Abstract
The study was undertaken to analyze the marketing system and post harvest practices of onion both at farmers and trades level. Four marketing channels were identified in onion marketing. The study indicated that longer marketing channel gave lesser share to farmer than shorter channel. The study indicated that shorter channel showed less marketing loss and longer channel it was high. High price gap was found between farmers and consumers level. The intermediaries sorted decayed and removed the outer loose shell of onion before marketing. Proper scientific method for post-harvest practices and co-operative market & market monitoring facility should be introduced by government.
Highlights
Bangladesh is a densely populated agrarian country where agriculture contributes 19.29 percent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and providing employment for 45.4 per cent of the population
Large amount of profit share is going to whole sale and retail market and small amount of in producer level
Storage facility and transport facility should be improved in producer level to cut marketing channel
Summary
Bangladesh is a densely populated agrarian country where agriculture contributes 19.29 percent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and providing employment for 45.4 per cent of the population. Onion is one of the most important crops among the vegetables and spices in Bangladesh both in acreage and production and rank first among the spices grown in the country [2]. It is to consume either as spice or as condiment. With an increasing population of the country, the demand of onion is increasing day by day which triggered the scientists to improve cultivation method for higher productivity, modern storage technique and marketing system
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