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Figure 5.59: Lorenz curve: Gura fish
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Gini Coefficient = (Area A)/(Area A+ Area B)
Line of equality
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Gini Coefficient = 0.53
5.3.3 Sada (Large) Fish
An average collector of sada (large) fish earns annual income in the range of only Tk 63,311
(but much higher compared to golpata or gura fish), almost progressively followed by
Farias/Beparis (Tk 85,407), Choto Mahajans (Tk 89,023), Boro Mahajans (Tk 648,970),
Aratdars (271,888), wholesalers (Tk 156,952) and retailers (Tk 127,510) (Table 5.17). Unlike in
other products such as golpata and gura fish, Boro Mahajans in the value chain earn the highest
amount of income, presumably as they play as Aratdars too. The degree of inequality in the
value chain appears to be quite high in that the average annual income earned by a collector, for
example, estimates as more than 10 times as less as earned by an Aratdar.
In terms of total income aggregated for all actors, only 4.4 percent is due to collectors, followed
by Farias/Beparis (5.9%), Choto Mahajans (6.2%), Boro Mahajans (45.0), Aratdars (18.8%),
wholesalers (10.9%) and retailers (8.8%) (Figure 5.60).
In terms of deciles distribution of income, the distribution appears to be again skewed (Table
5.18). Considering two deciles, representing two extreme actors groups - Decile 1 for the
bottom-ranking actors and Decile 10 for the top-ranking actors, the evidence suggests that the
top 10 percent (Decile 10) of the actors earn as high as 19 times as much income as the bottom
10 percent (Decile 1) (i.e., 1:19) (See Figures 5.61 and 5.62) . Gini coefficient for Sada (large)
fish estimates as 0.44, which is a bit lower compared to most other SRF products.
Table 5.17: Annual income level of SRF Actors: sada (large) fish
Actors Monthly income Duration (Month) Annual % of total
Peak Non-peak Peak Nonpeak
Adjusted income income
non-peak
Collector 6,704 4,997 6.00 5.70 4.620 63,311 4.39
Faria/Bepari 8,404 5,901 7.14 4.86 4.305 85,407 5.92
Choto 10,460 6,799 5.67 5.50 4.370 89,023 6.17
Mahajan
Boro 57,500 46,210 7.67 4.50 4.500 648,970 44.97
Mahajan
Aratdar 30,867 16,761 6.33 5.67 4.564 271,888 18.84
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