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Agricultural Transformation in Bangladesh:Extent, Drivers and Implications

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/9337/
 
Title Agricultural Transformation in Bangladesh:Extent, Drivers and Implications
 
Creator Deb, U
 
Subject Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description Bangladesh agriculture has made remarkable progress in terms of production and diversification towards
high value crops and non-crop agriculture over time. All sub-sectors (crop, forestry, animal farming and
fisheries) of agriculture have registered substantial growth. Agricultural GDP has increased by 5.6 times
since independence. On the other hand, Total GDP has increased by 20.8 times. Per capita income (GNI)
has increased by 6.2 times, from 211 dollars to 1,314 dollars. Bangladesh has achieved lower middle
income country status in 2015 by the World Bank...
 
Date 2016
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
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Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/9337/1/BAEA2016_Keynote.pdf
Deb, U (2016) Agricultural Transformation in Bangladesh:Extent, Drivers and Implications. In: 15th National Conference of the Bangladesh Agricultural Economists Association (BAEA) on “Transformation of Agricultural Sector in Bangladesh: 21st Century”, January 22 - 23, 2016, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) Auditorium, Dhaka, Bangladesh.