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Agriculture is the largest employment sector in Bangladesh, making up 14.2 percent of Bangladesh's GDP in 2017 and employing about 42.7 percent of the workforce. [1] As of the financial year 2022 to 2023, the agricultural sector contributed to more than 12% of GDP. [ 2 ]
Ektee Bari Ektee Khamar project (Bengali: একটি বাড়ি একটি খামার) (one house, one farm, project) is a Bangladesh government social welfare program designed to promote farming and welfare in rural Bangladesh and reduce rural poverty in Bangladesh through small loans. [1] Akber Hossain is the project director in ...
This article includes the table with land use statistics by country. Countries are ranked by their total cultivated land area, which is the sum of the total arable land area and total area of permanent crops. Arable land is defined as being cultivated for crops like wheat, maize, and rice, all of which are replanted after each harvest.
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council is the body in charge of the National Agricultural Research System and is located in Farmgate, Dhaka, Bangladesh. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The institute won the Independence Award in 2021 for its outstanding contribution to research and training.
In 2007, it was renamed to SAARC Agriculture Centre. The capital cost for establishing the centre was provided by the Government of Bangladesh. With the passage of time, the Centre braced up for broader challenges to make regional cooperation more responsive to the changing needs of the farming communities and relevant stakeholders.
Although independent statistical programs had existed in the country before, they were often incomplete or produced inaccurate results, which led the government of Bangladesh to establishing an official bureau in August 1974, by merging four of the previous larger statistical agencies, the Bureau of Statistics, the Bureau of Agriculture Statistics, the Agriculture Census Commission and the ...
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Paddy field in rural Bangladesh. Rice production in Bangladesh plays a critical role in the nation's economy, affecting various sectors and socioeconomic factors. As the primary crop and staple food, rice is central to agricultural production, employment, and nutritional needs. It is a major contributor to Bangladesh’s national income.