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Identification of Suitability of Sites for Microenterprises for Value Chain Development: A Study in G azipur District, B angladesh
Author(s) -
Khaleda Syeda,
Murayama Yuji
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
growth and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.657
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1468-2257
pISSN - 0017-4815
DOI - 10.1111/grow.12082
Subject(s) - business , sustainability , profit (economics) , supply chain , poultry farming , value chain , agricultural science , government (linguistics) , context (archaeology) , agricultural economics , marketing , economics , geography , forestry , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , environmental science , archaeology , biology , microeconomics
In recent years, many commercial poultry farm microenterprises ( ME s) have flourished in rural areas with the help of an extensive microfinance program in B angladesh. These poultry ME s are in a key position for the profitable operation of other actors in the poultry subsector value chain. But not all these ME s are located in suitable places, which results in poor input supply and marketing facilities for their products and thus cause higher costs and less profit. The government, nongovernment organizations ( NGO s) and donor agencies apply the same policy for providing support services to all these poultry farmers, irrespective of their locations. Thus, this paper tries to explain the poultry value chain in G azipur District, where the concentration of poultry farms is highest, and to delineate suitable sites for poultry MEs using the multicriteria evaluation technique within a G eographic I nformation S ystem context, utilizing factors such as flood‐free land, and infrastructures related to the poultry business‐enabling environment of the value chain. The delineation of suitable land areas for farms can help NGO s, as well as the government, to design interventions and appropriate policy development for farmers in different locations, and thus help all farmers to increase their profit and sustainability.