Online Market place or Online Shopping in Bangladesh

Online Shopping or Online Market place is very common today but in Bangladesh it is not so popular because of reliable and easy payment system. Online Market place is a very new idea here. Only a few individual people or group of people started this mission experimentally some years ago. Today the concept of Online Market place is growing among the people of Bangladesh. Especially young generations are interested. One of the giant problems is availability of cheap internet connection. May be only ten percent of people are using internet easily.

Now a day’s bikroy.com  starts their business with a large coverage of advertisement. One the other hand cellbazaar.com is an older partner of grameenphone mobile company started this same business several years ago. Now they also are spending a big amount of money for advertisement. They are growing rapidly.

clickbd.com is a good Online Shopping or Online Market place in our country and they have several payment system. But general people are not informed about this great Online Shopping site.

There are several Online Shopping or Online Market place like bangladesh.postad.com.bd bdplace.com 24bazaar.com idhaka.com ekdesh.org etc. are advertising their site throw local blog and popular website.

You can buy and sell everything here as you wish. It is a community based or person to person shopping system. Just you can put an ad on their website along with contact number and buyer will found you after visiting this website. Buyer can search his product with several options. After matching the criteria of product and price only byer can call you. After calling the market is out of online here. Next step is manual to buy and sell through any mutual way here there is no rules.

That means the process is simple just put Ad…get buyer…..receive call and deal personally.

But there is another problem is spam!! Most of the website are fake and they target visitor only for click on ad on their website. There are so many fake website that a general visitor will get on problem. Just they spend their time to search desire product. Here there is good news that BDLink toolbar is prepared specially for Bangladeshi people to find out real website with a single click only. BDLink toolbar collect and arrange all clean and spam free website for Bangladeshi people. You will get all kind of necessary link here.

List of Online Market place or Online Shopping

1. bikroy.com

 

2. cellbazaar.com

 

3. clickbd.com

4. bdstall.com  

5. mobilemela.com.bd

 

kroybikroy.com

 

ekdesh.org

 

 buysellbazar24.com

 

bazarsodai.com

 

buysell.barno24.com

 

e-wintech.com

 

 http://amarenglishblog.blogspot.com/

24bazaar.com

 

idhaka.com

 

bdbazar24.com

bangladesh.postad.com.bd

 

bdplace.com

PROSPECT OF EXPORT OF HORTICULTURAL COMMODITIES FROM BANGLADESH

PROSPECT OF EXPORT EXPANSION

World Demand

International trade in horticultural produce is growing rapidly. The import of horticultural produces in industrially developed countries' increased with the development of transportation and rising income. Horticultural markets are very much demand-specific. Therefore, exporting countries need different marketing channels to meet each importing country's specific demand in terms of appearance, size and time. Exporting countries also need sophisticated marketing research skills to identify the specific demand features of importing countries in order to produce the specific crops that meet their demand. World demand of fresh or processed horticultural product is increasing day by day. We need to produce quality products ensuring regular supply to enter the export markets. Compared to India, Bangladesh has an advantage that it does not have to pay import duties on horticultural produce in the EU countries. It is essential to invest in "EU standard" post-harvest facilities without which exporters will continue to lose money in exporting their produce to EU countries.

Bangladesh's Comparative Advantage

Bangladesh is well suited to the production of horticultural crops because of favorable climate and soils -tropical climate with no frost, plenty of rain and abundant water. Most of the land is fertile and comprises flood rich soils of the alluvial delta of the three large rivers. Along with favorable climate and soil, availability of inexpensive agricultural labor and a long agricultural background of the population also contribute favorably towards the comparative advantage that Bangladesh enjoys in this sector.

Export Potential of horticultural commodities

Fresh Produces

The experience of Hortex Foundation shows that with the improvement in the handling, packaging and cooling system, there seems to be a bright prospect for augmenting horticultural export from Bangladesh in future. From the experiences of Hortex Foundation, BRAC as well as Bangladesh Fruits, Vegetables and Allied Products Exporters' Association and also on the assessment of market trends, market demands, market access requirements and consumer preferences, the horticultural crops of exotic and Asian varieties appear to have high export potential are presented in Table 9.

