Socio-economic status of fish retailers in Jashore sadar, Bangladesh

Mita Rani Adhikary,Ripon Kumar Adhikary,Md Aminur Rahman,Abdulla Al Asif

doi:10.3329/aajfss.v2i2.55915

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Abstract

The study was conducted to determine the fish retailer’s livelihood and socio-economic status in three markets of Jashore for a period of six months from February to August, 2016. The average net profit of fish retailers was found higher in Boro bazaar (Tk.350) followed by Palbari bazaar (Tk.325), Chuadanga Bus Stand bazaar (TK.275). The average age groups of 20-65 years were found among the markets. The study shows that 53% fish retailers had nuclear family and 47% had joint family. Most of the housing conditions were kacha (69%) and Muslim fish retailers were predominant in all markets. Among the total 45 traders interviewed, 42% were illiterate, 31% have primary level education, 24% have secondary level education and none of them had bachelor level of education. It was found that fish retailers of Boro bazaar and Palbari bazaar sold an average of 35 kg fish daily, compared with Chuadanga Bus Stand bazaar 15 kg per day. The daily supply of fish in Boro bazaar can be estimated at 1.6 MT (25 retailers’ × 65 kg) while 0.3 MT (15 retailers × 20 kg) and 0.45 MT (15 retailers × 30 kg) in C.B Bazar and Palbari bazaar respectively. Improvement in basic infrastructure such as, clean water supply, sanitation facilities, adequate drainage and ice facilities are recommended by the present study. Asian Australas. J. Food Saf. Secur. 2018, 2(2), 100-108

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Bangladesh is blessed with rich extensive inland and marine fisheries potential resources with a wide variety of indigenous and exotic fish fauna (Hasan et al, 2014)
In Bangladesh, fish marketing is almost exclusively governed by the private sector where the livelihoods of a large number of people are associated with fish production and marketing systems
Study area and periods Present investigation was conducted in three fish markets in Jashore sadar upazila namely, Boro Bazar (23°10'02.5"N 89°12'49.6"E), Palbari Bazar (23°10'48.2"N 89°11'40.9"E) and Chuadanga Bus Stand Bazar (23°10'11.5"N 89°12'11.0"E) to evaluate the socio-economic status of traders from March 2016 to August 2016

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Bangladesh is blessed with rich extensive inland and marine fisheries potential resources with a wide variety of indigenous and exotic fish fauna (Hasan et al, 2014). Fisheries sector contributes 2.46% of the country’s export earning, 4.39% of its GDP, provides 60% of the national animal protein consumption and 22.76% to agricultural sector. It shows annual fish production 25,63,000 MT in 2007-2008 fiscal years which has increased up to 30,22,000 MT in 2010-11 and 32,62,000 MT in 2011-12 (DoF, 2013). In 2015 total employment in fisheries sector were 17.80 million people which 11% of the total population with a total fish production of 3684894 MT (DoF, 2015). In Bangladesh, fish marketing is almost exclusively governed by the private sector where the livelihoods of a large number of people are associated with fish production and marketing systems.

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