Brick kilns and agricultural productivity in Bangladesh: Evidence from satellite data and a natural experiment
Bangladesh’s brick kiln industry plays a critical role in supplying construction materials for rapid urbanization. However, the sector remains largely informal and weakly regulated, with widespread extraction of fertile topsoil and substantial emissions of particulate matter and black carbon. These...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Mahzab, Moogdho Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab Mattsson, Martin Anowar, Md Sadat |
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| description | Bangladesh’s brick kiln industry plays a critical role in supplying construction materials for rapid urbanization. However, the sector remains largely informal and weakly regulated, with widespread extraction of fertile topsoil and substantial emissions of particulate matter and black carbon. These practices raise growing concerns about long-term environmental degradation, agricultural productivity, and food security.
This policy brief summarizes new national-scale evidence on the impacts of brick kiln expansion on agricultural productivity in Bangladesh. Using satellite-based vegetation data covering more than two decades and a newly constructed geospatial inventory of brick kilns, the study provides causal estimates of how kiln establishment affects vegetation health and crop productivity over time. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1791972025-12-23T02:11:46Z Brick kilns and agricultural productivity in Bangladesh: Evidence from satellite data and a natural experiment Mahzab, Moogdho Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab Mattsson, Martin Anowar, Md Sadat drying kilns bricks agricultural productivity satellites data satellite imagery Bangladesh’s brick kiln industry plays a critical role in supplying construction materials for rapid urbanization. However, the sector remains largely informal and weakly regulated, with widespread extraction of fertile topsoil and substantial emissions of particulate matter and black carbon. These practices raise growing concerns about long-term environmental degradation, agricultural productivity, and food security. This policy brief summarizes new national-scale evidence on the impacts of brick kiln expansion on agricultural productivity in Bangladesh. Using satellite-based vegetation data covering more than two decades and a newly constructed geospatial inventory of brick kilns, the study provides causal estimates of how kiln establishment affects vegetation health and crop productivity over time. 2025-12-22 2025-12-22T20:02:30Z 2025-12-22T20:02:30Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179197 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Mahzab, Moogdho; Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab; Mattsson, Martin; and Anowar, Md Sadat. 2025. Brick kilns and agricultural productivity in Bangladesh: Evidence from satellite data and a natural experiment. FCA Brief. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179197 |
| spellingShingle | drying kilns bricks agricultural productivity satellites data satellite imagery Mahzab, Moogdho Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab Mattsson, Martin Anowar, Md Sadat Brick kilns and agricultural productivity in Bangladesh: Evidence from satellite data and a natural experiment |
| title | Brick kilns and agricultural productivity in Bangladesh: Evidence from satellite data and a natural experiment |
| title_full | Brick kilns and agricultural productivity in Bangladesh: Evidence from satellite data and a natural experiment |
| title_fullStr | Brick kilns and agricultural productivity in Bangladesh: Evidence from satellite data and a natural experiment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Brick kilns and agricultural productivity in Bangladesh: Evidence from satellite data and a natural experiment |
| title_short | Brick kilns and agricultural productivity in Bangladesh: Evidence from satellite data and a natural experiment |
| title_sort | brick kilns and agricultural productivity in bangladesh evidence from satellite data and a natural experiment |
| topic | drying kilns bricks agricultural productivity satellites data satellite imagery |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179197 |
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