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 Bangladesh is primarily an agrarian economy. Agriculture is the single largest producing sector of economy since it comprises about 30% of the country's GDP and employing around 60% of the total labour force. The performance of this sector has an overwhelming impact on major macroeconomic objectives like employment generation, poverty alleviation, human resources development and food security.
Meeting the nation's food requirements remain the key-objective of the government and in recent years there has been substantial increase in grain production. However, due to calamities like flood, loss of food and cash crops is a recurring phenomenon which disrupts the continuing progress of the entire economy. Agricultural holdings in Bangladesh are generally small. Through Cooperatives the use of modern machinery is gradually gaining popularity. Rice, Jute, Sugarcane, Potato, Pulses, Wheat, Tea and Tobacco are the principal crops. The crop sub-sector dominates the agriculture sector contributing about 72% of total production. Fisheries, livestock and forestry sub-sectors are 10.33%, 10.11% and 7.33% respectively. Bangladesh is the largest producer of Jute. Rice being the staple food, its production is of major importance. Rice production stood at 20.3 million tons in 1996-97 fiscal year. Crop diversification program, credit, extension and research, and input distribution policies pursued by the government are yielding positive results. The country is now on the threshold of attaining self-sufficiency in food grain production. |
Agricultural Growth : 111
Arable and permanent cropland : 8,484 thousand hectares
Banana production : 624,735
(per $ GDP) : 2.62 metric tonnes per $1 million
(per capita) : 4512.40 metric tonnes per 1 million people
Cereal production : 111 thousand metric tons
Cereal production growth : 23 %
Cotton exports : 0 thousand bales
Cotton imports : 1,025 thousand bales
Cotton production : 70 thousand bales
Cotton stocks : 183 thousand bales
Cotton use : 1,100 thousand bales
Exports to USA - Beans : $3
(per capita) : $2.16e-05 per 1000 people
Exports to USA - Fruit juices: $0
(per capita) : $0 per 1000 people
Exports to USA - Fruits : $0
(per capita) : $0 per 1000 people
Exports to USA - Fruits and nuts : $2
(per capita) : $1.44e-05 per 1000 people
Exports to USA - Lemons : $0
(per capita) : $0 per 1000 people
Exports to USA - Lentils : $0
(per capita) : $0 per 1000 people
Exports to USA - Urd mung black or green gram beans : $0
(per capita) : $0 per 1000 people
Fertilizer use : 156.3
Grains - Rice consumption : 26,400 thousand metric tons
(per capita) : 190.68 thousand metric tons per 1 million people
Grains - Rice imports : 500 thousand metric tons
(per capita) : 3.61 thousand metric tons per 1 million people
Grains - Rice production : 26,000 thousand metric tons
(per capita) : 187.79 thousand metric tons per 1 million people
Grains - Wheat imports : 1,300 thousand metric tons
(per capita) : 9.38 thousand metric tons per 1 million people
Labor share : 54.7
Meat production : 409 thousand metric tons
(per capita) : 0.00 thousand metric tons per 1000 people
Meat production growth : 72 %
Permanent crops : 345,000 hectares
(per capita) : 2.49 hectares per 1000 people
Pesticide use : 0.4
Products : rice, jute, tea, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, tobacco, pulses, oilseeds, spices, fruit; beef, milk, poultry
Root and tuber production : 1,930 thousand metric tons
(per capita) : 0.01 thousand metric tons per 1000 people
Root and tuber production growth : 12 %
Tractor concentration : 0.7
Tractors : 5,530
(per capita) : 39.94 per 1 million people
Value added : 23.28% (2001)
Workers per hectare : 4.6
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