Agricultural Development in Bangladesh: Prospects for the Future

ISBN-13: 9780367017170 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 396 str.

E. Boyd Wennergren

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Westview Replica Editions -- Preface -- Units of Measurement -- Sources of Quotes of Beginning of Chapters -- Bangladesh’s Economic Development: The Role and Performance of the Agricultural Sector -- Agriculture’s Resource Endowment: Land, People, and Institutions -- The Agricultural Sector: Production and Characteristics -- The Agricultural Marketing System -- Agriculture and the Public Sector -- Foreign Donor Programs in Agriculture -- The Human Capital and Science Base in Agriculture -- Factors Affecting Agricultural Growth and Modernization -- Modernizing Agriculture