Amin Md Ruhul, Alam G M Monirul, Parvin Mst Tania, Acharjee Debasish Chandra
Department of Agribusiness, Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur -1706, Bangladesh.
Heliyon. 2023 Feb;9(2):e13443. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13443. Epub 2023 Feb 2.
As a result of COVID-19 spread, Bangladesh implemented a range of measures including general holidays, lockdown, no lockdown, and strict lockdown which resulted in the dramatic ups and downs of the price level of the products. This study aimed to examine the influence of COVID-19 on poultry products (meat and eggs) in Bangladesh using Gazipur-an intensive poultry growing area - as a case study. Monthly market price data of poultry meat and eggs, and primary panel data from the same respondents using a random sampling technique through a structured questionnaire-based interview, Focus Group Discussion (FGD), and Key Informant Interview (KII) were collected. The results reveal that after the incidence of COVID-19, the price of poultry products at farmgate, wholesale and retail levels dropped drastically for the first three months (February to April 2020). Following that, the market price of farm (broiler) chicken and eggs increased by 40% and more than 30%, respectively. On the other hand, the price of local () chicken increased by 15%, which was already high on the market. However, in the early phase of COVID-19, many smallholder poultry farmers and hatchery owners were forced to shut down due to less demand/no demand of the product along with high feed cost and inadequate support from external sources. The government should provide financial support with low or no-interest rate to the smallholder growers in order to enhance their resilience against shocks like COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters, etc.
由于新冠疫情的传播，孟加拉国实施了一系列措施，包括公共假期、封锁、非封锁和严格封锁，这些措施导致了产品价格水平的剧烈波动。本研究旨在以加济布尔（一个集约化家禽养殖地区）为例，考察新冠疫情对孟加拉国家禽产品（肉类和蛋类）的影响。通过结构化问卷调查访谈、焦点小组讨论（FGD）和关键 informant 访谈（KII），采用随机抽样技术收集了家禽肉和蛋的月度市场价格数据，以及来自相同受访者的原始面板数据。结果显示，在新冠疫情发生后的前三个月（2020 年 2 月至 4 月），家禽产品在农场门口、批发和零售层面的价格大幅下降。在此之后，农场（肉鸡）鸡肉和鸡蛋的市场价格分别上涨了 40%和 30%以上。另一方面，当地（）鸡肉价格上涨了 15%，而其在市场上原本价格就高。然而，在新冠疫情早期，由于产品需求减少/无需求，加上饲料成本高和外部支持不足，许多小农户家禽养殖户和孵化场主被迫关闭。政府应为小农户种植者提供低息或无息的财政支持，以增强他们应对新冠疫情、自然灾害等冲击的复原力。
