Green Global
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AVAILABILITY AND REQUIREMENT OF FOOD GRAIN IN BANGLADESH (Pages : 18 - 25)

The main focus of the study is to examine the food availability and requirement status of Bangladesh. Time series data on food grain production were used to this purpose. Aggregate domestic production and per capita intake of the food grain increased in the country over the past decades. Growth rates in production and area of food grain in totality showed positive trend for the whole study period of 1975-1976 to 2007-2008. The growth rates of production of pulses and oilseeds were registered positive and significant trend for the whole period. The production of food grain could be changed due to total cropped area; irrigation and area under MVs. Flood and government’s overall policy were other important factors that influenced the food grain production in Bangladesh. The findings further revealed that replacing area under local varieties by modern varieties, production of pulses and oilseeds could be increased to some extent.Download