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Problems and Potentials of Rural Growth Center: a Case Study of Rammohan Bazar at Barura Upazila in Cumilla District, Bangladesh by Md Global Journal of Management and Business Research: G Interdisciplinary Volume 20 Issue 6 Version 1.0 Year 2020 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Online ISSN: 2249-4588 & Print ISSN: 0975-5853 Problems and Potentials of Rural Growth Center: A Case Study of Rammohan Bazar at Barura Upazila in Cumilla District, Bangladesh By Md. Ziaul Haq Jahangirnagar University Abstract- Rural growth center can play a vital role in developing the economic condition of the rural people by acting as a prime stage for buying and selling agricultural products. This study analyzes the existing scenario and also reveal the problems of the growth center. The study market meets a great demand of the people of the surrounding area. This helps to create a various opportunity for the residence and also makes a great change to the lifestyle of the residence. For these reasons, this study also focuses on potential of the growth center. But there are also some problems. If all these problems can solve systematically, then it will be more effective for the people. To enhance the drawbacks of existing growth center management, the study attempts to recommend some measurements and guidelines for solving the problems of the growth center. Keywords: growth center, problems, potentials, measurement. GJMBR-G Classification: JEL Code: R00 ProblemsandPotentialsofRuralGrowthCenterACaseStudyofRammohanBazaratBaruraUpazilainCumillaDistrictBangladesh Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: © 2020. Md. Ziaul Haq. This is a research/review paper, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Problems and Potentials of Rural Growth Center: A Case Study of Rammohan Bazar at Barura Upazila in Cumilla District, Bangladesh Md. Ziaul Haq Abstract - Rural growth center can play a vital role in health care, education, population control, self- developing the economic condition of the rural people by employment, etc. can help to diffuse the knowledge and acting as a prime stage for buying and selling agricultural innovation. For these reasons, growth centerscan play 2020 products. This study analyzes the existing scenario and also an important role in the economic development of the reveal the problems of the growth center. The study market ear rural areas and at the same time; contribute significantly meets a great demand of the people of the surrounding area. Y towards local resource mobilization (Singha, 2006). This helps to create a various opportunity for the residence 25 and also makes a great change to the lifestyle of the The growth centers is facing terrible constraints residence. For these reasons, this study also focuses on in their functioning in the rural areas, which directly potential of the growth center. But there are also some affects on the rural economy. Most of the rural markets problems. If all these problems can solve systematically, then in Bangladesh have developed in an ad-hoc manner. it will be more effective for the people. To enhance the These markets are likely to have minimal facilities and in drawbacks of existing growth center management, the study dilapidated condition. Not only does this make trade attempts to recommend some measurements and guidelines difficult but also results in unnecessary spoilage and for solving the problems of the growth center. losses. As such, facilities, infrastructure, management Keywords: growth center, problems, potentials, and operations are haphazard and rarely meet the measurement. changing needs of market users. The operation and I. Introduction maintenance of the rural market are not entirely transparent. At the same time, it is apparent that market rowth Center in the village can be compared with management is weak and unrepresentative. Markets the Central Business District (CBD) of that arena. generate significant revenue, but little finds its way back ) G ( G The growth center performs as a center of for expenditure on maintenance and further economic, social, and cultural activities in the rural development. areas. These are the venues where people exchange There are about 17000 rural markets throughout their ideas with their neighbors regarding improved Bangladesh are popularly known as hat or Bazar, and methods of production and marketing and also serve as 2100 growth center spread over the country (Parna, the center of recreation (Das and Mondal, 2010). 2011). Growth center, as well as rural market needs a In Bangladesh, agriculture is the dominant pucca platform, interlink road, sheds, clean water, rain sector of the economy. About 76.67 % of the population and waste management facilities etc but absence of lives in rural areas and agriculture is the main these basic requirement in most of the rural markets and occupation of rural people (BBS, 2011). The growth growth center of Bangladesh resulting in unhygienic and centers, i.e., rural markets, hats, and bazaars are the inefficient marketing condition which has straight only outlets for village products. Not only farmers but outcome in the national economy. Improvement of the also many kinds of traders and craftsmen have been rural markets, therefore, assumes great importance in engaged in trading at these growth centers. At the same the overall development of the rural economy (Rashid, time, these growth centers are also the only channel 2015). through which urban industrial products, modern Rammohan Bazaar’s growth center is one of agricultural inputs and other daily needs of rural life the biggest markets of Barura Upazila in the Cumilla enter into the village economy. Besides, these are the District of Bangladesh. Most of the population was only centers in the rural area where off-farm employment dependent on agriculture and fishery in the area, and can be generated by through improving different modes this respect, the market can play a vital role in the Global Journal of Management and Business Research Volume XX Issue VI Version I of transportation and establishing rural and cottage development of economy of the locality, but the market industries. Above all, people's meeting in the markets is facing constraints in its way of functioning like a less can help to motivate and grow awareness regarding effective market management committee, absence of Author: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Jahangirnagar proper utility and infrastructure facilities and rarely meet University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh. the changing needs of market users. e-mail: [email protected] ©2020 Global Journals Problems and Potentials of Rural Growth Center: A Case Study of Rammohan Bazar at Barura Upazila in Cumilla District, Bangladesh No study has been conducted on the problems Bangladesh Economic Review. Information was also and potentials of the Rammohan Bazaar Growth Centre collected from several books, thesis papers, articles, yet. On the other hand, the market management journals, newspapers etc. and used the internet service authority faces a big problem in developing the market to collect data. systematically. In these circumstances, this article Primary data were collected from January to focuses on the existing scenarios, problems and February 2020. Primary data are collected by the potentials of this growth center. This article will help to following methods. reduce the constraints of functioning, utility services, Observation method infrastructure facilities and to meet the changing needs This method implies collecting information by of market users that will help to improve the overall way of the investigator’s observation, without conditions of the market. interviewing the respondents (Kothari, 2004). This II. Literature Review method was used to achieve the preliminary knowledge and make some basic concepts. This method is very 2020 In the earlier studies related to the growth center helpful in achieving a clear idea about the existing we found evidence of the problems, potentials, and ear conditions and problems of the market. Y some possible measurements to develop the growth Data collection through questionnaire and visitors 26 center. Marocchino (2009) provides practical guidelines for improving agricultural retail markets in rural areas count survey and analyses the strategic potential of upgrading as an A survey questionnaire is prepared for collecting significant component of rural development. Mondal & Information from the Sellers, Buyers and market Das (2010) focus on the growth center for the economic authority to meet the required data to fulfill the study & social development of rural Bangladesh. After building objectives. Questionnaires were developed, the growth center, the changes in social life along with encompassing all the data in data list that need to be the physical development of this area have been visible. collected. A total of 200 interviews is conducted from In recent years the purchasing intensity of different Sellers and Buyers separately. A focus group interview sectors such as agriculture, fisheries, etc. input was conducted from market committee. Visitors Count increased very fast. Thus, the numbers of buyers and Survey has been developed for counting total number of sellers, trade volume and turnover in these markets have visitors comes in the market in hat day and normal day. increased, which extends local
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