Production procedure and marketing of ethnic fermented product Nga-pi in South-Eastern region of Bangladesh

Abstract

A survey was conducted to collect information on production procedure and marketing of Nga-pi in
South-Eastern region of Bangladesh (Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban). To collect information questionnaire was
prepared, several visits were made, personal interview of different stakeholders were taken and audio-video
recording was done. Socio-economic condition of different stakeholders of Nga-pi production and business
showed that most of them were involved in Nga-pi production and business activities generation to
generation. They are mostly people from Rakhine tribe and by religion they are Buddhist. Some of them,
especially wholesalers are economically stronger than the producers or retailers. They have access to
electricity, pure drinking water, sanitary latrines and most of them use cell phones for communication. The
information on marketing channel of Nga-pi varies depending on the place, and season of the year. Generally,
the whole seller and retailer get much profit than the Nga-pi producers. The survey results revealed that in the
production procedure of Nga-pi in South-Eastern region (Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban) have some points need
to be improved to get better quality Nga-pi which may be stored for longer duration.