be an efficient team work which will increase our face value. We have to trust our team effort and work sincerely. The arrangement of our next activities will be maintained in such a way that every member will be able to participate and enjoy the moment. We want to enjoy the spending time with our team members and want to increase our team members whose are affable in nature. At this time I want say that, there are some risks in developing our team as a legal authority. Chittagong is our base and we want to expand our branches in Chittagong and Dhaka division. In near future, we will set our organizations many countries. We need some international members. I hope that we all work for reducing poverty and ensure a sustainable development for the farmers and make the youth as a green consumer. Special thanks to the executive members.
6.
Written By :- Emad Hossian
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AGRO - business in Bangladesh
The demand for food in Bangladesh and around the world is changing rapidly. Driven by economic growth, rising incomes and urbanisation, demand is shifting away from traditional food to high-value food commodities. High value agricultural commodities include fruits, vegetable, spice, fish and live stock products. In Bangladesh additional demand for those commodities is projected to be worth about $8 billion by 2020.Agro business also provides and opportunity to generate rural employment and raise rural incomes. More than 80% of people living on less than $2 a day in Bangladesh live in rural areas. This aspitial distribution of poverty makes capitalising on the opportunities afforded by high value agricultural production is important for reduce poverty makes capitalising on the opportunities afforded by high value agricultural production is important for reduce poverty in the country. A new report published by the world bank and the IFC-SEDF, entitled high value agriculture in Bangladesh, examines the opportunities and constraints that Bangladesh agro-business face in shifting to this type of production. The report present care studies of five high value agricultural industry they are: aquaculture, small-scale commercial poultry, fruits and vegetable, high value aromatic rice and dairy. Bangladesh’s strong comparative advantage in fish production, together with burgeoning domestic and foreign demand for fish products make aquaculture an industry of tremendous potential growth, yet, quality problems and low productivity could blunt the competivenes of shrimp export industry. Bangladesh’s poultry industry .Bangladesh’s poultry industry, where rapid growth in the last 15 years has been concentrated among large, well-established commercial enterprise consumption of fruits and vegetable is growing in Bangladesh. Yet, limited availability of planting material and hybrid seeds keeps productivity low. Farmer needs better market information to synchronize production with demand. The performance of Bangladesh fruit and vegetable exports is unlikely to improve unless specific steps are taken to ensure long term growth.
Written by:- Bishal Barua.
=====================
Bangladeshi village farmers
Bangladesh is an agriculture dependent country. Most of the people live in villages. A large number of them are occupied with agriculture and they earn their living from agriculture. The people that are involved with agriculture are called farmers. Once, jute, rice and some selected crops were preferred by farmers to deal with. But now a days the Bangladeshi village farmers has find out an expanded area to work with. Now farmers have several sites to work and they are showing a mentionable performance at their own workplace.
Bangladeshi village farmers have some categories. They are:
Crop farmers
Vegetable farmers
Fruit farmers
Flower farmers
Fish farmers
Poultry farmers
Dairy farmers
Nursery farmers
Crop farmers
Bangladesh is a country of fertile land. There are many rivers, canals, streams and lakes all over the country that’s why this country is suitable for cultivation. From a long ago the Bangladeshi village farmers are familiar with crop cultivation. In those days also there were two types of farmers – agrarians and landless. Both types are visible till now in villages. The first one gets the larger part of the crop because of their land ownership. The second one though gives hard labor, though after that they live a miserable life. In the very northern area of Bangladesh a short timed famine is seen every year.
Vegetable farmers
Many Bangladeshi village farmers are now showing their interest in this project and doing also well. Vegetables were not cultivated commercially before. But now lots of areas are covered with vegetable field. Government and some NGOs are showing the technique of proper irrigation and how to decrease the uses of insecticide.
Fruit farmers
For the last few years Bangladeshi village farmers are showing their success in fruit field. Bangladeshi agricultural research sector are also helping them in this field by giving them new invented plants of much growing fruits.