CONCLUSION

The growth potential of horticultural sector in Bangladesh is higher than any other export sectors at the moment. But in spite of the high potentials, development in this area are still very slow and exporters are operating at low efficiency levels due to the diversified nature of problems associated with horticultural export.

Given necessary support to address the problems confronting the sector, Bangladesh can appear as a dependable and competitive supply source of different horticultural commodities for both ethnic and mainstream export markets.

It is, therefore, high time for the development of the agro-processing industry especially different horticultural industry to avail of the growing market opportunities abroad. These industries would generate demand for horticultural output thereby stimulating agricultural growth. It would also help income and employment generation and through value-addition process, would contribute significantly to the country’s over all economic growth.

RECOMMENDATION

Ø   Government should setup export processing zones especially for horticultural products, arrange export fair and export-import policy should be simplified for tax free production material and equipment import.

Ø   The required infrastructure (particularly cool chain) for export facilitation should be created on priority basis through the programmes of HORTEX and EPB.

Ø   Growers should be organized in the form of cooperatives to enter into the marketing channel.

Ø   To promote horticultural exports, the national carrier (Bangladesh Biman) should make available adequate cargo space on sectors connecting the major markets regularly and also provide freight concessions.

Prospects of Seed Industry in Bangladesh

The issue of agricultural development is globally important and especially crucial to satisfying the needs of the ever-growing population in a developing country like Bangladesh. Agriculture has been the mainstay of Bangladesh civilization. Even today, it is the fulcrum of Bangladesh economy, accounting for over 25 percent of the GDP and involving about 66 percent of over 140 million populations. In Bangladesh, an increasing population with an improved standard of living and continuously declining arable land continue to increase the pressure on natural resources.

In spite of the significant gains from the green revolution (1960s), the average production Bangladesh agriculture is significantly lower than that of the developed, as well as developing nations. There is an urgent need for the agriculture sector to grow at > 2.5 percent per annum to achieve sustained economic growth of >6.0- 6.5 percent in Bangladesh. In order to increase agricultural productivity, widespread use of genetically improved seeds and planting material is essential. Seeds area major input and the initial lever for bolstering agricultural production. Therefore, the Seed Industry is perceived as a cost-effective instrument of positive change in Bangladesh agriculture.

The development of the Seed Industry in Bangladesh from the 1960s through the 1970s was dominated by the public sector, with a supporting role played by the private sector. The growth of the Seed Industry in the private sector started in the early 1990s. The Government of Bangladesh recognizing the need for continuous up gradation of seed to maximize agricultural productivity and the worldwide trend of genetic research moving to the private sector, introduced a National Seed Policy on Seed Development (NSPSD) in 1993. The NSPSD has enabled medium and large seed enterprises and companies with foreign/ technical collaboration to start playing an increasing role in the development and marketing of high quality seed varieties thereby boosting agricultural production.

By the remarkable development achieved in the seed sector, with respect to development of seed quality, awareness to improved seeds and seed technology yet only 13% quality seed is possible to be supplied by the formal system against total demand and hence food deficit prevails in the country. A target has to be fixed for the supply of seed from the formal system and all out effort such as trained manpower, capital and facilities have to be taken to fulfill that target. A target (Table- 4) is suggested below:

By the remarkable development achieved in the seed sector, with respect to development of seed quality, awareness to improved seeds and seed technology yet only 13% quality seed is possible to be supplied by the formal system against total demand and hence food deficit prevails in the country. A target has to be fixed for the supply of seed from the formal system and all out effort such as trained manpower, capital and facilities have to be taken to fulfill the target. A target (Table-4) is suggested below:

Table 4: The target of supply of good seed from the formal system.

