How can governance improve efficiency and effectiveness of value chains? An analysis of pangas and tilapia stakeholders in Bangladesh

The study assessed pangas and tilapia value chain, and analyze the internal and external governance of the market actors at different levels. A total of 200 samples (100 for each of pangas and tilapia fish) were included in the study from some selected areas of Bangladesh. A combination of descriptive statistics, mathematical and statistical analysis was used to analyze the data. The study reveals that among all the actors, processors added the highest value which was followed by farmers. The internal and external governance issues followed by different actors could be ranked as average which reveals the improvement issue through intervention from respective authorities. Multinomial logit model explained that there were several factors having significant influence on internal and external governance of pangas and tilapia value chain. The study recommended that good governance should be ensured from the production point to consumer along all the actors of value chain. Government should take step about monitoring the feed quality and improvement of pangas and tilapia value chain governance. Moreover, respective authority should play the assigned role to train up the chain actors and provide extension services in order to explore the export potential of pangas and tilapia fish in Bangladesh.