Flower farmers
Now a days Bangladeshi village farmers are also doing well in flower cultivating. They are now producing various types of flowers that are sold in the flower markets. The increasing demand for flowers has inspired them to take this step. A lot of people are occupied with flowering sector.
Fish farmers
Once there was a time that the Bangladeshi people’s demand for fish could be fulfilled by the fish that the fishermen caught from natural reservoirs. But now the situation is much more changed. Unplanned fishing, using current net for fishing, use of poisonous chemical insecticides has driven the reservoirs inappropriate for growing more fish and to fulfill the demand for fish. As a result, for the growing population’s fish supply now Bangladeshi village farmers has started to produce fish commercially.
Poultry farmers
Poultry farming is a very familiar sector in Bangladesh. The Bangladeshi village farmers have shown their mentionable activity in this sector. There is not so much difficulties to run a poultry farm. It only takes a hard labor and attention to keep a poultry farm running. Many village families have changed their economical condition by starting a poultry farm.
Dairy farmers
Dairy farm is one of the old farming in Bangladesh. From the very beginning Bangladeshi village farmers used to keep up cows and goats as domestic animals. They also used the cow to plough their land for cultivation. But now the government and some NGOs are inspiring village farmers to keep high quality cows and goats and as a result they are able to change their life style by the profits that come from the dairies.
Nursery farmers
“Plant trees – save the world” – this is the slogan to save the environment as well as to save the country. Unplanned tree cuts, rapidly growing population, cutting trees to establish factories and housings all these are pushing the country at a risk of natural disaster as well as global worming. To prevent these types of disasters it needs.
5.
Krishoker Bazaar Organization’s Team.
================================
Written by Krishok Bondhu
In our organization there is great camaraderie among the members of the team. It is a voluntary in nature lout the members are performing as professional executives. The team members seemed amenable to my all suggestion. The general members are cordial in nature. There are no misconceptions among the members because of our organized authority and our own constitution. But it is a matter of sorrow that there is a lack of perception about social business. I want to share save documents with my members which are narrative in nature I hope that there will be an efficient team work which will increase our face value. We have to trust our team effort and work sincerely. The arrangement of our next activities will be maintained in such a way that every member will be able to participate and enjoy the moment. We want to enjoy the spending time with our team members and want to increase our team members whose are affable in nature. At this time I want say that, there are some risks in developing our team as a legal authority. Chittagong is our base and we want to expand our branches in Chittagong and Dhaka division. In near future, we will set our organizations many countries. We need some international members. I hope that we all work for reducing poverty and ensure a sustainable development for the farmers and make the youth as a green consumer. Special thanks to the executive members.
6.
Written By :- Emad Hossian
=========================
AGRO - business in Bangladesh
The demand for food in Bangladesh and around the world is changing rapidly. Driven by economic growth, rising incomes and urbanisation, demand is shifting away from traditional food to high-value food commodities. High value agricultural commodities include fruits, vegetable, spice, fish and live stock products. In Bangladesh additional demand for those commodities is projected to be worth about $8 billion by 2020.Agro business also provides and opportunity to generate rural employment and raise rural incomes. More than 80% of people living on less than $2 a day in Bangladesh live in rural areas. This aspitial distribution of poverty makes capitalising on the opportunities afforded by high value agricultural production is important for reduce poverty makes capitalising on the opportunities afforded by high value agricultural production is important for reduce poverty in the country. A new report published by the world bank and the IFC-SEDF, entitled high value agriculture in Bangladesh, examines the opportunities and constraints that Bangladesh agro-business face in shifting to this type of production. The report present care studies of five high value agricultural industry they are: aquaculture, small-scale commercial poultry, fruits and vegetable, high value aromatic rice and dairy. Bangladesh’s strong comparative advantage in fish production, together with burgeoning domestic and foreign demand for fish products make aquaculture an industry of tremendous potential growth, yet, quality problems and low productivity could blunt the competivenes of shrimp export industry. Bangladesh’s poultry industry .Bangladesh’s poultry industry, where rapid growth in the last 15 years has been concentrated among large, well-established commercial enterprise consumption of fruits and vegetable is growing in Bangladesh. Yet, limited availability of planting material and hybrid seeds keeps productivity low. Farmer needs better market information to synchronize production with demand. The performance of Bangladesh fruit and vegetable exports is unlikely to improve unless specific steps are taken to ensure long term growth.
