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Combine harvester subsidies and agricultural mechanization in Bangladesh: Recommendations for reform

This brief summarizes findings from a recent report1 on Bangladesh's Phase III agricultural mechanization support program (2020–2024). The program distributed over 35,000 subsidized machines worth BDT 1,595 crore (USD 163 million). Combine harvesters (CHs) accounted for 84% of program value, making...

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Main Authors: Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab, Mahzab, Moogdho, Karim, Md. Aminul, Shamma, Raisa, Belton, Ben, Talukder, Md. Ruhul Amin, Kabir, Razin, Aravindakshan, Sreejith, Krupnik, Timothy J., Ahmed, Akhter
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2025
Subjects:
subsidies
agricultural mechanization
combine harvesters
reforms
harvesters
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178863
Summary:This brief summarizes findings from a recent report1 on Bangladesh's Phase III agricultural mechanization support program (2020–2024). The program distributed over 35,000 subsidized machines worth BDT 1,595 crore (USD 163 million). Combine harvesters (CHs) accounted for 84% of program value, making them the focus of this analysis. Drawing on administrative data, a survey of 979 Machinery Service Providers (including 400 CH MSPs), panel data from over 2,000 Boro rice-producing households, and 128 qualitative interviews, the report examines program impacts and identifies critical implementation gaps.

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