honey's supply chain in bangladesh
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The study of honey’s supply chain in Bangladesh
Submitted To Md. Shakhawat Hossain LecturerDepartment of Management Studies Faculty of Business Administration and Management Patuakhali Science and Technology University
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Honey Is… a sweet food made by bees using nectar from flowers.
Among almost all natural food goods, honey is probably one of the most unique in terms of its production history and importance. Present honey production in Bangladesh is 1600 MT where it has great potentiality of 25000 MT (economic potentials 09). Export value in 2006 is $2862000 and in 2008 is $212000 (export value of natural honey in Bangladesh, retrieved may 13, 2012).
Honey Supply Chain
The supply chain of honey starts from honey collectors that collect honey from Sunderban and farmers related to apiculture. Where they sell their product directly to the local business man, process organizations or customers. Where most of the time, they will be contacted by middle man per industry or exporter order. The collectors collect honey from Sunderban and farmers receive honey by doing apiculture. Then the process organization storage, process, packaging, quality control company before it can be sold by the exporter or to the industry (Bay Bangladesh).
Objectives of the Study
To explore the physical flow of honey’s supply
chain.
To explicit the value stream map of honey
To analyze the value stream map of honey.
To know the related parties with honey supply.
General Information about Honey
Honey is a sweet, thick sugary solution made by bees. The composition of honey consists of varying proportions of fructose, glucose, water, oil and special enzymes produced by bees.
Honey is made by bees in one of the world’s most efficient facilities, the beehive. The 60,000 or so bees in a beehive may collectively travel as much as 55,000 miles and visit more than two million flowers to gather enough nectar to make just a pound of honey!
The Delicious Forms of Honey
Most of us know honey as a sweet, golden liquid. However, honey can be found in a variety of forms. Comb Honey - Comb honey is honey in its original
form; that is, honey inside of the honeycomb. Cut Comb - Cut comb honey is liquid honey that has
added chunks of the honey comb in the jar. This is also known as a liquid-cut comb combination.
Liquid Honey - Free of visible crystals, liquid honey is extracted from the honey comb by centrifugal force, gravity or straining. Because liquid honey mixes easily into a variety of foods, it’s especially convenient for cooking and baking.
Naturally Crystallized Honey - Naturally crystallized honey is honey in which part of the glucose content has spontaneously crystallized. It is safe to eat.
Whipped (or Cremed) Honey - The crystallization is controlled so that, at room temperature, the honey can be spread like butter or jelly. In many countries around the world, whipped honey is preferred to the liquid form especially at breakfast time.
The Delicious Forms of Honey(Cont.)
Honey Color and Flavor
Honey is normally bought and sold in one of two ways: by variety or by color. Most consumers, whether buying honey in a supermarket, at a farmer’s market, or directly from a beekeeper, will typically buy a blend of pure honeys, the so-called Supermarket Store Brands or a particular honey varietal, such as the most common of all the varietals, Clover Honey. The color and flavor of many honeys are linked; that is, the darker the honey, the more apt it is to taste stronger and more robust. The lighter colored honeys are usually more delicate and sweeter in flavor. Sometimes people shop for a honey varietal simply because they like the flavor or it reminds them of the kind of honey they had when growing up or they like to impress their friends with a unique treasure! Overall, these customers like the delicious flavors of honey; the color is irrelevant to them
Honey products do not meet the compositional criteria for pure honey, but are products consisting in whole or in part of honey.
Honey Products
Foods Pharmaceuticals Cosmetics
Honey nutritional value per 100g (3.5 oz)Energy 1,272 kJ (304 kcal)Carbohydrates 84.4gSugars 82.12gDietary fiber 0.2gFat 0gProtein 0.3gWater 17.10gRiboflavin (vitamin B2) 0.038 mg (3%)Niacin (vitamin B3) 0.121 mg (1%)Pantothenic acid 0.068 mg (1%)Vitamin B6 0.024 mg (2%)Folate (vitamin B9) 2 µg (1%)Vitamin C 0.5 mg (1%)Calcium 6 mg (1%)Iron 0.42 mg (3%)Magnesium 2 mg (1%)Phosphorus 4 mg (1%)Potassium 52 mg (1%)Sodium 4 mg (0%)Zinc 0.22 mg (2%)Table 1: Honey nutritional value per 100gm (Source: Nutrition facts, retrieved may 13, 2012)
History of Beekeeping in Bangladesh:Practiced haphazardly since time immemorial.In 1940 keeping or rearing bees in wooden hives probably started
during the self-reliant movement of Mahatma Gandhi.In 1950’s experimental Beekeeping was done in the Tea growing
areas of Sylhet district.In 1960’s BSCIC has started Bee-keeping at jatapurin, Baherhat
district.During this whole period the result was not-satisfactory due to
inappropriate technology.In 1977 BSCIC again started Beekeeping in modern and
scientific way.Now many other Govt. and Non Govt. organization have
undertaken Beekeeping program having successful efforts.
