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Dominant Chain
Other Tracked Chain
4.3.5 Non-Aquatic Resources
Honey:
Chain 1: Collector ⇒ Faria/Bepari ⇒ Mahajan ⇒ Wholesaler ⇒ Retailer
Chain 1: Collector ⇒ Mahajan ⇒ Wholesaler ⇒ Retailer
Although sometimes honey is exported such purchases are made directly from wholesalers.
Flow chart 4.10: Value chain for honey
Collector
Faria/Money lender
Mahajan
Aratdar
Wholesaler
Retailer
Dominant Chain
Other Tracked Chain
4.4 Mapping for Number of Actors in Value Chain
Now that the main marketing chains are mapped, it is possible to move on to the number of
actors – the people who are involved in the value chain.
In many value chains, especially in small or weaker markets, there is often no pure specialization.
One actor may take on several different roles. One has to find out the main occupation of this actor
to categorize it accordingly. One more dimension that is quantifiable is the number of
employment opportunities the actors offer. The two dimensions, number of actors and
employment, are closely related to each other.
It can be recalled that at the very outset we prepared a list of primary concentration (landing)
centers for all the 10 upazilas of 5 SIZ districts. There are about 159 such centers for different
products 68 . The present study carried out field investigations to a little less than one third of these
centers (a total of 48 out of 159), which included 3 secondary markets.
68 As can be recalled, the list included a few secondary and tertiary markets.
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