Originally of October, the cost of a dozen eggs touched a document of Tk 180. Even if the cost has come down a little because of the intervention of the federal government, it has now not but reached the achieve of the decrease elegance. Jago Information began investigating why the cost of eggs abruptly greater via leaps and boundaries. Achieving from the marginal farmer to the massive Artaddar of Dhaka.
At the floor investigation, it may be noticed that middlemen have absolute regulate over the cost of eggs. Manufacturer farmers haven’t any position. Farmers have no idea the cost of eggs even on the time of sale. Regardless of the provide, buyers lodge to cell messaging to safe their funding. The costs of various ranges are knowledgeable via messages. The participants of the egg syndicate are preserving the farmers hostage in more than a few techniques and appearing absolute dominance. Time and again the cost will increase whilst being within the truck.
Two rupees of the cost of each and every egg is going to the wallet of the middlemen. Consistent with the Division of Farm animals, the rustic produces a median of fifty million eggs in step with day. Consistent with this, the middlemen are retreating about 10 crore rupees in step with day and about 3 thousand 650 crore rupees in step with 12 months.
Farm Rooster Eggs/Mahbub Alam
Tangail produces the absolute best collection of eggs within the nation; Amongst them, the hub of manufacturing is Ghatail Upazila. Each day about 11 lakh eggs come from there to other markets of Dhaka. There are 9 hundred and fifty farmers. Eggs achieve the arms of the patron in the course of the arms of marginal farmers, native entrepreneurs, media (intermediaries), entrepreneurs and wholesalers of Dhaka. Customers have to shop for eggs value 11 taka 10 paisa at 13 taka 33 paisa (October 29 value) in a five-step handover.
‘We aren’t rated at 4 or 5. Then I promote it the place I am getting a excellent value. And the charges of farmers come via messages.’- Mustafa Kamal
What was once realized via going to the marginal farm
Karna village of Jamuria union of Ghatail upazila. Billal Hossain’s six sheds in Madhya Karna have 17,000 layers of chickens. Egg manufacturing is 1200 to 1300 items in step with day. The employees of Mustafa Enterprises, an area farmer in Ghatail, got here two days in a row to take the eggs produced within the farm. On October 29, Billal laid two and a part thousand items of eggs in that rooster. However then he does not understand how a lot the egg will price.
Within the afternoon, farmer Billal Hossain was once knowledgeable via cell phone from Mustafa Endeavor that the cost of 11 taka 10 paise in step with piece of egg has been mounted.
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After that, I talked to the landlord Mustafa Kamal. He mentioned, ‘This charge of farmers got here from Dhaka. I additionally bought eggs via preserving a fee of 20 paise over that charge. Of this, about 10 paise is the sporting price (transportation price) and the price of breaking eggs. After some time they’ll be despatched to Dhaka via truck.’
When requested how the eggs had been bought in Dhaka and the way the cost was once decided, Mustafa Kamal mentioned, “We should not have a charge of 4 or 5 eggs.” Then I promote it the place I am getting a excellent value. And farmers’ charges come via messages.’
‘Now eggs are making some benefit. But if the cost of eggs falls to eight rupees, the price of manufacturing does now not lower. Losses should be paid. After making an investment 1.5 million rupees, I paintings right here myself for 14 hours an afternoon. Occasionally I do not even get what I deserve.’- Farmer Billal Hossain
How a lot did the farmer get?
Speaking to a number of farmers together with Billal Hossain, it’s identified that now about 10 and a part taka is being spent at the manufacturing of each and every egg. Because the marketplace is excellent, they’re getting 60 paisa benefit on each and every egg that day. Then again, the cost of eggs is reducing abruptly since final week. They concern that this benefit won’t final lengthy.
