Prelude:
Bangladesh economy is primarily dependent on agriculture. About 84% 0f the total population lives in the rural areas and is directly or indirectly engaged in a wide range of agricultural activities. Agriculture contributes about 20.29% to the country’s GDP (23%) About 43.6% of the labor force is employed in agriculture with about 57% being employed in the crop sector.
Bangladesh has resource endowments to develop agro-based industries. It has rich alluvial soil, a year-round frost-free environment, available water and an abundance of cheap labor. Increased cultivation of vegetables, spices and tropical fruits now grown in Bangladesh could supply raw materials to local agribusiness for both domestic and export markets. Progressive agricultural practices have improved marketing techniques. Modern processing facilities have raised the quality of agribusiness and expanded production levels significantly. Priority agro products are canned juices, fruits, vegetables, and dairy and poultry products.
Keywords: Agro food product, Supply chain management, logistics of the supply chain, Inventory management.
Objectives of the Study
Objective of this study is to develop a logistics activity mix which will result in the highest possible return on investment over time. Keeping the imperatives in view, the following proponents have been embedded in this paper:
Snap of the main supply chains for agro food products and discussed the important features in Context of consolidation and distribution ;
Status of harvest handling and cold storage logistics of the supply chain;
Logistics management of the supply chains;
Main causes of success of agro food products supply chains;
Salient issues and impediments in enha...
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Cover the issues involved with supply chain management such as placement of supply chain management within the organization and the relationship supply management holds with other departments, with an overview of management efforts in supply chain management.
A supply chain is a system through which organizations deliver their products and services to their customers. The network begins with the basic ingredients to start the chain of supply, which are the suppliers that supply raw materials, ingredients, and so on. From there, it will transfer the supplies to the manufacturer who builds, assembles, converts, or furnishes a product. The chain now needs to get the product to the consumer by transporting the finished product from the manufacturer through a warehouse or distribution center. An example is that Wal-Mart has a nearby distribution center where products are delivered there and then split up to be delivered to a retail Wal-Mart. “Wal-Mart will take responsibility for breaking down larger loads and delivering the product to other Wal-Mart stores” (Ehring 1).
In 1992 rice is also distributed in other countries. During that year the country has a total population of 65.34 million and rice utilization per capita of 87.13 kilograms per capita per year or 238.71 grams per capita per day is about 5.7 million metric tons of rice. Farmers are producing about 5.97 million metric tons, while 35, 101 metric tons are exported (Virola, 2011). Today, as Suministrado (n.d.) mentioned, only 18 million tons of rice are produced in the year 2013 and the country is already a net rice importer. Hindrances to this are higher cost of farm inputs, greater incidence of pests and diseases, environmental problems and the lack of access to farming technologies. Moreover, Briones (n.d.) added that there is intense competition in the World market, especially now that there is a free exchange of commodities in the ASEAN
Farming is a huge boon to the local economy. Ninety-six percent of all American farms owned are family owned farms. The average farmer provides food for one hundred and fifty-five American families. When a community buys local, homegrown foods they support their families while also contributing to the towns economy and family
Logistics exists to satisfy customer requirements by facilitating relevant manufacturing and marketing operation. The main responsibility of logistic is the geographical positioning of raw materials, work in process and finished inventories at the lowest possible cost.
Agriculture is the mainstay of the economy, providing livelihood to approximately 75 per cent of the population. There is considerable scope for diversification and expansion of the agricultural sector through accelerated food crop production, processing and marketing.
etc. For businesses or companies could get more money by growing these crops with low
It is said that the markets should focus on the agrobiodiversity since it has a big role and has a potential in entering the markets. Studies have made under Biodiversity International and concluded that agrobiodiversity can be handled or supported by the markets. The agricultural products are important to be in the market not only to benefit the farmers, but also to increase the production of the agricultural products of the different countries like the coconuts. For example the Coconuts in Vietnam (Tam Quan Nam), the people occasionally sell the raw product because their community is poor in growing coconuts. The people wanted to increase the production so they made different products using coconuts like ropes, doormats, geotextiles and many more. Because of all of this, the people in Vietnam earned more because their community consumes a lot of
Since 1985 horticultural produce and commodities such as fruits and vegetables in developing countries are making up a large proportion of their exports which have led to an increase in their overall share of world productions (Segre, 1998). A share in the world agricultural trade of fruits and vegetables has increased from $3.4 billion (10.6 percent) in 1961 to nearly $70 billion
A supply chain is a network of facilities that procure raw materials, transform them into intermediate goods and then final products, and deliver the products to customers through a distribution system [1]. The basic objective of supply chain is to “optimize performance of the chain to add as much value as possible for the least cost possible.
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In a way that the business will not be able to compete in the market without logistics. The author have defined the main components of logistics which are transportation, inventory management and warehouse management, moreover some guidelines upon the successful business functions have also been given .In order to minimize the total logistics cost and thereby the competitiveness in business logistics, this work has been applied in the operations , research techniques of the three constituents discussed respectively. (Dr.D.Ghosh,
Our country has favorable conditions for the development of industrial crops and fruit trees: The climate is humid tropical monsoon with high heat, high humidity. There are many types of soil suitable industrial crops: feralit land in the mountains, alluvial soils of the plains. The labor abundant experience. Processing industry is growing; large market demand. Policies to encourage the development of the state. The development of industrial crops and fruit trees brought many great significance: Supply of raw materials for the processing industry, providing exports. To contribute to job creation, redistribution of labor on a national scale. Promote economic and social development in disadvantaged areas. Speaking of the achievements of agriculture, we will talk to the achievement of food production in our country recently: Rice planted area increased: 5.6 million hectares (1980) to 7.3 million hectares (2005). The crop structure has changed. Productivity increased at 4.9 tonnes / ha / year. Food production in paddy increased: 14.4 million tonnes (1980) to 39.5 million tons, including 36 million tons of rice (2005). Average food at over 470 kg / person / year. Vietnam is one of the leading rice exporter in the world. Acreage and crop production also increased rapidly. The Mekong Delta is the largest food producing countries, accounting