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Foodgrain Production in Bangladesh: the Potential for Wheat

Md. Habibur Rahman
Department of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Bangladesh has been suffering from a chronic foodgrain shortage. Consequently she has been importing 1.4 to 2.7 million tons of foodgrain annually, 90 per cent of which is wheat. The cost of foodgrain import consumes about 25 to 35 per cent of available foreign assistance. To make the country self-sufficient in foodgrain production the Bangladesh Government put emphasis on the introduction of high yielding varieties (HYV) of rice. But the record of success of HYV rice has been limited due to technical and socio-economic constraints. Since the inputs and water requirements of HYV wheat are lower than that of HYV rice, this paper made efforts to explore the potential of wheat production keeping in view, however, of the limitations in the long term. It also suggested to direct research activities to develop drought resistant food crops.

Keywords: Foodgrain, Production, Potential, Wheat

Location: Department of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh

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Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Analysis and interpretations

Objectives:

To assess the potentiality of wheat producuon in Bangladesh.

Methodology:

It was observed that despite recent efforts to increase food- grain production to meet the country's food requirement the outcome was not satisfactory. Due to increase in population there were large deficits in recent yeas. To avoid mass starvation the growing gap between food production and requirement has been met increasingly by imports. During the fifties and early sixties, imports of food typically were less than 10 per cent of net available food grain, During the seventies food imports have constituted between 7 and 24 per cent of net available food grain.

Source of Information: BJAE, II(2), December 1979 73-92

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Achievement/Findings:

In recent years the total production of LV and HYV rice cannot meet the demand for food from a rapidly growing population. Since the input requirements of HYV rice are higher than that of HYV wheat, the production of this crop may be encouraged in some parts of Bangladesh in winter. The recent records and evidences of wheat production indicate that the crop may make a headway in the next few years. Production of wheat in large scale in the long run, however, appears to be set with similar problems like the HYV rice. Research activities should, therefore, be directed well in advance to develop newer food crops suitable to be grown under conditions of drought.

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