Agriculture in Bangladesh

Agriculture in Bangladesh

Presented by Ridwan Islam Sifat & Chowdhury Tanvir Ahmed

Department of Development Studies,

Bangladesh University Of Professionals

Outline Introduction Bangladesh Agriculture at a Glance Importance of Agriculture Problems & Limitations Challenges Future Challenge Prospects of Agriculture Agricultural machinery Climate Change and Agriculture Why climate change matters for agriculture? How to Improve Agriculture Sector Agricultural agency Conclusion

Introduction

Agriculture refers to all those activities which are related to cultivation of land for the production of crops.

Agriculture is a backbone of Bangladesh economy and prosperity if agriculture can largely stand for the prosperity of the Bangladesh economy.

To maintain ecological balance, there must be balanced and sustainable development of agriculture and its sector.

Bangladesh Agriculture at a glance Total farm holding : 1,51,83,183 hectares Total area : 14.86 million hectares Forest : 2.599 million hectare Cultivable land : 8.52 million hectares Cultivable waste : 0.268 million hectares Current fallow land : 0.469 million hectares Cropping intensity : 191% Single cropped area : 2.236 million hectares Double cropped area : 4.107 million hectares Triple cropped area : 1.485 million hectares Net cropped area : 7.837 million hectares Total cropped area : 14.943 million hectares

Importance of Agriculture Share in National Income : About one forth of Bangladesh’s GDP

depends on agriculture sector. Contribution of agriculture sector to Bangladesh GDP is 19.29%.

Share in Employment : Agriculture is the largest employment provider sector in Bangladesh. It provides employment to around 48% of the total labor force.

Industrial Raw Materials : Agriculture supplies industrial raw material in terns of cotton for textile industry, seeds for oil industry, sugarcane for sugar industry.

Wealth of nation: Large part of the country’s wealth belongs to agriculture sector. In terms of land, fixed assets etc.

Contribution to International trade & Domestic Trade.

Financial Problem Natural Disaster Promotion of New Inventions Improper Distribution of Seed & Fertilizer Mono-crop Production Accessibility to Weather Report Higher Input Cost of Production No Formal Road Transportation System Coordination Between Government & Private Stakeholders Lengthy Decision Making Process Crop Pest Control

Challenges Climate Change and variations Over Population Less Land More Production Irrigation and Electricity and Fuel Lowering Ground Water Level In Dry Season Loosing Fertility & Excessive Land Use Excessive Use of Fertilizer & Pesticides Loosing Underground Water Level Poverty Alleviation for Agriculture Continuous Deforestation Hybrid Seed Farakka Dam

Prospects of Agriculture Coastal Forestation Tea Production Some Other Revolutionary Invention Hybrid Seeds Government Funding for Research Self Dependent on Rice Production Crop Cycle Seasonal Fruits Out of Season Monga Situation Self Employment for Youth Middlemen in Distribution Successful Control over Bird-Flu

Shykh Seraj (born 28 June 1956) is a Bangladeshi journalist, media personality and agriculture development activist.

Seraj co-anchored a TV series Mati O Manush (Men and Soil). The TV program featured investigative documentaries and in-depth reporting and points out solutions to the various problems that farmers face.

Agricultural machinery Spade (kodal) Indigenous country

plough (langal) Single animal drawn plough

(mohisher langal) Ladder (moi)   Mallet (mugur) Hydrotiller Tractor

Traditional agricultural machinery Modern agricultural machinery

Climate change and agriculture

Climate change and agriculture are interrelated process, both of which take place on a global scale. Climate change is already affecting agriculture, with effects unevenly distributed across the world. Climate change affects number of ways.

Why climate change matters for agriculture?Average temperatureRainfallClimate extremesChanges in pests and diseaseschanges in atmospheric carbon dioxideGround level ozone concentrations changes in the nutritional quality of some foodchanges in sea level

Agricultural agency Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE)  Agriculture Information Service (AIS)  Department of Agricultural Marketing (DAM)  Cotton Development Board (CDB) Seed Certification Agency (SCA)   Central Extension Resources Development

Institute (CERDI) Bangladesh Agricultural Development

Corporation (BADC) Bangladesh Agricultural Research

Council (BARC) Bangladesh Agricultural Research

Institute (BARI) Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) Soil Resources Development Institute (SRDI) 

How to Improve Agriculture Sector

Government InterventionAccess to InformationTechnogical AdvancementEducative the Farmers Ensure Aid from Different NGOs

Conclusion Agriculture is the single largest producing sector of

economy since it comprises about 30% of the country's GDP and employing around 60% of the total labor force.

 The performance of this sector has an overwhelming impact on major macroeconomic objectives like employment generation, poverty alleviation, human resources development and food security. 

Meeting the nation's food requirements remain the key-objective of the government and in recent years there has been substantial increase in grain production.