7.
Written By M.A Noman
=======================
Agro Business in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is widely known as an agro based country, blessed by both nature and strategic location. The propensity of our economic growth was always inclined towards agro sector though it was not seriously looked at for long time. Bangladesh has both potential as well as severe challenges for agricultural production food processing and food security. It has an overwhelming agricultural economy. Agriculture accounts for 32% of its gross domestic product (GDP) and absorbs 63% of the country’s labor force. Economic growth, rising incomes and urbanization are combining to shift food demand away from traditional staples and toward high-value foods.
The economy of Bangladesh is primarily dependent on Agriculture. About 84% of total population lives in rural areas and are directly or indirectly engaged in wide range of agriculture activities. Agriculture contributes about 15 to20% to country’s GDP. About 43.6% of the labor force is employed in agriculture with about 57% being employed in the crop section.
We know that there are three kinds of industry not only in Bangladesh but also in all over the world. They are:-
1) Primary Agriculture= Poultry, Mining, Fishing etc.
2) Manufacturing (Production)
3) Tertiary (Service)
In primary industry agriculture is the main sector in Bangladesh, which contributes more than 15% to GDP per year.
There are many companies in Bangladesh doing business based on agriculture.
The name of agriculture based company in Bangladesh is described below:-
1] Ahmed agro agency:-
Address: Elite house (3rd floor) 54, Motijheel C/A.
Sector: Agriculture product seller, crop care product in retail packs (pesticides, PGR, Fertilizer).
2] Barkat Traders:- B-174-76-Gulshan.
3] Bionic Fish processing Ltd: Garib Newaz clinic building KDA Avenue, Khulna-9100.
Sectors: processing and avoids fish in domestic international market.
4] Borak Trade International: Address: Zaman chanba, 47, dilkhasha C/A (2nd floor)
Sector: Export good quality of frozen fish like shrimp and fruits.
There is a wide variety of investment opportunity including:
*cold storage facilities serving the supply chain, especially fresh produce for export.
*Fresh produce production for local and export markets.
*Production of fertilizer and cultivation of seeds.
*Eco-friendly jute production, supported by jute technology development institutes.
*shrimp farming
*Halal foods
*milk and dairy products
*High value added food for export, including herbs, spices, nuts and pulses.
Despite growing domestic consumption of fruit and vegetables, the production, processing and marketing of fruit and vegetables have suffered because improvements in productivity, post harvest technology and infrastructure for the domestic market have been greatly neglected. The variable performance of Bangladesh’s fruit and vegetable export is unlikely to improve unless specific steps are taken to ensure long term growth. There are nearly 700 processed food manufacturing enterprises in the country. These include processing of bakery confectionary, fruits and various other food products. More than 100 horticultural crops are exported from Bangladesh. Exports of fresh fruits and vegetables from Bangladesh increased from 9000 tons in 1992-93 to 48428 tons in 2010-2011.The major export market comprises UK (46%),Italy (8%), other EU countries(3%) and middle East countries (43%).Besides, fresh fruits and vegetables, frozen products about 250-300 tons at a value of about 3 million US $ are exported for both ethnic and ex mainstream markets.
There is a lot of innovation in the mobile, I.T, and energy spaces that have the potential to make a huge impact on the farm. For example, smart power system, precision agriculture tools, farm management software, and affordable sensors are all within reach of even the smallest farmers today. Two of our portfolio companies, slim trader and promethean power, deploy their technologies with farmers.
Formaldehyde (formalin) is a toxic substance illegely used by merchants to preserve food, to make these look fresh and attractive in the market for longer periods of time, thus maximising profits.
The government is trying to to enact necessary law as well as impose restriction on import and on many chemicals –
*Mailbag bazaar has been declared the city’s firm formalin free kitchen market. Then, Shominagar as the 2nd formalin free kitchen market.
