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Dataset for: COVID-19 and agricultural value chains: Impacts and adaptation of value chain actors in Bangladesh, 2021

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Title Dataset for: COVID-19 and agricultural value chains: Impacts and adaptation of value chain actors in Bangladesh, 2021
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.21223/OBJFRB
 
Creator Gatto, Marcel
Islam, Abu Hayat Md Saiful
Rahaman, Ebna
 
Publisher International Potato Center
 
Description Potatoes play an important role in rural livelihoods in Bangladesh. The study is a quantitative assessment to better understand the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on potato production, post-harvest, and marketing, using data from 5 potato value chain actors. 700 potato farmers, 120 potato traders, 52 cold storage owners, 7 seed producers, and 2 potato processors were interviewed between July and November 2021. The information collected was divided into eight sections: A) Introduction, socioeconomic information of respondent, and business basic information (13 questions), (B) Reason for stopping business operations (15 questions), (C) Crop mix and scale of operations (Farmers) / Operations (Other Value Chain actors) (15 questions), (D) Labour use (13 questions for farmers, 8 questions for the rest of the actors), (E) Purchase of inputs and credit for farmers (20 questions) / Procurement for the rest of the actors (24 questions), (F) Sales and marketing (14 questions for farmers and Cold storage owners / 9 questions for the rest of the value chain actors), (G) Overall welfare (15 questions), (H) Adaptation strategies (2 questions).
 
Subject Agricultural Sciences
Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
Social Sciences
Value chains
Bangladesh
Potatoes
COVID-19
 
Language English
 
Contributor Admin, Dataverse
International Potato Center
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)
US Agency for International Development 
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)
CRP, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM).)/ CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) / CGIAR Research Program on Root, tubers and Bananas (RTB)
Project CGIAR COVID-19 hub
International Potato Center: Marcel Gatto