Developing small production and marketing enterprises

Mushroom contract farming in Bangladesh

Bibliographic Data

ID3887459
AuthorsFarhad Zamil (Urban Partnerships for Poverty Reduction Project (UPPR) , Room18, Mymensingh Pourashava, Mymensingh, Bangladesh, 2200), Md Farhad Zamil (Urban Partnerships for Poverty Reduction Project (UPPR) , Room18, Mymensingh Pourashava, Mymensingh, Bangladesh, 2200), Jean-Joseph Cadilhon, Jean‐Joseph Cadilhon (Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume19
Issue7
Pages923-932
Publication date2009-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopment in Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09614520903055768
OpenAlexW2017262666
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited5

This article presents a case study of an activity implemented under the FAO component of the Local Partnerships for Urban Poverty Alleviation Project, funded by UNDP in Bangladesh. In Mymensingh city the project is linking poor urban dwellers with a niche market for oyster mushroom. This small enterprise activity appears to be sustainable, in that it develops agricultural production to cater for the specific demand of an existing small marketing enterprise. As long as the trader finds a market for his mushroom, he has an incentive to collaborate with the project beneficiaries who supply the produce. This model is thus an example of mutual benefit between extremely small landholders and a trader through the catalytic effect of a development project

Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Biology · Business · Contract farming · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Mushroom · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Marketing

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