Department of Agricultural Marketing of Bangladesh

The Directorate of Agricultural Marketing collects information on producer , wholesale, and retail prices of essential agricultural commodities and the produce supplied to the market and stored in warehouses, and the collected information is disseminated through various media such as the Internet , television, radio, newspapers, and advertisements to farmers, traders, consumers, government- Regular supplies for use by non-governmental organizations and policy-making levels.

Infrastructure development

To provide support to the farmers, the Directorate of Agriculture Marketing has taken a total of 82 market infrastructure development initiatives so far. Of these, 60 are producer markets, 21 wholesale markets , and one central market.

• Directorate of Agriculture Marketing has constructed 6 wholesale market infrastructures in Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, and Barisal divisions.
• 15 wholesalers in 16 districts of the northern part of the country and 60 producers in 60 upazilas have built market infrastructure.
• A central market has been set up at Gabtali, Dhaka so that farmers/vendors from different parts of the country can directly sell their produce in the Dhaka market.