The impact of shallow tubewells and boro rice on food security in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has made notable progress in achieving food security, despite extreme population pressures, limited land resources, and an agrarian structure dominated by small and tenant farmers. After two decades of sluggish performance prior to the late 1980s, the production of rice—the dominant stapl...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2009
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| author | Hossain, Mahabub |
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| description | Bangladesh has made notable progress in achieving food security, despite extreme population pressures, limited land resources, and an agrarian structure dominated by small and tenant farmers. After two decades of sluggish performance prior to the late 1980s, the production of rice—the dominant staple food—has increased much faster than the population. The development of minor irrigation, particularly private, investment-based expansion of shallow tubewells, has contributed to this impressive performance, and was an outcome of the government’s market liberalization policy for irrigation equipment in the late 1980s. This policy promoted rapid expansion of irrigated “boro” rice farming in the dry season. The fast diffusion of boro rice in the rain-fed, low-yielding “aus” rice area contributed to accelerated growth in rice productivity, a reduction in the unit cost of production, and a decline in real rice prices. Together, these factors have been a major factor behind attainment of food security and moderately reduced poverty in Bangladesh over the last two decades. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1619812025-11-06T05:22:11Z The impact of shallow tubewells and boro rice on food security in Bangladesh Hossain, Mahabub food security agricultural policies environmental impact irrigation wells technological changes rice Bangladesh has made notable progress in achieving food security, despite extreme population pressures, limited land resources, and an agrarian structure dominated by small and tenant farmers. After two decades of sluggish performance prior to the late 1980s, the production of rice—the dominant staple food—has increased much faster than the population. The development of minor irrigation, particularly private, investment-based expansion of shallow tubewells, has contributed to this impressive performance, and was an outcome of the government’s market liberalization policy for irrigation equipment in the late 1980s. This policy promoted rapid expansion of irrigated “boro” rice farming in the dry season. The fast diffusion of boro rice in the rain-fed, low-yielding “aus” rice area contributed to accelerated growth in rice productivity, a reduction in the unit cost of production, and a decline in real rice prices. Together, these factors have been a major factor behind attainment of food security and moderately reduced poverty in Bangladesh over the last two decades. 2009 2024-11-21T10:00:06Z 2024-11-21T10:00:06Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161981 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Hossain, Mahabub. 2009. The impact of shallow tubewells and boro rice on food security in Bangladesh. IFPRI Discussion Paper 917. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161981 |
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| title | The impact of shallow tubewells and boro rice on food security in Bangladesh |
| title_full | The impact of shallow tubewells and boro rice on food security in Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | The impact of shallow tubewells and boro rice on food security in Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of shallow tubewells and boro rice on food security in Bangladesh |
| title_short | The impact of shallow tubewells and boro rice on food security in Bangladesh |
| title_sort | impact of shallow tubewells and boro rice on food security in bangladesh |
| topic | food security agricultural policies environmental impact irrigation wells technological changes rice |
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