Status of pulses marketing in Bangladesh
1989
Rahman, A.K.M.B.
The domestic production of pulses is distributed through the age-old marketing chain: growers - assembly - traders -wholesalers - millers -retailers - consumers. Private parties import pulses from different countries and market them through wholesalers, millers, and retailers to consumers. The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) imports pulses and markets them through selected shops. In recent years, small farmers from producing areas have started trading as mobile retailers, selling directly to consumers in the metropolitan cities. They sell at comparatively lower prices than other retail shops. The present daily consumption of pulses in Bangladesh is only 135(1) g per capita. against the recommended rate of 80 g per capita/day. The demand for pulses as per recommended rates is 3.63 m tons in 1990 and 4.40 million t in 1995 for the projected population. The present production (1987/88) is only 0.566 m tons. In 1987/88, 34553 tons of pulses were imported from different countries and the cost was Tk. 360.3 million. Imports are likely to increase agricultural products.
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