flower business in bangladesh
Flower markets of Bangladesh
Introduction:
Now-a-days flower market of Bangladesh is rapidly growing up. In Bangladesh, flower production initially started in late seventies by some farmers with the production of Tuberose. Large number commercial production was started in mid eighties in jhikargacha upazila of jessor district.
The most common, commercially grown flower species in Bangladesh are Tuberose,
Rose, Marigold etc. Bangladesh is well suited for cultivation of flower due to its favorable climate and other condition such as scope to expand cultivation in unutilized homestead lands, cheap labor, relatively low capital investment in contrast with high value addition and good prospect for exports.
Cultivation of flower is reported to give 3-5 times and 1.5-2 times more returns than gain from rice and vegetable cultivation. Now more than 10,000 hectors of land covers flower cultivation taking the lead by jessor district. More than 5,000 resilient farmers are growing flower and flora in the country and about 150,000 people are directly or indirectly involved in floriculture business as their only livelihood.
Floriculture with its ability to yield higher economic return per unit area is slowly gaining ground in the diversification plan in agriculture, which may help the crop farmers to improve their livelihood by enrollment their business to flower production. After achieving certain level of food security, the crop diversification plans can accelerate the national and economic develop of the country. Floriculture has not got any direct attention or direction from government. The achievement now it has is silently done by the private sector in an unorganized way without any support from the government. Therefore if this industry is explored by farmers, traders, exporters and policy maker it can significantly attend to the national economy by earning more foreign exchange, generating employment and increasing GDP.
Flower markets of
Introduction:
Now-a-days flower market of Bangladesh is rapidly growing up. In Bangladesh, flower production initially started in late seventies by some farmers with the production of Tuberose. Large number commercial production was started in mid eighties in jhikargacha upazila of jessor district.
The most common, commercially grown flower species in Bangladesh are Tuberose,
Rose, Marigold etc. Bangladesh is well suited for cultivation of flower due to its favorable climate and other condition such as scope to expand cultivation in unutilized homestead lands, cheap labor, relatively low capital investment in contrast with high value addition and good prospect for exports.
Cultivation of flower is reported to give 3-5 times and 1.5-2 times more returns than gain from rice and vegetable cultivation. Now more than 10,000 hectors of land covers flower cultivation taking the lead by jessor district. More than 5,000 resilient farmers are growing flower and flora in the country and about 150,000 people are directly or indirectly involved in floriculture business as their only livelihood.
Floriculture with its ability to yield higher economic return per unit area is slowly gaining ground in the diversification plan in agriculture, which may help the crop farmers to improve their livelihood by enrollment their business to flower production. After achieving certain level of food security, the crop diversification plans can accelerate the national and economic develop of the country. Floriculture has not got any direct attention or direction from government. The achievement now it has is silently done by the private sector in an unorganized way without any support from the government. Therefore if this industry is explored by farmers, traders, exporters and policy maker it can significantly attend to the national economy by earning more foreign exchange, generating employment and increasing GDP.
Flower markets of
References: Tables are noted from Agribusiness study by Hasneen Jahan, 2009.