The scenario of women empowerment in Bangladesh has improved between 2012 and 2015, as the share of disempowered women decreased from 73 per cent in 2012 to 59 per cent in 2015, a latest IFPRI study revealed. The study also found that about 40 per cent women remained in chronic disempowerment, while 31 per cent […]
দেশে চাল উৎপাদন তিনগুণ বেড়েছে, বিশ্বে এখন চতুর্থ
বাংলাদেশ বিশ্বের ৪র্থ চাল উৎপাদনকারী দেশ। স্বাধীনতার পর দেশে যে পরিমাণ চাল উৎপাদন হতো, এখন তার চেয়ে তিনগুণ বেশি। আবার মোট উৎপাদিত চালের ৫৫ ভাগই আসে বোরো ধান থেকে। বাকিটা আসে আউশ ও আমন থেকে। বিশ্বে বাংলাদেশই একমাত্র দেশ যেখানে এক বছরে একই জমিতে তিনবার ধান উৎপাদন করা সম্ভব। এই চালই দারিদ্র্য নিরসনে বড় ধরনের […]
Rice harvest declines, despite output growth
Although rice production in Bangladesh has tripled in more than four and half decades, both agriculture and rice production growth rates have slowed down. Rice production and consumption remains the main driver of agricultural growth, and rice harvest trends in gross domestic production (GDP), said a panel of agro-scientists on Wednesday. Agriculture growth tops the […]
Agri growth stalls as rice production falls: study
The overall agricultural growth has been slowed down by a fall in the growth of rice production, revealed a new research released by International Food Policy Research Institute on Wednesday. Between 2012 and 2016, the overall agricultural sector recorded an average growth of 2.4 per cent with rice production growing at a rate of 0.7 […]
No rice crisis in country now: Minister
Food Minister Qamrul Islam said on Wednesday the government has imported enough rice to tackle any supply shortage of the staple food, and now there is no rice crisis in the country. "Rice crisis was created for a short period this year due to early flood. But the government has promptly imported adequate rice to […]
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