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Figure 5.67: Annual income level (%) of SRF Actors: Shrimp (large) bagda
Annual income level (%) of SRF Actors: Shrimp large bagda
Wholesaler
18%
Retailer
9%
Collector
6%
Majhi/Bepari
9%
Boro Mahajan
11%
Choto Mahajan
9%
Aratdar
38%
5.3.6 Shrimp Small (galda and bagda)
The fish catch of shrimp small (galda and bagda) is important in the context of relatively higher
consumption by mass people. It appears that the galda and bagda types of shrimp have similar
income diminution. An average collector of shrimp small (galda and bagda) earns annual income
in the range of only Tk 62,000 to 70,000, while a Boro Mahajan earns highest annual income,
which is in the range of as high as Tk 523,000 to 529,000 (Table 5.23). The degree of inequality
in the value chain appears to be quite high in that the average annual income earned by the
collectors, for example, estimates as more than 7 to 8 times as less as earned by a Boro Mahajan
for galda and bagda shrimp respectively. The analysis of decile income distribution on shrimp
small (galda and bagda) is not feasible due to small size of sample.
Table 5.23: Annual income level of SRF Actors: Shrimp small galda
Actors Monthly income Duration (Month) Annual % of total
Peak Non-peak Peak Nonpeak
Adjusted income income
non-peak
Collector 7,540 4,752 6.33 5.67 4.65 69,833 5.82
Majhi/Bepari 11,000 7,150 8.00 4.00 3.38 112,191 9.36
Choto
Mahajan
16,150 10,269 7.00 4.00 3.43
148,258 12.37
Boro
Mahajan
58,090 29,045 6.00 6.00 6.00
522,810 43.61
Aratdar 14,984 11,238 5.00 7.00 6.07 143,097 11.94
Wholesaler 14,600 8,962 5.00 7.00 6.07 127,436 10.63
Retailer 8,417 5,471 5.00 7.00 6.07 75,316 6.28
Total 130,781 76,887 - - - 1,198,941 100.00
Note: Non-peak months are standardized with corresponding number of days worked.
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