Agricultural Development In Bangladesh

Download or read book Agricultural Development In Bangladesh written by E. Boyd Wennergren and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-13 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The performance of the agricultural sector and other related areas of the economy of Bangladesh are assessed in this book, which includes descriptions and analyses of Bangladesh’s natural and human resource bases; trends in agricultural input use and production of major crops; the agricultural marketing system; public sector interventions, organization, and financing; donor programs; and the agricultural research, extension, and educational systems. The authors identify positive factors contributing to sectoral growth and development as well as specific constraints to progress and conclude by offering an overall development strategy for achieving increased agricultural productivity, complete with specific policy and programming recommendations.