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The determinants of agricultural growth in Bangladesh

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  • Mohammad Abdul Munim Joarder

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This paper makes an attempt to contribute to the literature of agricultural productivity in Bangladesh since 1961. The econometric results suggest that rapid adoption of green revolution technology, electricity consumption, literacy and credit have had a positive effect on agricultural productivity, whereas real exchange rate and weather have had negative effects. Effective access to agricultural credit programmes for the rural poor through efficient management system is a pro-poor strategy to generate income and alleviate poverty in Bangladesh. Price stability, as during the mid-1990s, has contributed to agricultural growth in Bangladesh. The negative impact of the agricultural labour force on agricultural value-added can be mitigated by opening up off-farm jobs in rural areas, or by setting up small-scale rural industrialisation through agro-based industry which will absorb the surplus labour. Agricultural product diversification is a necessary condition to minimise the heavy reliance on rice and to raise agricultural value-added.

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  • Mohammad Abdul Munim Joarder, 2011. "The determinants of agricultural growth in Bangladesh," International Journal of Economics and Business Research, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 3(3), pages 313-335.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijecbr:v:3:y:2011:i:3:p:313-335
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