Billal Hossain’s account of egg manufacturing in his pocket book presentations that each and every hen in his farm wishes 120 grams of meals in step with day, the cost of which is 7 rupees. A rooster eats handiest meals for 22 to twenty-eight weeks earlier than laying eggs, so her price will increase via some other 25 paise an afternoon. An extra 25 paise is added to the cost of layer small children. The price of water and electrical energy for 1,000 hen sheds is 4,000 taka per thirty days, and the price of medications is set 10,000 taka. Hire of farm premises, price of 12 laborers are separate. But even so, financial institution mortgage pastime and different bills are added to the cost of each and every egg.
Billal Hossain mentioned, ‘Now eggs are making some benefit. But if the cost of eggs falls to eight rupees, the price of manufacturing does now not lower. Losses should be paid. After making an investment 1.5 million rupees, I paintings right here myself for 14 hours an afternoon. Occasionally I do not even deserve it.’
‘Eggs must be bought on the similar value because the buyers in Dhaka give the message of the cost. We can not resolve the cost even via generating. That is handiest the case with eggs, now not with some other product. That is the largest explanation why in the back of the rise in the cost of eggs.’-Farmer Suja Mia
The manufacturer does now not have the cost
Those farmers are doing industry with large funding and chance. However others set the cost of their eggs. Artadar Mustafa mentioned he had negotiated the benefit at the eggs he purchased, however the farmer’s message was once ‘unseen’.
Artdar Mustafa gained a message about the cost of eggs that day from a businessman in Munshiganj. Then again, he didn’t divulge the title of the businessman.
Figuring out the marketplace motion, those cheating buyers are preserving farmers hostage and purchasing eggs at their very own handy costs via messages. This guarantees that there’s no chance of benefit or loss.
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Suja Mia, a farmer in Ghatail’s Zamuria, mentioned, ‘Eggs must be bought on the similar value because the buyers in Dhaka give the message of the cost to the hawkers. We can not resolve the cost even via generating. That is handiest the case with eggs, now not with some other product. That is the largest explanation why in the back of the rise in the cost of eggs.
Who is that this syndicate?
Jago Information carried out a seek for a couple of days in Dhaka’s Tejgaon Araat and Kaptanbazar after seeing the placement of Ghatail’s eggs and getting knowledge. It may be noticed that there’s a huge syndicate in Tejgaon, involving a number of leaders of the Tejgaon Egg Buyers Multipurpose Cooperative Society. They’re sitting each and every afternoon to night solving this value, which is unfold around the nation via masses of buyers and egg buying and selling ‘media’. Egg costs are applied via small buyers. They’re unfold around the nation. Maximum of them should not have any farm. They’re referred to as ‘media’.
Farmer/Mahbub Alam gathering hen eggs from the farm
Tejgaon is without doubt one of the largest wholesale markets for promoting eggs within the capital. 14 to fifteen lakh eggs arrive day by day in Tejgaon. The call for for eggs in Dhaka is one crore. Eggs are introduced right here via vehicles from farms in numerous portions of the rustic. After that eggs are provided from Tejgaon to more than a few retail markets and neighborhoods of Dhaka. Then again, being the biggest marketplace, the cost of eggs in Tejgaon impacts the retail marketplace around the nation.
With this chance, just a few buyers listed here are doing the industry of crores of eggs each day. They basically purchase eggs gathered from marginal spaces and wholesale them to special buyers. No person has a receipt for getting and promoting eggs. Transactions are completed on ‘virtual receipts’ despatched by means of SMS.
‘No doubt a large syndicate is operating. A case has additionally been filed towards them within the Pageant Fee because of marketplace syndication. Then again, they’re nonetheless beneath repairs. They’re destroying the marginal farmers and getting cash of billions of rupees themselves. – BPA President Md. Suman Hawladar
Participants of the Syndicate stay in impact
In the meantime, Bangladesh Poultry Affiliation (BPA), a company of marginal farmers, has been complaining on behalf of those buyers for a very long time. President of the group. Suman Howladar mentioned, ‘It’s been mentioned for a very long time with particular proof that the egg buyers’ associations set the cost of eggs illegally. Does now not use gross sales receipts, because of which the cost of eggs fluctuates day by day. The marketplace is unstable. I’ve given this knowledge to each and every division of the federal government.’
