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. 2020 May 25;8:498. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00498

Table 6.

How the product was segmented in the market, its price and the revenue generated for Bt and non-Bt brinjal at different levels of the market, 2019.

How product was segmented based on percentage of the total product
Level of Market Bt brinjal (%) Non-Bt brinjal (%)
Home consumption 1.7 2.3
On-farm sales to traders 16.3 6.7
Wholesale at local market 58.2 74.6
Retail sale at local market 20.2 7.7
Unsold product (disposal) 3.6 8.7
Total 100.0 100.0
Price in BDT*
Bt brinjal per kg Non-Bt brinjal per kg
Home consumption 14.48 14.65
On-farm wholesale 14.48 14.65
Wholesale at local market 16.43 16.09
Retail sale at local market 16.94 15.29
Unsold product (disposal) 7.90 7.27
All 15.78 15.51
Revenue generated by selling in percentage of the total value of fruits
Level of Market Bt brinjal (%) Non-Bt brinjal (%)
Home consumption 1.6 2.2
On-farm sales to traders 15.0 6.3
Wholesale at local market 60.5 78.4
Retail sales at local market 21.7 8.5
Unsold product (disposal) 1.8 4.6
Total 100.0 100.0
*

US$1 = BDT 84.