According to Daily star-July 2, 2013 United food safety authority on cards, cabinet okays drafts law with provision for foods courts,14 years jail for food adulteration.
Written By M.A Noman
=======================
Agro Business in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is widely known as an agro based country, blessed by both nature and strategic location. The propensity of our economic growth was always inclined towards agro sector though it was not seriously looked at for long time. Bangladesh has both potential as well as severe challenges for agricultural production food processing and food security. It has an overwhelming agricultural economy. Agriculture accounts for 32% of its gross domestic product (GDP) and absorbs 63% of the country’s labor force. Economic growth, rising incomes and urbanization are combining to shift food demand away from traditional staples and toward high-value foods.
The economy of Bangladesh is primarily dependent on Agriculture. About 84% of total population lives in rural areas and are directly or indirectly engaged in wide range of agriculture activities. Agriculture contributes about 15 to20% to country’s GDP. About 43.6% of the labor force is employed in agriculture with about 57% being employed in the crop section.
We know that there are three kinds of industry not only in Bangladesh but also in all over the world. They are:-
1) Primary Agriculture= Poultry, Mining, Fishing etc.
2) Manufacturing (Production)
3) Tertiary (Service)
In primary industry agriculture is the main sector in Bangladesh, which contributes more than 15% to GDP per year.
There are many companies in Bangladesh doing business based on agriculture.
The name of agriculture based company in Bangladesh is described below:-
1] Ahmed agro agency:-
Address: Elite house (3rd floor) 54, Motijheel C/A.
Sector: Agriculture product seller, crop care product in retail packs (pesticides, PGR, Fertilizer).
2] Barkat Traders:- B-174-76-Gulshan.
3] Bionic Fish processing Ltd: Garib Newaz clinic building KDA Avenue, Khulna-9100.
Sectors: processing and avoids fish in domestic international market.
4] Borak Trade International: Address: Zaman chanba, 47, dilkhasha C/A (2nd floor)
Sector: Export good quality of frozen fish like shrimp and fruits.
There is a wide variety of investment opportunity including:
*cold storage facilities serving the supply chain, especially fresh produce for export.
*Fresh produce production for local and export markets.
*Production of fertilizer and cultivation of seeds.
*Eco-friendly jute production, supported by jute technology development institutes.
*shrimp farming
*Halal foods
*milk and dairy products
*High value added food for export, including herbs, spices, nuts and pulses.
Despite growing domestic consumption of fruit and vegetables, the production, processing and marketing of fruit and vegetables have suffered because improvements in productivity, post harvest technology and infrastructure for the domestic market have been greatly neglected. The variable performance of Bangladesh’s fruit and vegetable export is unlikely to improve unless specific steps are taken to ensure long term growth. There are nearly 700 processed food manufacturing enterprises in the country. These include processing of bakery confectionary, fruits and various other food products. More than 100 horticultural crops are exported from Bangladesh. Exports of fresh fruits and vegetables from Bangladesh increased from 9000 tons in 1992-93 to 48428 tons in 2010-2011.The major export market comprises UK (46%),Italy (8%), other EU countries(3%) and middle East countries (43%).Besides, fresh fruits and vegetables, frozen products about 250-300 tons at a value of about 3 million US $ are exported for both ethnic and ex mainstream markets.
There is a lot of innovation in the mobile, I.T, and energy spaces that have the potential to make a huge impact on the farm. For example, smart power system, precision agriculture tools, farm management software, and affordable sensors are all within reach of even the smallest farmers today. Two of our portfolio companies, slim trader and promethean power, deploy their technologies with farmers.
Formaldehyde (formalin) is a toxic substance illegely used by merchants to preserve food, to make these look fresh and attractive in the market for longer periods of time, thus maximising profits.
The government is trying to to enact necessary law as well as impose restriction on import and on many chemicals –
*Mailbag bazaar has been declared the city’s firm formalin free kitchen market. Then, Shominagar as the 2nd formalin free kitchen market.
According to Daily star-July 2, 2013 United food safety authority on cards, cabinet okays drafts law with provision for foods courts,14 years jail for food adulteration.
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