The Transformation of Rice Value Chains in Bangladesh and India: Implications for Food Security
Reardon, Thomas; Minten, Bart; Chen, Kevin Z.; Adriano, Lourdes | September 2013
Abstract
This paper reports the survey findings that rice value chains are transforming in
Bangladesh and India. The main elements of the transformation are as follows:
First, rice value chains in both countries have begun to “geographically lengthen”
and “intermediationally shorten.” Second, farmers capture about 60% of the final
urban retail price of rice; this can be compared to about 23% in 1998 and 37% in
1980 in the United States. Third, the corollary is that about 40% of the value
chain is formed by the postharvest segments of the rice value chain—in milling,
trading, and retailing. Fourth, while much policy debate centers on direct
government operations in food value chains, such operations were, in general,
quite small in the rice value chain, except for the Government of India’s
purchases from mills. Fifth, the indirect roles of governments have been
important in enabling change and at times in providing incentives for
transformation. Sixth, government subsidies had important effects, but the
evidence of accessibility to subsidies and the impact of the services were mixed.
Seventh, the study points to the importance of farm input supply chains upstream
from farmers and of midstream and downstream postharvest activities such as
logistics and wholesale, milling, and retailing. Policy implications are drawn in the
final section of the paper.
Citation
Reardon, Thomas; Minten, Bart; Chen, Kevin Z.; Adriano, Lourdes. 2013. The Transformation of Rice Value Chains in Bangladesh and India: Implications for Food Security. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/2300. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.ISSN
1655-5252
Keywords
Agriculture
Agricultural Trade
Trade
Trade Barriers
Trade Facilitation
Sustainable agriculture
Commercial agriculture
Trade Negotiations
Trade Development
Trade And Development
Regional TradAgreements
Agricultural Trade
Agriculture Trade Liberalization
Agricultural trade
Agricultural investment
Agricultural economy
Agricultural products
Import volume
Export volume
Tariff negotiations
Regional integration
Trade regulations
Agricultural market
Agricultural economy
Food
Agricultural resource
Farm produce
Natural products in agriculture
Plant products industry
New agricultural enterprises
Agricultural industry
Foreign trade and employment
Perishable goods
Consumer goods
Agricultural products
Agricultural industry
Food industry
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