Figure 1: physical flow within honey (Sunderban) supply chain
COLLECTORS MIDDLE MAN PROCESSING MARKET CONSUMERS
Domestic
Industries>Food>Pharmaceutical>Cosmetics
Distributors
Exporters
Retailers direct sales
Processing
Packaging & wear housing
Local businessman
Firm or industry
Stock
Mawoaly[Local people]
Physical Flow Of Honey Supply
Physical Flow Of Honey Supply(Cont.) Farmers MIDDLE MAN PROCESSING MARKET CONSUMERS
Domestic
Industries>Food>Pharmaceutical>Cosmetics
Distributors
Exporters
Retailers direct sales
Processing
Packaging & wear housing
Local businessman
Firm or industry
Stock
Local farmers
Figure 2: physical flow within honey (Apiculture) supply chain
Result PresentationProduction Control System
Collectors30 Days
Customers
Middle man
Receive [15 Days]
Processing [10 Days]
Storage [10 Days]
Transport [1 Day]
Exporter
Transport [1 Day]
Stock [10 Days]
Receive [1 Day]
Process Organization
Receive[1 Day]
Stock[4 Days]
Processing[8-10 Days]
Packaging[2 Days]
Warehousing[2 Days]
Transport[1 Day]
Daily Schedule
Figure 3: Value Stream Map of Honey (Sunderban)
Value of Activities Activities Time
No. of Activities
% Days %
Value-Added -Activities [VA*] 1,3,8,9
4 28.57 52 53
Non-Value-Added -Activities [NVA*] 2,5,6,11,12,14
6 42.86 20 20
Necessary- Non-Value-Added -Activities [NNVA*] 4,7,10,13
4 28.57 26 27
Total 14 100 98 100
Result Presentation(Cont.)
Table 2: Value Stream Analysis of Honey (Sunderban) Supply Chain
Production Control System
Local Farmer [60 Days] Customers
Middle man
Receive [15 Days]
Processing [10 Days]
Storage [10 Days]
Transport [1 Day]
Exporter
Transport [1 Day]
Stock [10 Days]
Receive [1 Day]
Process Organization
Receive[1 Day]
Stock[4 Days]
Processing[8-10 Days]
Packaging[2 Days]
Warehousing[2 Days]
Transport[1 Day]
Daily Schedule
Result Presentation(Cont.)
Figure 4: Value Stream Map of Honey (Apiculture)
Result Presentation(Cont.)Value of Activities Activities Time
No. of Activities
% Days %
Value-Added -Activities [VA]1,3,8,9
4 28.57 82 64.06
Non-Value-Added -Activities [NVA]2,5,6,11,12,14
6 42.86 20 15.63
Necessary- Non-Value-Added -Activities [NNVA]4,7,10,13
4 28.57 26 20.31
Total 14 100 128 100
Table 3: Value Stream Analysis of Honey (Apiculture) Supply Chain
Problems related to Honey Supply in Bangladesh
Poor and slow transportation (road and highways, railways, etc.) facilities in Bangladesh.
Improper, unplanned and unscientific use of insecticides and pesticides in honey.
Non-availability of machinery, equipment, medicine and artificial feeding in respect of appropriate and modern technology.
Lack of related information center and laboratory for preliminary examination or field test for wild bees and bee-keeping.
Lack of knowledge about the honey production, processing, storage and environment as well.
Insufficient communication and coordination with the concerned world authority and/or institution for the development of honey in this region.
Problems related to Honey Supply in Bangladesh(Cont.)
Prospects related to Honey supply in Bangladesh
Bee cultivation does not require much capital and labor.
5 days training from Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) is sufficient for apiculture.
High education is not required for apiculture.Additional land is not required for apiculture.Crop cultivation can be done successfully
beside apiculture.Production cost of honey is not high.
Suggestions
Price can be minimized by reducing middleman and non-value added activities.
Use of modern technology in every stages of supply chain.
Transportation infrastructures and facilities should developed by government, NGO’s.
Use of standard packaging of honey.BSCIC should provide adequate training to related parties
of supply chain.Marketing mechanism can be a good scheme where the
chain can be more negotiate to the market
The non-value added activities which mostly are at the receiving station from each supply chain member are improvable, planning process is among the top issue to improve the supply chain efficiency. Marketing mechanism can be a good scheme where the chain can be more negotiate to the market.
Bee helps plants, plants help bees and they can reaps many things for the survival of mankind and better environment