BPA president. Suman Hawladar
Suman Howladar mentioned, ‘There should be a large syndicate operating in the back of this. A case has additionally been filed towards them within the Pageant Fee because of marketplace syndication. Then again, they’re nonetheless beneath repairs. They’re destroying the marginal farmers and getting cash of crores of rupees themselves.’
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By way of elevating a couple of paise to the farmers, they grabbed two rupees for each and every egg. They at all times repair the cost of farm eggs on this manner, so that they have got two rupees in hand. On this, they’re loosing 1000’s of crores of rupees yearly.
“If you happen to get a excellent value and promote eggs in different places, when the cost drops, the former wholesaler won’t purchase eggs. Hundreds of eggs will rot. Pressured via this concern, everybody sells eggs to the designated farmer.’- Farmer Korban Ali
Hostage farmers in syndicates
Artdars purchase eggs from farmers each and every two to 4 days. Although the farmer desires to, he can not promote the eggs to somebody else, he has to promote the eggs to the similar wholesaler.
On this regard Korban Ali, the oldest farmer of Karna house of Ghatail, mentioned, ‘If you happen to get a excellent value and promote eggs in different places, when the cost drops, the former wholesaler won’t purchase eggs. Hundreds of eggs will rot. Pressured via this concern, everybody sells eggs to the designated farmer.
Eggs are gathered from farms and saved for wholesalers/Mahbub Alam
But even so, many farmers take different monetary advantages together with meals from buyers and sellers earlier than generating eggs. They can not promote eggs in different places.
Upazila Farm animals Officer Bahauddin Sarwar Rizvi has been operating in Ghatail for seven years. He advised Jago Information, ‘Farmers should be made unbiased. They’re hostages. Kamla is handiest giving cash to others.’
The fee will increase handiest when it adjustments arms
Jago Information tries to determine the place the eggs of Artatdar Mustafa Kamal are going from Ghatail, who’s purchasing them. Two times swapping is located after spawning within the crooked truck. The 3rd took Kaptanbazar and Tejgaon. After that, the wholesale and retail buyers of Dhaka turned into with regards to the patron.
Artdar Mustafa, who sells eggs to the businessman in Munshiganj, purchased one truckload of eggs, one and a part lakh items. He has bought 50 thousand eggs in Chittagong. He bought the remainder 100,000 items to a businessman named Masud Molla in Kaptanbazar. From there some eggs got here again to Tejgaon. Then some went to the wholesalers in Shantinagar and Newmarket within the van. Wholesale buyers promote wholesale and retail from stores to community stores. Then it is going to the patron.
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On this marketing campaign, the consumer has to shop for the farm’s 11 taka 10 paisa eggs for 13 taka 33 paisa.
‘We don’t resolve the cost of eggs via message. I do not even know who does it. We now have additionally complained about this to the Ministry of Trade at the side of the Directorate of Client Affairs.’- Mohammad Amanat Ullah.
Names of the ones within the ‘syndicate’, what they are saying
Inquiries have published to Jago Information the names of a few buyers who’re in a ‘syndicate’ to extend the cost of eggs, informants mentioned.
It’s identified that the landlord of the egg value message is the buyers of Tejgaon. Amongst which, former president of Tejgaon Egg Buyers Multipurpose Cooperative Affiliation, Mohammad Amanat Ullah, Md. There are 14 to 17 buyers together with Hanif, Nasir Uddin, Al-Amin. But even so, there are Chittagong businessmen Delwar Hossain, Shahjahan, Liton, Emon, Mainuddin, Didar, Salim and others.
Eggs/Mahbub Alum are being stuffed in cages
But even so, it is usually identified about Masud, Zahir of Kaptanbazar, Ahmed Ali of Narayanganj.
