Production and Marketing Network Chain Of Brick Kiln Product: A Case Study Of Hyderabad City

Siriman Naveen

doi:10.5121/ijmvsc.2016.7103

Abstract

Traditional Indian clay and mud brick kilns have been contributing a lot to the construction sector in general, real estate sector particularly since ages. This sector has been expanding day by day due rapid growth of population, real estate sector. The Indian traditional brick is product of unorganized sector and depending on the labour intensive based production system. This sector has been providing employment to the millions of people, but knows for violation of the fundamental right of labourers. Brick, being one of the oldest building materials, is extensively used as a main input in construction because of its durability, strength, reliability, low cost and easy availability. The brick kiln industries have to face the different kind hurdle in the process of production to marketing. The international organizations and government of India have initiated the several development programmes in ordered to upgrade the production efficiency of brick industry and to reduce pollution generated from the brick industry. From the inception of the brick kiln product to final consumption, various actors involve and many actors influence from inside and outside of the production process. Since this is an informal sector in nature in developing countries, it faces the several problems along the chain, it has the several links. The present paper mainly explains the different stages and actors along the network chain of the brick kiln product market who influence the production at different stages directly or indirectly. The objectives of the paper are: (1) Study the present state of brick kilns and different type of development programmes by government and non-government organizations. (2) Understand the brick kiln chain means how the product of traditional brick kilns reaches to the final consumer by the different agents in the markets along the market network chain from the inception of production process to marketing the product to final consumer and hurdles face by the each stage of the product.

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The present paper mainly explains the different stages and actors along the network chain of the brick kiln product market who influence the production at different stages directly or indirectly
Indian brick kilns have been expanding rapidly and contributing a lot to the economy but the study of network chain or value chain of the brick kilns in India generally, in Hyderabad clarifies that from the inception of the production to final consumption of brick, there are many actors involve such as owners of brick kiln, labour of brick production, middle man between owner of brick kiln and labour
Once the product made the product goes to the final consumer in different ways, it can be reached through the supplier, who buy product from owner of kilns but in small quantity sell it in Adda9. actor along the chain is dealer who has permanent place to sell the product of brick kilns, he sells brick and other construction materials too but small quantity, final consumer can get product directly from owner of brick kiln or other

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Introduction

The word ‘brick’ originated in late middle English: from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch ‘bricke’, probably reinforced by Old French ‘brique’, of unknown origin or ‘briquette’, which means a block of compressed coal dust or peat used as fuel-origin late 19th century: French. The antiquity of bricks can be pushed back to the ancient times. Brick industry is the oldest industry in the history of mankind, it can be said that it is only manmade material that has defied time gracefully even though it was invented 5000 years ago. It is reported that hand dried, sun-dried mud bricks were made and used during the pre-pottery Neolithic period way back 10000B.C.2. Ever since man realized the housing as basic need, he started using bricks in various forms like green bricks, and sun dried bricks and the fired bricks It is reported that hand dried, sun-dried mud bricks were made and used during the pre-pottery Neolithic period way back 10000B.C.2 Ever since man realized the housing as basic need, he started using bricks in various forms like green bricks, and sun dried bricks and the fired bricks

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