Success story )_fingerling COLLECTION POINTS
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The Rural Enterprise Development project established a collection point market in 2009 in Boro char village, Bhola to help 1000 small fish producers. The collection point has grown significantly in the last year from collecting certain fingerlings to a full market for fish, fingerlings, vegetables, and fish feed. The project formed a management committee to oversee the market and facilitate linkages between producers, input suppliers, traders, and government agencies. As a result of the improved market access, fish and vegetable production and farmers' incomes have increased substantially. In the last 3 months, the collection point has sold over 6 million fingerlings and 12,000 sacks of feed worth 1.5 crore taka, demonstrating its growing role in the
Success story )_fingerling COLLECTION POINTS
- 1. Rural Enterprise Development Market Infrastructure Development in Charland Region, LGED IDE-Bangladesh Region: Bhola Type: Success Story Sector: Collection Point Beneficiary: 1000 fish producer In the remote locationof Boro char SamayavillagesinBhola, there wasonlybig market place- Santirhat Bazaar. Even though it had been running for the last 40 years, it was a weak market: underdeveloped and difficult to access. In August 2009, a collection pointv(CP) was established in the existing market withthe supportof Rural Enterprise Development(RED) project.Insimplestterms, acollectionpointis a spot or zone the rural community people themselves have created by coming together and assembling their produce and selling to buyers who come from different places. Objectivesof the REDprojectinclude identifyingmarketopportunities,additionof value tothe products and capacity building of the small char producers, so that they will link to market and economic opportunities in the fish and vegetable sub-sector. The CP established through the project has gained huge momentuminthe lastone year. It startedoff as a collectioncentre of certain fingerling products, and now has grown into a full-fledged market of fish, fingerling, vegetables, and fish feed. The project staff facilitated formation of a 15-membered Collection Point Management Committee (CPMC) to enable andensure the runningof CP.The committee ispromotingthe CP to potential distant fingerlingmarkets, asfaras Jessore district,toobtainquality fingerlings for sale at the CP. A number of meetings and workshops (7 nos.) have been facilitated which have brought together (20-30 nos.) fingerling producers, fingerling traders, fish and vegetable producing farmers to transact business. Linkage was also facilitated among the other actors in the fish subsector: public and private partner organizations, input sellers, producers and dealers. Public partners included the Department of Agriculture (DAE) and Department of Fisheries (DoF) who provided crucial information and business support to the farmers. Private input companies were successfully linked with the CP: Lal Teer(for vegetable seeds), Mega Feed(fish feed), Fish Tech(for medicine, technical support and pond management) ,AmberHatchery(fishfry) andParagon(fishfeed ),whonotonlysuppliedqualityinput to the evergrowingnumberof (fishandvegetableproducing) farmersinvolvedinthe CP,butalsoprovided varioustraining, demonstration and related service for rearing quality fish and cultivating vegetables. Regular workshops and meetings has ensured that the CP is linked with different feed, medicine and seedsellingcompanies,dealersandwholesalerstomake the marketeffectiveandcompetitive,ensuring availabilityof those inputsinthe collectionpoint .Recently,newtechnologywasintroducedinproducing local shingfish,whichwasnotofferedinthe CPbefore and is in great demand. As of now, the biggest sales are in pangas, rui, katla and tilapia (for fish) and cucumber, chilli and sponge gourd (for vegetables). As of the data from the last three months (May-July 2010), around 6 million fingerling and around 12,000 sacks of feedhasbeenbought/sold in the CP, generating sales of around one core 50 lac taka. 8 new rickshaw van (for carrying mounds of vegetable and fish) has joined in. The numbers are a fair
- 2. indicator of how much the market has progressed and the extent of its reach. Fish and vegetable production has increased by 8 kg and 7 kg respectively per decimal. On an average total income has increasedby 685 taka perdecimal. The CP has itsreach in50 villagesin12 unionparishads. 5new shops have opened in the haat and 65 new patilwalas(fishmongers) have joined in as well. Businessisboomingand the marketisexpanding. Local entrepreneursare planningtobe part of this lucrative businessbyinvestinginvegetable andfishproduction,forthe demandforthese isgrowingby the day.