Then again, Mohammad Amanat Ullah utterly denied the topic and advised Jago Information, ‘We don’t resolve the cost of eggs via messages. I do not even know who does it. We now have additionally complained about this to the Division of Client Affairs and the Ministry of Trade.
Amanat Ullah mentioned in line with the query, “We do not take a seat any place with the marketplace.” Occasionally there are conferences about their private issues.’
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He mentioned, ‘messages and messages are faux. Those that do are hypocrites.’
The ‘media’ folks additionally play a job in figuring out the cost of eggs. However maximum of them wouldn’t have any farm. Some of the individuals performing as those ‘media’ are Alamgir of Narsingdi, Rashed of Bhairab, Saiful Talukder of Mymensingh, Monir Talukder, Abu Saeed, Ajmal, Rana, Alamin, Raham Ali, Arif Hossain and Kamal, Kalam and Manju Mia of Tangail, Bachir of Gazipur, Abu Kalam, Rana Mia, Farooq Mia, Haroon and Shakeel.
A couple of of them, when referred to as in regards to the solving of egg costs, refused to remark. Arif Hossain of Mymensingh mentioned, ‘How do we resolve the cost? We purchase, promote at a benefit of 10 paise. We might quite regulate the marketplace.
‘I’ve by no means noticed the initiative of promoting farm eggs even all over losses. The Division of Farm animals will have to be concerned within the advertising of eggs from those farms. Even so, manufacturers gets some coverage.’- CAB vice-president SM Najer Hossain
Give protection to egg farmers
Vice President of Client Affiliation of Bangladesh (CAB) SM Najer Hossain advised Jago Information, “A number of adjustments of eggs are a large downside. We now have been pronouncing this repeatedly. I’m additionally speaking in regards to the vicious cycle that farmers are caught in in the case of manufacturing. However as a lot significance because it will have to were given on this case, by no means the federal government or somebody confirmed it.’
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Nazer Hossain mentioned, ‘Farmers haven’t any energy. They’re hostages. As a result of they’re by no means given financial institution loans. No person provides any capital. We mentioned, give them coverage via banks, NGOs or cattle. They (farmers) can get out of those syndicates if they’re in regulate of their very own industry. There’s no manner with out it.’
CAB Vice President SM Nazer Hossain
‘I’ve by no means noticed a farmer’s initiative to promote eggs even all over losses. The Division of Farm animals will have to be concerned within the advertising of eggs from those farms. Even then the manufacturers gets some coverage.’
Hasnat Abdullah’s anger for now not with the ability to ruin the syndicate
Hasnat Abdullah, the convener of the anti-discrimination pupil motion, which led the July-August mass rebellion of the scholars, expressed anger that the meantime govt may just now not ruin the syndicate. On October 9, he wrote on his verified Fb ID, ‘Whilst the egg was once within the truck, it was once modified 4 instances within the caravan marketplace. To this point this govt has now not been in a position to wreck any syndicate, handiest the signboard of the syndicate has modified. What’s the number one significance of this coup if we can not regulate the cost of items via breaking the syndicate?’
If eggs may also be reached without delay from this house with out exchanging eggs, the cost of each and every egg can be lowered via two rupees. All the way through the corona pandemic and fasting, Ghatail eggs had been bought without delay beneath the initiative of the Division of Farm animals, it was once confirmed then. – Ghatail Upazila Farm animals Officer Bahauddin Sarwar Rizvi
What the Division of Farm animals and Agricultural Advertising and marketing says
Ghatail Upazila Farm animals Officer Bahauddin Sarwar Rizvi advised Jago Information, ‘If eggs may also be without delay reached from this house with out handover, the cost of each and every egg can be lowered via two rupees. It was once proved that all over the corona epidemic and fasting, the eggs of Ghatayl had been bought without delay via the Directorate of Farm animals.
