Empirical assessment of onion supply chain constraints in Bangladesh: A pre-covid to covid situation.

ABSTRACT: In Bangladesh, Covid-19 has wrecked devastation on people's livelihoods and economies. It began with supply chain disruptions affecting a variety of agricultural products, particularly perishable ones. Onion, the most consumed species in Bangladesh and Asia is also fallen into that category. The goal of this study was to shed light on the current onion supply chain as well as the constraints faced by the actors in Bangladesh's major onion-producing area markets (i.e., Pabna, Rajshahi, and Chapainawabganj). The extent to which pre-existing constraints on market actors of onion were discovered and distinguished in pre-covid to covid conditions. The backward supply chain analysis revealed that the local market seller supplied the majority of necessary farm inputs (i.e., seed, seedlings, and f

SUBMITTER: Mila FA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9568282 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature