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COMMERCIALIZATION of OILSEEDS and PULSES CONSULTATION REPORT I FINAL REPORT FEBRUARY 2021 Commercialization of Oilseeds and Pulses Stakeholder Consultation Workshops Final Report Akhter U. Ahmed, M. Mehrab Bakhtiar, Julie Ghostlaw, ASM Mahbubur Rahman Khan, Nasreen Sultana, Rezaul Karim Siddique, Subrata Kumar Kundu, and Shamim Ahmed Commercialization of Oilseeds and Pulses Stakeholder Consultation Workshops Final Report Akhter U. Ahmed1, M. Mehrab Bakhtiar, Julie Ghostlaw, ASM Mahbubur Rahman Khan, Nasreen Sultana, Rezaul Karim Siddique, Subrata Kumar Kundu, and Shamim Ahmed Prepared for United States Agency for International Development Award No. 7200AA19CA00019 Submitted by International Food Policy Research Institute Feed the Future Bangladesh Agricultural Policy Activity: Component 2 House 10A, Road 35, Gulshan 2, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh February 2021 1Akhter U. Ahmed ([email protected]) is the corresponding author for comments and queries. Funding for this work was provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Bangladesh Agricultural Policy Activity: Component 2. This publication has not been independently peer-reviewed. Any opinions stated herein are those of the author(s) and are not necessarily representative of or endorsed by IFPRI or USAID. CONTENTS Acronyms iii Acknowledgments ....................................................................................................................... v 1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Overview of Stakeholder Consultation Workshops ..................................................... 1 1.2 Program Format and Participation .............................................................................. 1 1.3 Organization of Report ................................................................................................ 2 2 Barishal District ................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Production Experiences .............................................................................................. 3 2.2 Oilseeds and Pulses Supply-Side Issues .................................................................... 3 2.3 Policy Perspective on Oilseeds and Pulses Production and Commercialization Issues 4 2.4 Marketing of Oilseeds and Pulses............................................................................... 6 2.5 Concluding Findings ................................................................................................ 7 3 Cox’s Bazar District ............................................................................................................. 9 3.1 Production Experiences .............................................................................................. 9 3.2 Oilseeds and Pulses: Supply-Side Issues ................................................................... 9 3.3 Policy Perspective .....................................................................................................10 3.4 Concluding Findings ..................................................................................................12 4 Dhaka District ....................................................................................................................14 4.1 Production Experiences .............................................................................................14 4.2 Marketing of Oilseeds and Pulses..............................................................................14 4.3 Policy Perspective on Oilseeds and Pulses ...............................................................15 4.4 Concluding Findings ..................................................................................................19 5 Jashore District ..................................................................................................................20 5.1 Production Experiences .............................................................................................20 5.2 Oilseeds and Pulses Supply-Side Issues ...................................................................21 5.3 Oilseeds and Pulses Supply-Side Issues ...................................................................22 5.4 Policy Perspective on Oilseeds and Pulses ...............................................................22 5.5 Concluding Findings ..................................................................................................25 6 Khulna District ....................................................................................................................27 6.1 Production Experiences .............................................................................................27 6.2 Oilseeds and Pulses Supply-Side Issues ...................................................................28 6.3 Marketing of Oilseeds and Pulses..............................................................................29 COMMERCIALIZATION OF OILSEEDS AND PULSES CONSULTATION REPORT i 6.4 Policy Perspective .....................................................................................................30 6.5 Concluding Findings ..................................................................................................33 7 Conclusions .......................................................................................................................34 References ...............................................................................................................................39 Appendix 1: Invitation ................................................................................................................40 Appendix 2: Workshop Program ...............................................................................................41 LIST OF TABLES Table 1.1 Commercialization of Oilseeds and Pulses workshop agenda .................................... 1 Table 1.2 Commercialization of Oilseeds and Pulses district workshop participation, by stakeholder category .................................................................................................................. 2 COMMERCIALIZATION OF OILSEEDS AND PULSES CONSULTATION REPORT ii ACRONYMS ACI Advanced Chemical Industries AEO Agricultural Extension Officer APSU Agricultural Policy Support Unit BADC Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation BARC Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council BARI Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute BDT Bangladeshi Taka BINA Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture BNA Bangladesh Nutrition Activity BRDB Bangladesh Rural Development Board BRDC Bangladesh Rural Development Cooperation BRRI Bangladesh Rice Research Institute BSMRAU Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University CIMMYT International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center CSO Chief Scientific Officer DAE Department of Agricultural Extension DD Deputy Director DDC Democratic Development Centre DRD Deputy Research Director GOB Government of Bangladesh HYV High yielding variety IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute Kg Kilogram KSC Konika Seed Company LC Letter of Credit LTS Lal Teer Seed Limited MoU Memorandum of understanding COMMERCIALIZATION OF OILSEEDS AND PULSES CONSULTATION REPORT iii MRT Mister Rafique Tuhin MT Metric ton NCPL Northern Consumers Product Limited NGO Non-governmental organization ORC Oilseeds Research Centre PSO Principal Scientific Officer RDC Rice and Diversified Crops SME Small and medium enterprise SSO Senior Scientific Officer UAO Upazila Agriculture Officer USAID United States Agency for International Development UVTO Upazila Vocational Training Officer UWA University of Western Australia ZOI Zone of Influence ZOR Zone of Resilience COMMERCIALIZATION OF OILSEEDS AND PULSES CONSULTATION REPORT iv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This report is an output of the Commercialization of Oilseeds and Pulses virtual stakeholder consultation workshops, organized by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and facilitated by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), which took place from November 29-December 3, 2020. We gratefully acknowledge USAID for funding this study through the Bangladesh Agricultural Policy Activity under USAID Award Number 7200AA19CA00019. USAID provided significant guidance throughout the planning and implementation of the Commercialization of Oilseeds and Pulses stakeholder consultation workshops. We appreciate USAID/Bangladesh’s support from Dr. Osagie Aimiuwu, Deputy Director, Economic Growth Office & Feed the Future Team Lead; Mr. Roy Fenn, Project Management Specialist (Market Systems Development); Mr. Muhammad Nuruzzaman, Agriculture Officer; and Mr. Mehedi Hasan, Project Management Specialist. We thank Green Ink, a Bangladeshi public relations and media content firm, for facilitating the Zoom workshops, providing written translation during the virtual workshops, and transcribing and translating the oilseeds and pulses virtual workshops. We appreciate The Right Kind, a strategic consultancy and implementation agency, for its rapporteur services and written translation during the workshops. We especially thank Mr. Shamim Ahmed, Project Officer, The Right Kind, and the Green Ink team for their immense contributions towards the production of this report. We acknowledge support from USAID-funded Feed the Future activities in nominating and supporting the participation of various stakeholders through different means,
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