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Value chain development has a significant impact on employment generation and poverty reduction. The value chain analysis is essential for an industry’s successful establishment. The chapter aims to perform a SWOT analysis of the value chain of the sericulture industry in Bangladesh. We conducted 48 in-depth interviews from two districts for this study. Results reveal that mulberry leaves, silkworm eggs, cocoons, raw silk, silk yarn, and fabric are the main products in the value chain in the study area. Supply of agricultural goods, producing cocoons, reeling, weaving, dying, and printing are the major input functions in the value chain. Selling cocoons, raw silk, and silk yarn at the distribution functions plays a vital role in the value chain. Mulberry farmers get about 30% of profits from one Bigha farm each year. Due to low prices, farmers are not interested in cocoon production. Unfavorable climatic conditions are another drawback behind the decreasing production of cocoons. Farmers get only about 25% of profits using traditional reeling, which is much lower than the modern method. As a result, the local weaving industry depends on imported silk yarn, contributing to declining local product demand.
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Kamruzzaman, M., Al Mamun, M.A., Das, J., Kamruzzaman, Alam, G.M.M. (2023). Employment Potential of Sericulture for Underprivileged Section: Assessment of Value Chain Analysis in Bangladesh. In: Das, J., Halder, S. (eds) Advancement of GI-Science and Sustainable Agriculture. GIScience and Geo-environmental Modelling. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36825-7_12
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