INTEGRATED PROTECTED AREA CO-MANAGEMENT (IPAC) - BIDS

Cumulative income share (%)
100
80
60
40
20
0
Gini Coefficient = (Area A)/(Area A+ Area B)
Golpata
Line of equality
Area A
Lorenz
curve
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Cumulative income decile (%)
Area B
Gini Coefficient = 0.51
5.3.2 Gura (Small) Fish
Gura (small) fish has its particular importance in terms of consumption by relatively lower class
of households. An average collector of gura fish earns annual income in the range of only Tk
47,152 (but much higher compared to golpata), almost progressively followed by Farias/Beparis
(Tk 100,481), Mahajans (Tk 116,046), Aratdars (Tk 635,830), wholesalers (Tk 186,550) and
retailers (Tk 149,286) (Table 5.15). The degree of inequality is quite high in that the average
annual income earned by the collectors, for example, estimates as more than 13 times as less as
earned by an Aratdar.
In terms of total income of all actors, only 3.8 percent accounts for collectors, followed by
Farias/Beparis (8.1%), Mahajans (9.4%), Aratdars (51.5%), wholesaler (15.1%) and retailers
(12.1%) (Figure 5.57).
In terms of deciles distribution, the income distribution appears to be much skewed (Table 5.16).
Considering two deciles, representing two extreme actors groups - Decile 1 for the bottomranking
actors and Decile 10 for the top-ranking actors - the evidence suggests that the top 10
percent of the actors earn as high as 43 times as much income as the bottom 10 percent
(i.e.,1:34) (See Figures 5.58 and 5.59). Gini coefficient for gura fish estimates as 0.53, which is
again quite high.
Table 5.15: Annual income level of SRF Actors: Gura fish
Actors Monthly income
(Tk)
Duration (Month) Annual
income
% of total
income
Peak Nonpeak
Peak Nonpeak
Adjusted
non-peak
(Tk)
Collector 5,675 3,299 5.33 6.67 5.124 47,153 3.82
Faria/Bepari 9,913 6,605 7.00 5.00 4.707 100,481 8.13
Choto 13,080 7,848 4.00 8.00 8.120 116,046 9.39
Mahajan
Aratdar 88,810 35,230 5.00 7.00 5.444 635,830 51.47
Wholesaler 18,200 13,650 5.00 7.00 7.000 186,550 15.10
Retailer 13,780 11,307 5.50 6.50 6.500 149,286 12.08
Total 149,458 77,939 - - - 1,235,346 100.00
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