CEREAL PRODUCTION IN BANGLADESH: A REVIEW OF PAST PROGRESS AND FUTURE CHALLENGES

Beginning in the early 1980s, Bangladesh underwent a transition, the government loosened controls and farmers achieved a greater degree of self-sufficiency. Still, this densely populated country remains a net importer of rice and must confront many challenges before becoming a food secure nation.

Review of Input and Output Policies for Cereal Production in Bangladesh examines the policies that led to yield and efficiency gains in order to understand how they might impact future growth, taking into consideration obstacles like:

• Farmers’ access to inputs
• Small and fragmented landholding
• Poor infrastructure
• Water scarcity
• Lack of funding support for the research and public extension systems
• Limited availability of credit
• Increase of extreme weather events
• Shifts in world trade & markets
• Unsustainable input usage
• Urbanization and land degradation

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