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 […]
Marginal farmers have least access
The country's farm sector is dominated by smallholders but the small and marginal farmers have the least access to the credit and agricultural extension services provided by the state. A recent nationwide household survey found that the farmers get half the access to state-run Bangladesh Krishi Bank's loans comparing to the large and medium farm […]
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