09. Study on Dairy Value Chain in Northern Char areas of Bangladesh

Client

Oxfam GB, Bangladesh

Location

Chars of Nilphamari, Rangpur, Gaibandha & Jamalpur

Duration

December 2011 – February 2012

Status

Completed

Background

Oxfam GB, Bangladesh has been implementing a project entitled "Resilience through Economic Empowerment, Climate Adaptation, Leadership and Learning (REE-CALL)" which promotes 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 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 a value chain analysis 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: