Foodgrain production and imports: toward self-sufficiency in rice?

Bangladesh faces huge obstacles in its efforts to increase foodgrain production, raise rural incomes, and reduce food insecurity. In this country of nearly 125 million people living in an area of approximately 143,000 square kilometers, there is immense population pressure on the available cultivabl...

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Autor principal: Dorosh, Paul A.
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155892
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description Bangladesh faces huge obstacles in its efforts to increase foodgrain production, raise rural incomes, and reduce food insecurity. In this country of nearly 125 million people living in an area of approximately 143,000 square kilometers, there is immense population pressure on the available cultivable land. Average farm size is only 0.8 hectare, and there is virtually no scope for expansion of cultivated land (although some expansion in multiple cropping is possible). Moreover, agricultural production is susceptible to the vagaries of the weather: floods, droughts, and cyclones frequently cause substantial damage.
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spelling CGSpace1558922025-04-08T18:30:52Z Foodgrain production and imports: toward self-sufficiency in rice? Dorosh, Paul A. famine food crops food policies agricultural policies poverty trade food industry Bangladesh faces huge obstacles in its efforts to increase foodgrain production, raise rural incomes, and reduce food insecurity. In this country of nearly 125 million people living in an area of approximately 143,000 square kilometers, there is immense population pressure on the available cultivable land. Average farm size is only 0.8 hectare, and there is virtually no scope for expansion of cultivated land (although some expansion in multiple cropping is possible). Moreover, agricultural production is susceptible to the vagaries of the weather: floods, droughts, and cyclones frequently cause substantial damage. 2000 2024-10-24T12:42:45Z 2024-10-24T12:42:45Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155892 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Dorosh, Paul A. 2000. Foodgrain production and imports: toward self-sufficiency in rice? In Out of the shadow of famine: evolving food markets and food policy in Bangladesh. Ahmed, Raisuddin; Haggblade, Steven; Chowdhury, Tawfiq-e-Elahi (Eds.). Chapter 2. Pp. 21-48.Baltimore, MD: Published for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) by Johns Hopkins University Press. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155892
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Dorosh, Paul A.
Foodgrain production and imports: toward self-sufficiency in rice?
title Foodgrain production and imports: toward self-sufficiency in rice?
title_full Foodgrain production and imports: toward self-sufficiency in rice?
title_fullStr Foodgrain production and imports: toward self-sufficiency in rice?
title_full_unstemmed Foodgrain production and imports: toward self-sufficiency in rice?
title_short Foodgrain production and imports: toward self-sufficiency in rice?
title_sort foodgrain production and imports toward self sufficiency in rice
topic famine
food crops
food policies
agricultural policies
poverty
trade
food industry
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