07. Study on Duck and Maize Value Chain in Bangladesh

Client

Oxfam GB, Bangladesh

Location

North-eastern Haors;
Northern Chars and
Coastal South areas

Duration

March – May 2013

Status

Completed

Background

Oxfam GB, Bangladesh has been implementing two projects entitled "Resilience through Economic Empowerment, Climate Adaptation, Leadership and Learning (REE-CALL)" and "Wellbeing through Empowerment, Adaptation, Livelihoods, Resilience, and Transformational actions for vulnerable people living in Haor (WEALTH)" that promote building a resilient community to anticipate and combat the risks associated with disaster and climate change adaptation through economic empowerment, securing sustainable livelihood for women and men and developing women economic leadership in disaster prone NorthernChars, North-eastern Haors and Southern Coastal communities. The project is implementing a dairy value chain in the char areas on pilot basis. As part of the strengthening the dairy value chain in char areas, Oxfam GB commissioned two value chain analysis (Duck and Maize) study to GMark Consulting Limited to identify the root causes of constraints and opportunities for the chain’s development in Northern char areas of Bangladesh.

Tasks

GMark analyzed following issues in the dairy sector in the chars: