INTEGRATED PROTECTED AREA CO-MANAGEMENT (IPAC) - BIDS

Table 4.5 : Per center no. of jobs offered by actors in the sample business sites in this harvest
season by product
Product type
Per center average no. of jobs
Total Rank
Collector Faria/
Bepari
Choto
Mahajan
Boro
Mahajan
Aratdar Wholesaler Retailer
Golpata 541 19 28 28 11 2 13 642 7
Gura fish 700 18 12 8 20 6 8 772 6
Sada (white) large 450 31 55 27 7 3 12 585 8
Hilsha 1994 507 43 25 307 24 30 2930 1
Shrimp galda 1500 86 90 30 47 4 20 1777 5
Shrimp bagda 684 40 4 4 10 0 6 748 3
Shrimp fry (galda) 1600 60 2 1 63 14 6 1746 2
Shrimp fry (bagda) 983 20 18 10 5 12 11 1059 4
Crab 498 29 10 9 35 1 2 584 9
Honey 164 11 7 6 3 2 10 203 10
Average 685 65 27 17 44 6 11 855
Table 4.6 : Per center no. of jobs offered by actors in the sample business sites in this harvest
season by Range
Range
Collector
Faria/
Bepari
Per center no. of jobs offered by actors
Choto Boro Aratdar Wholesaler Retailer
Mahajan Mahajan
Sarankhola 694 131 43 21 85 12 16 1002 2
Khulna 1032 15 24 24 13 4 11 1123 1
Chandpai 807 57 19 6 20 1 3 913 3
Satkhira 314 16 6 10 21 1 8 376 4
Average 685 65 27 17 44 6 11 855 -
Total
Rank
4.6 Mapping for Total Number of Actors in SIZ
Approximate estimates of total number of collectors and actors in SIZ have been made and the
results are presented in Tables 4.7 through to 4.10. First the total number of collectors, which is
estimated as 10.8 lacs (Table 4.7). It may be mentioned that the estimates refer to whole year,
rather than only relevant harvest time. Usually one collector is engaged in more than one
product. In other words, there are overlaps between actors of various products. Hence, this
number of collectors does not reflect the total, which must be lower depending on how many
activities one collector get engaged in. Our survey indicates that an average collector get
engaged in 1.8 products in a year 70 . On this basis, the total number of collectors estimates as 6
lacs.
As regards the distribution of total number of collectors across districts, Khulna occupies the
highest position (48.7%), followed by Bagerhat (22.3%), Barguna (12.7%), Pirojpur (12.3%)
and lowest, Satkhira (4.1%) (Table 4.7).
Approximate estimates of total number of actors in SIZ have also been made (Tables 4.7
through to 4.9). The total number of actors (including collectors) is estimated as 13.37 lacs.
Following the argument as made for collectors, the actors also deal with multiple products whole
70 Usually the fish or crab collectors get more or less engaged nearly whole year. But the other collectors (e.g.,
golpata, honey, goran ) take on other activities during non-seasons.
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