Ghatail Upazila Farm animals Officer Bahauddin Sarwar Rizvi/Mahbub Alam
Superintendent (Farms) of Farm animals Division Shariful Haque mentioned that egg marketplace control contains marginal farmers, medium farmers and massive farmers. The problem of giving SMS citing the cost of eggs has additionally been approved via more than a few egg buyers associations. However by no means proved. Details about this has been given to legislation enforcement companies a number of instances from more than a few conferences. Nonetheless there may be confusion in regards to the topic.’
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He mentioned, ‘Buyers have already been requested to offer money memos for promoting merchandise. The paintings of issuing written directions on this regard is in growth.
Director of Agriculture Advertising and marketing Directorate Mohammad Reza Ahmed Khan mentioned, ‘Value solving isn’t felony. Consistent with the Agricultural Advertising and marketing Act, 2008, nobody can promote produce with no receipt. Those that purchase eggs from manufacturers don’t divulge the acquisition value. It’s unlawful.’
‘There can be no intermediary between the hen, egg, chick manufacturer and the patron. A number of firms are seeking to take over egg, hen, child manufacturers in more than a few techniques. Maintaining a tally of small businessmen so that you can do industry independently. Can not cross beneath any corporate.’- Adviser Farida Akhtar
Middlemen are the massive downside in commodity costs
Farida Akhtar, adviser to the Ministry of Fisheries and Farm animals, mentioned in a dialogue assembly with marginal farmers of the district’s fisheries and cattle in Pabna district management convention room on October 19, middlemen are a large downside in emerging costs of goods together with eggs. The rustic’s primary egg manufacturing firms can provide handiest 20 p.c of the call for. Marginal farmers have to offer the remainder 80 p.c.
He mentioned there can be no intermediary between the hen, egg, chick manufacturers and the patron. A number of firms are seeking to take over egg, hen, child manufacturers in more than a few techniques. Maintaining a tally of small businessmen so that you can do industry independently. Can not cross beneath any corporate.
The adviser mentioned that efforts are being made to stay the cost of eggs at an affordable degree. Insurable habits in electrical energy expenses. Makes an attempt are being made to convey the facility invoice for egg and fish manufacturing within the agriculture invoice.
Whilst the call for for eggs is expanding abruptly, the manufacturing isn’t expanding as a lot. However time is operating out. Because of which costs are changing into volatile from time to time.- Bakribi Vice-Chancellor AK Fazlul Haque Bhuiyan
Decreased intake of eggs, expanding manufacturing is very important
A learn about via the Bangladesh Business and Tariff Fee (BTTC) this 12 months says that the cost of eggs in Bangladesh is upper than in India and Pakistan. Within the first week of final June, the cost of eggs in step with dozen in India was once 81 to 96 rupees in Bangladeshi foreign money. In Pakistan it was once 73 to 118 rupees. Eggs had been bought at 150 to 165 taka in Bangladesh at the moment. This is, the cost of eggs in Bangladesh is on reasonable 78 p.c upper than India and 65 p.c upper than Pakistan.
Previous in March 2023, the analysis group South Asian Community on Financial Modeling (SANEM) offered a record pronouncing that 77 p.c of the rustic’s families have lowered egg intake beneath the power of prime inflation.
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Consistent with the Division of Animal Husbandry, about 5 crore eggs are produced within the nation each day. Then again, the manufacturing isn’t sufficient to fulfill the rising call for of the rustic, mentioned the Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh Agricultural College (Bakribi) AK Fazlul Haque Bhuiyan.
He mentioned that because the call for for eggs is expanding, the manufacturing isn’t expanding as a lot. However time is operating out. Because of which the cost is volatile from time to time.
Consistent with the census and family census knowledge of Bangladesh, the inhabitants of the rustic on January 1, 2024 was once 17 crore 15 lakh 90 thousand. Accordingly, the day by day requirement of eggs for this inhabitants is 6 crore 29 lakh 94 thousand 684.
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