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Maize Production in Bangladesh: Way towards Self-sufficiency

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/9145/
 
Title Maize Production in Bangladesh: Way towards Self-sufficiency
 
Creator Miah, M A M
Hossain, T M B
Kumar, R
 
Subject Maize
 
Description Since the establishment of the Bangladesh
Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) in 1976, maize
research developed eight composites and 11 hybrids
of maize. Maize was introduced as a relatively new
crop in the rice-based agriculture of Bangladesh,
especially in the northern region. Currently, maize is
considered an important cash crop to its growers. In
terms of area and production, it ranks third after rice
and wheat (BBS, 2011). The area under maize
cultivation is increasing steadily due to its ready
market, remunerative price, lower-cost of production,
and overall higher-profitability compared to that of
rice and wheat...
 
Publisher CIMMYT
 
Contributor Prasanna, B M
Vivek, B S
Sadananda, A R
Jeffers, D
Zaidi, P H
Boeber, C
Erenstein, O
Babu, R
Nair, S K
Gerard, B
Jat, M L
Palacios, N
Pixley, K
 
Date 2014-10
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/9145/1/2014_Maize%20in%20Bangladesh_Bangkok%20Conference.pdf
Miah, M A M and Hossain, T M B and Kumar, R (2014) Maize Production in Bangladesh: Way towards Self-sufficiency. In: Book of Extended Summaries, 12th Asian Maize Conference and Expert Consultation on Maize for Food, Feed, Nutrition and Environmental Security. CIMMYT, Bangkok, pp. 168-178.