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Pesticide Traders, 2003

Bangladesh, 2003
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Reference ID
BGD_2003_PT_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
Producer(s)
Susmita Dasgupta
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Agricultural Surveys
Metadata
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Feb 05, 2021
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  • Identification
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    BGD_2003_PT_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
    Title

    Pesticide Traders, 2003
    Country
    Name Country code
    Bangladesh BGD
    Study type

    Agricultural Survey [ag/oth]
    Abstract

    Bangladesh does not produce any active ingredients, it only imports and formulates. The marketing channel of pesticides in Bangladesh consists of pesticide companies, distributors, wholesalers, wholesaler-cum-retailers, retailers and farmers (Sabur and Moila, 2000). At the top, there exist approximately 66 officially registered companies, with 6 of these being multinational in nature. Distributors buy almost all of their products from pesticide companies. However, the pesticide companies also directly sell to wholesalers. Distributors, in turn, sell their products to the wholesalers-cum-retailers, retailers and large farmers. Wholesalers sell to retailers as well as farmers. Retailers, in turn, sell their product to farmers, but farmers frequently buy directly from the distributors as well as wholesalers.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis

    Individuals

    Scope

    Notes

    The scope of the Bangla Pesticide Traders Survey 2003 includes:

    • Background information, Pesticide log and sales, Information and training, Health, Surveyor observations, and Interviewer debreifing questions
    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary
    Agriculture & Rural Development FAO
    Land (policy, resource management) FAO
    Environment FAO
    Health FAO

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    Regional coverage

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Susmita Dasgupta The World Bank

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    Survey Design:
    The survey, conducted in the summer 2003 by the World Bank, interviewed 110 pesticide traders (more or less equally divided between wholesalers and retailers) across 7 districts of Bangladesh. The survey collected detailed information from traders, including: 1) the name, location and nature of the shop; 2) trader’s characteristic: age, ownership, nutritional status: weight/height; 3) pesticide log & sales: trade name, chemical name, content quantity, price, best selling pesticides; 4) traders’ knowledge of pesticides: information and training received on use and safe handling of pesticides; 5) precautions and damage averting behavior; and 6) health effects. The survey was designed and supervised by the World Bank team, and conducted by the Development Policy Group in Bangladesh. To minimize reporting bias, the survey was implemented under the agreement that the team would not reveal the identity of the trader companies surveyed on the respondents who participated.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    The questionnaire for the Bangladesh Pesticide Trader Survey 2003 includes

    • Background information
    • Pesticide log and sales
    • Information and training
    • Health
    • Surveyor observations
    • Interviewer debreifing questions.

    The questionnaire is provided as external resources.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2003 2003

    Data Access

    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes See https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/terms-of-use
    Access conditions

    See https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/terms-of-use
    Citation requirements

    Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:

    • the Identification of the Primary Investigator
    • the title of the survey (including acronym and year of implementation)
    • the survey reference number
    • the source and date of download

    Example:

    Susmita Dasgupta, The World Bank. Bangladesh Pesticide Traders (BPT) 2003. Ref. BGD_2003_BPT_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from www.microdata.worldbank.org on [date].

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_BGD_2003_PT_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_FAO
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Office of Chief Statistician Food and Agriculture Organization Adoption of metadata for FAM
    Susmita Dasgupta The World Bank Documentation of the DDI

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    BGD_2003_PT_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_v01
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