crop	BADC		DAE		BARI		BJRI		PRIVATE		TOTAL      (m.ton)
	2005-06	2010-11	2005-06	2010-11	2005-06	2010-11	2005-06	2010-11	2005-06	2010-11	2005-06	2010-11
Rice	29970	62435	44344	51750	------	------	------	-----	3350	15000	77664	129185
Wheat	12851	23000	6000	17700	200	200	------	-----	-----	-----	19051	40900
Maize	233	800	------	------	------	------	------	-----	3000	7000	3233	7800
Total	43054	86235	50344	69450	200	200	0	0	6350	22000	99948	177885
Jute	346	1400	------	215	------	------	110	135	1350	1680	1806	3430
Pulses	245	1292	------	2313	------	------	------	-----	-----	------	245	3605
Oil seed	398	1505	------	950	------	------	------	-----	-----	------	398	2455
Vegetables	63	85	------	------	0.2	0.56	------	-----	728	1353.4	791.2	1438.96
Oil seed	62	164.4	------	180	------	------	------	-----	65	151.9	107	496.3
Total	1094	4446.4	0	3658	0.2	0.56	110	135	2143	3185.3	3347.2	11425.26
Potato	9231	22500	------	------	------	------	------	-----	5000	7000	14231	29500
Grand total	53379	113181.4	50344	73108	200.2	200.56	110	135	13493	32185.3	117526.2	218810.26

Source: Requirement and Supply of Different Crop Seeds: a Projection (2005-11), Seed Wing MoA.

The total the requirement of seeds of different crops in 2010-2011will be 218810.26 m. tons against which 117526.2 m.tons in 2005-06, had been supplied from the formal seed system (Table-4). From table it is easily understandable that there is a bright prospect of the Seed Industry Business in Bangladesh.

Figure 5. Gradual increasing of seed requirement in our country.

Above figure shows that the total requirement of seed in Bangladesh is increasing gradually.

In Bangladesh, since 1990s economic liberalization along with the move towards privatization by the government seems to have had a positive impact on the private seed industry. Many new payers including multinational companies are entering the seed and agro­biotech market in Bangladesh. Today in Bangladesh, the private seed sector is playing a major role in popularizing improved crop varieties, particularly hybrid rice, maize, pearl millet, sorghum, and vegetable seed and HYV potato seeds. Population is the major determinant of the potential size of a seed market. Bangladesh, with a population of over 140 million, presents one of the largest potential domestic seed markets.

The major issues in the seed industry today are biotechnology, globalization, the WTO and its regulatory framework. Commercial products related to biotechnology in seed industry, such as insect resistant crops have more impact on the seed business than any development in decades. Globalization of economics and increased importance of WTO have created many opportunities as well as challenges for the seed industry. Many questions surround the regulatory framework for protecting owners of seeds as well as consumers from possible seed related problems, and ensuring that the industry maintains a market orientation and competitive edge. Other striking issues facing the seed industry as many chemical companies are now merging with seed companies to capitalize on new technologies, economics of scale in research, and access to global market.

 Technology advancement in agriculture can lead to a second green revolution in Bangladesh. The advances in biotechnology and their integration with plant breeding are likely to open up new vistas in Bangladesh a prospective food factory. The availability of a large research network infrastructure and the diversity of agro-climatic conditions make it possible to grow a specific crop for seed production all round the year in Bangladesh. Also, the availability of relatively less expensive agricultural labor could contribute to the growth of the seed industry to cater to the domestic seed market, seed exports, and contract custom seed production. Thus an effective Bangladesh Seed Industry with the capacity for a continuous supply of improved high quality seed varieties at competitive prices would serve as a catalyst to increase food production and for sustained agricultural and socio-economic development.

CONCLUSION

Ø  Good seed alone can give an increased production to the extent of 15-20% over the poor seed.

Ø  For that reason government has given a clear mandate to the public sector through to act as catalyst in promoting private sector through transfer of technology and providing breeder and foundation seeds.

Ø  As a result many private seed companies have been developed in our country and that company plays a vital role in respect of production and supply of quality seed to the farmers.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Ø  Awareness should be created among the farmers about the quality seed.

Ø  Incentive support for both public and private sector seed production and marketing should be enhanced.

Ø  Rules, regulations and procedures for import of seeds should continuously be revised and   adjusted when necessary.

Ø  Effective relationships should be established between public, private and NGOs sectors.