Promoting Consumer and Producer Gains (PCPG)

The overall objective of the project is to facilitate trade in agricultural products between Bangladesh and a North East Indian state – Tripura – through knowledge generation, facilitative public-private dialogues and evidence-based advocacy.

Specific objectives of the project will include:

Identification of specific agricultural commodities (at least 2 commodities, which can be imported from Bangladesh to Tripura) that are high in demand across borders and stand to generate substantial consumer and producer gains across borders if trade in such items is facilitated

Estimation of possible consumer and producer gains from trade in such items

Generation of knowledge and understanding on the legal and regulatory framework (both domestic and international, particularly quarantine and sanitary and phyto-sanitary related) for facilitating cross-border trade in such commodities

Identification of solutions to promote market access for the identified agricultural commodities across borders, ultimately leading to consumer and producer gains

Undertaking of appropriate advocacy through public-private dialogues to build understanding and consensus on the need to facilitate market access on the identified commodities and the consumer and producer gains that it will be generated

Preparation of an Action Agenda to facilitate market access in identified commodities and facilitate specific actions by both private and public agencies

This project including its report and all other activities will be completed in six (6) months: April 2016 to September 2016. An activity-wise, sequential time line is provided below:

The project will have the following outputs:

Two case studies on the identified agricultural commodities
One report capturing the findings, analysis, recommendations and Action Agenda for promoting market access of the identified commodities