Clustering shrimp farms in Bangladesh: A novel effort with mixed outcomes

Organizing smallholder farmers in clusters has been widely promoted as a way to boost agricultural productivity, streamline delivery of extension services, and improve access to markets. In Bangladesh, where shrimp is an important export crop produced largely by smallholders, government and industry...

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Autores principales: Kabir, Razin, Belton, Ben, Narayanan, Sudha, Sakil, Abdul Zabbar, Khan, Asraul Hoque, Hernandez, Ricardo
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174761
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author Kabir, Razin
Belton, Ben
Narayanan, Sudha
Sakil, Abdul Zabbar
Khan, Asraul Hoque
Hernandez, Ricardo
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Hernandez, Ricardo
Kabir, Razin
Khan, Asraul Hoque
Narayanan, Sudha
Sakil, Abdul Zabbar
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Belton, Ben
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Sakil, Abdul Zabbar
Khan, Asraul Hoque
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description Organizing smallholder farmers in clusters has been widely promoted as a way to boost agricultural productivity, streamline delivery of extension services, and improve access to markets. In Bangladesh, where shrimp is an important export crop produced largely by smallholders, government and industry view clustering as key to preventing Bangladesh being left behind in an increasingly competitive global market. Bangladesh’s shrimp exports are highly dependent on the hotel, restaurant, and catering (HoReCa) sector in Europe—a small and relatively low value market segment. Gaining access to the much larger and potentially more lucrative retail market segment in Europe and North America requires high quality, traceable, and - increasingly - certified, shrimp, posing a challenging for Bangladesh.
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spelling CGSpace1747612025-11-06T04:39:22Z Clustering shrimp farms in Bangladesh: A novel effort with mixed outcomes Kabir, Razin Belton, Ben Narayanan, Sudha Sakil, Abdul Zabbar Khan, Asraul Hoque Hernandez, Ricardo smallholders agricultural productivity markets extension systems shrimp culture exports Organizing smallholder farmers in clusters has been widely promoted as a way to boost agricultural productivity, streamline delivery of extension services, and improve access to markets. In Bangladesh, where shrimp is an important export crop produced largely by smallholders, government and industry view clustering as key to preventing Bangladesh being left behind in an increasingly competitive global market. Bangladesh’s shrimp exports are highly dependent on the hotel, restaurant, and catering (HoReCa) sector in Europe—a small and relatively low value market segment. Gaining access to the much larger and potentially more lucrative retail market segment in Europe and North America requires high quality, traceable, and - increasingly - certified, shrimp, posing a challenging for Bangladesh. 2025-05-21 2025-05-21T17:25:49Z 2025-05-21T17:25:49Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174761 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Kabir, Razin; Belton, Ben; Narayanan, Sudha; Sakil, Abdul Zabbar; Khan, Asraul Hoque; and Hernandez, Ricardo. 2025. Clustering shrimp farms in Bangladesh: A novel effort with mixed outcomes. South Asia Policy Perspectives 4. New Delhi, India: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174761
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agricultural productivity
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extension systems
shrimp culture
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Kabir, Razin
Belton, Ben
Narayanan, Sudha
Sakil, Abdul Zabbar
Khan, Asraul Hoque
Hernandez, Ricardo
Clustering shrimp farms in Bangladesh: A novel effort with mixed outcomes
title Clustering shrimp farms in Bangladesh: A novel effort with mixed outcomes
title_full Clustering shrimp farms in Bangladesh: A novel effort with mixed outcomes
title_fullStr Clustering shrimp farms in Bangladesh: A novel effort with mixed outcomes
title_full_unstemmed Clustering shrimp farms in Bangladesh: A novel effort with mixed outcomes
title_short Clustering shrimp farms in Bangladesh: A novel effort with mixed outcomes
title_sort clustering shrimp farms in bangladesh a novel effort with mixed outcomes
topic smallholders
agricultural productivity
markets
extension systems
shrimp culture
exports
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174761
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