Abstract
In Bangladesh, many poultry microenterprises (MEs) have flourished through the lending of microcredit to the poor. These MEs are linked to the value chain and play a significant role in poverty reduction. Not all of these MEs are located in favorable places. Almost all are developed utilizing homestead lands, which results in poor input supply and marketing facilities, and causes higher costs and less profit. This paper tries to uncover the constraints in value chain development, mainly those related to its physical and infrastructural environment; verify the potential of MEs through an analysis of their geographic concentration in sites with different suitability levels; and make recommendations as to how to overcome the constraints, with a view to ensuring higher profit levels for vulnerable poor. The suitability of sites was delineated through Geographic Information System (GIS). The analysis—a combination of field survey data with a site suitability map of farms/MEs concentration—is important, because it helps to validate the GIS analysis-based results of sites’ suitability, helps supporters to design interventions in areas where the farms exist, and thus, helps farmers in vulnerable sites to lift themselves out of poverty.
Highlights
Bangladesh’s economy is agricultural with a poor industrial base
The aim of this research is to determine the spatial distribution of poultry farms/MEs and their production competence with respect to sites enjoying different levels of suitability in Gazipur district
The analysis reveals that there is a high concentration of poultry farms in sites deemed suitable and as containing potential, while there is a considerable concentration in unsuitable areas too
Summary
Bangladesh’s economy is agricultural with a poor industrial base. There is growing potential for the development of microenterprises (MEs), especially of agro-based MEs in rural areas, created through extensive collateral-free lending of microcredit and microfinance mainly by non-government organizations (NGOs) to the poor for any income-generating small business. Many poor entrepreneurs have developed poultry farms/MEs extensively, utilizing their inherited homestead lands with the help of microfinance. Not all of these MEs are located in suitable places, which results in poor input supply and marketing facilities for their products in most cases, and leads to higher production costs and less profit. Microenterprises that Utilize Homestead Lands: A Case Study in Gazipur, Bangladesh.”. “Identification of Suitability of Sites for Microenterprises
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