Strawberry Cultivation in Bangladesh

Strawberry Cultivation

 The primary garden strawberry was developed in Brittany, France amid the late eighteenth century. Preceding this, wild strawberries and developed determinations from wild strawberry species were the regular wellspring of the organic product.

The strawberry natural product was said in antiquated Roman writing in reference to its restorative utilize. The French started taking the strawberry from the timberland to their greenhouses for collect in the fourteenth century. Charles V, France's lord from 1364 to 1380, had 1,200 strawberry plants in his illustrious garden. In the mid fifteenth century western European ministers were utilizing the wild strawberry as a part of their enlightened original copies. The strawberry is found in Italian, Flemish, and German workmanship, and in English miniatures. The whole strawberry plant was utilized to treat depressive diseases.

Strawberry Plants

The atmosphere in the northern locale of Bangladesh gives the ideal conditions to strawberry development. The perfect development time frame is November to December. This is on the grounds that Bangladesh has milder winter contrasted with the United States, where strawberries are just developed amid late spring. Accordingly, it hits the market right on time in the year, corresponding with a spike in the interest for winter organic products. The high prevalence of the berry locally builds the possibilities of thorough market extension. This prospect has pulled in numerous potential speculators, vast and little.

Strawberries have various medical advantages as they are rich in supplements. As indicated by World Health Organization (WHO), Bangladesh is a supplement insufficient nations and advancing the natural product will beat this inadequacy, for example, by lessening the danger of heart assaults, as studies recommend. Truth be told, the American strawberry industry has encountered an upward pattern in per capita utilization because of mindfulness about its medical advantages, as per discoveries of the Agricultural Marketing and Resource Center (AgMRC). Given the potential medical advantages and with due determination by overseeing bodies, Bangladesh's strawberry development has the potential for momentous development.

With the retail cost of around Tk. 300 for each kg, strawberry development is a beneficial wander for the ranchers and can possibly ease weight on provincial poor to move to substantial urban communities. It has effectively made pay openings in the Rajshahi area for some who retreated home from Dhaka. The 2010 Labor Force Survey demonstrated that unemployment in Rajshahi locale remained at around 379 thousand (3.79 lakh) individuals, essentially lower than that of Dhaka or the national normal (Figure 1). With the blast in strawberry development, well-paying work openings have opened up for some agriculturists who were already unemployed or had low earnings.

Amid early years of strawberry development in Bangladesh, many anticipated that the practice would change the farming segment, and make another fare industry. Be that as it may, the information demonstrates that present creation is still to get up to speed with the rising nearby request. Rather, the nation is bringing in strawberries. As per National Board of Revenue (NBR), Tk 700 thousand (7 lakh) worth of strawberries were foreign made into Bangladesh in 2014. Request ascended amongst July and December in 2015 and this prompted to the import of Tk. 1.35 million (13.5lakh) worth of strawberries (Figure 2). With a sizable measure of interest being met with imports, obviously there is a vast neglected request particularly in the urban markets. Accepting a steady request development, household strawberry creation could be expanded in rivalry with imports.

 From the supply-side, Bangladesh is still a minor strawberry-delivering country with moderately couple of years of involvement in developing this yield contrasted with different countries. There is an absence of cutting edge hardware and devices for adjustment and development that bargain efficiency and quality. With superb strawberries being delivered in fair sized economies, for example, Turkey, Spain and Mexico, there is scarcely any worldwide interest for Bangladeshi strawberries. At this stage the nation can't contend in the universal market, which is commanded by strawberries from the United States. Besides, Bangladesh does not have the correct foundation for capacity and solidifying (e.g. warehousing and chilly stockpiling) required by this sensitive natural product, which blocks the suitability of large scale manufacturing.

Strawberry development is an undiscovered market in Bangladesh, given its medical advantages, work openings and developing interest supported by rising white collar class pay in the nation. In the event that the weaknesses as far as cutting edge innovation, assets, and a viable stockpiling framework to keep up the nature of strawberries are defeat, Bangladesh can move towards large scale manufacturing and development of the organic product, accordingly accomplishing economies of scale and making it a more gainful wander. The administration ought to set up a proficient circulation channel with the use of versatile innovation which will bring estimating straightforwardness and keep the agriculturists all around educated about the market. This will check the liberated value setting regularly done by the brokers in Bangladesh. Strawberries have a short time span of usability. By eliminating the strategic costs, the evaluating and nature of the organic product will be more agreeable to the buyers. Besides, appropriate capacity and solidifying offices can prolong the time frame of realistic usability whereby the customers can conceivably purchase strawberries consistently.

With an effective creation and store network administration, it might be conceivable to completely take care of the neighborhood demand, which so far has not been met by a tremendous edge. Additionally, scholastic and research foundations, for example, Rajshahi University and Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) ought to work to develop and achieve hereditary differing qualities in strawberries, which is one of the essential needs in the strawberry development division. On the off chance that done as such, new and improved principles could make Bangladeshi strawberries cost focused in the universal market and along these lines make ready for fare openings while taking care of neighborhood demand. Catching fare showcases notwithstanding taking care of rising neighborhood demand will be the exit plan for this area to produce more income and make work to help the economy.

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