The cluster panacea? An evaluation of three interventions in shrimp value chains in Bangladesh

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR multi-centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationBioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeRethinking Food Markets
cg.coverage.countryBangladesh
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BD
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.creator.identifierSudha Narayanan: 0000-0003-1048-2341en
cg.creator.identifierBen Belton: 0000-0002-6474-6472en
cg.creator.identifierRazin Iqbal Kabir: 0000-0003-3887-948Xen
cg.creator.identifierRicardo Hernandez: 0000-0002-3168-2388en
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategies and Governance Uniten
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Markets, Trade, and Institutions Uniten
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Uniten
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot rankeden
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.impactAreaPoverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs
dc.contributor.authorNarayanan, Sudhaen
dc.contributor.authorBelton, Benen
dc.contributor.authorKabir, Razinen
dc.contributor.authorSakil, Abdul Zabbaren
dc.contributor.authorKhan, Asraul Hoqueen
dc.contributor.authorHernandez, Ricardoen
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-11T18:09:27Zen
dc.date.available2025-02-11T18:09:27Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/172964
dc.titleThe cluster panacea? An evaluation of three interventions in shrimp value chains in Bangladeshen
dcterms.abstractClustering farming has often been proposed as an effective way to overcome the significant transactions costs faced by downstream buyers in interacting and negotiating with many small farmers, while making it easier for extension workers and governments to dispense advice, provide upstream services and inputs. In this study, we evaluate the impact of a set of three initiatives in Bangladesh, implemented by a government department, a private sector processing firm and a not-for-profit industrial advocacy body, all involving clustering contiguous shrimp farm ponds to enable group certification necessary for global market access. We implement a canonical difference-in-differences model using two rounds of surveys of a sample of over 1,222 farmers in 2023 and 2024 to assess the impacts on pond management practices, net profits and any unintended impacts on food security and dietary diversity. Our results suggest that the cluster interventions had impressive impacts on adoption of better farm management practices. However, these do not appear to translate into significant gains in net profits, perhaps because these interventions are still relatively new. Further, it appears that cluster farmers pay a penalty on account of a shift to more intensive cultivation, represented by a loss in species diversity and lower incomes from fish and vegetables. We find that there are no significant spillover effects as yet on shrimp farmers in the same village as the clusters. This study reflects critically on the efficacy of clustering that is presumed to enhance access to global markets.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceCGIARen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationNarayanan, Sudha; Belton, Ben; Kabir, Razin; Sakil, Abdul Zabbar; Khan, Asraul Hoque; and Hernandez, Ricardo. 2024. The cluster panacea? An evaluation of three interventions in shrimp value chains in Bangladesh. CGIAR Initiative on Rethinking Food Markets Technical Report. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/172964en
dcterms.extent43 p.en
dcterms.issued2024-12-24en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136869en
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/163630en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13356en
dcterms.subjecttransaction costsen
dcterms.subjectfarmersen
dcterms.subjectshrimp cultureen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectprofiten
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