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The Agricultural Governance in Bangladesh: a Case Study

Noor Mohammad
Faculty of Business & Law, Multimedia University, Melaka Campus 75450, Malaysia,

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Agriculture is one of the single largest sectors of Bangladesh economy. Bangladesh is an agro based country and predominantly is an agrarian economy. It is the backbone of the economy of Bangladesh. Around 75% of the total population directly or indirectly depends on agriculture and near about 84% of the total population lives in rural areas almost depend on agriculture for livelihood. Agriculture includes the sub-sectors of crop, livestock, forestry and fisheries. The contribution of all sub sectors is around 22.83 percent to national GDP in 2003-2004. The crops sub sector alone contributes 12.94 percent of GDP.

Keywords: Agricultural Governance

Location: In Bangladesh

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Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Commodity: E-governance

Objectives:

It is a matter of great pleasure that the country has attained food sufficiency in the country. Besides, the government should take some initiative by observing the rules and regulations of the developed country. These laws have been applied in the agricultural environment and development in Bangladesh.

Methodology:

Agriculture is the largest sector in the Bangladesh economy. Its combined contribution (crops, forestry, fisheries and livestock) to the country’s GDP and employment was 32 percent and 64 percent respectively in (1995-96). Around 27 percent of country’s exports in 1995-96 comprised of agricultural and agro-based commodities with primary products accounting for half of the sub-total. Growth rate of agriculture in (1996-97) was a phenomenal 6% which propelled the annual GDP growth rate to 5.7%, a record in the nineties (BBS, 2000). As about 80% of our population lives in the rural areas, relying mainly on agriculture for their survival Agriculture is the largest sector in the Bangladesh economy. Its combined contribution (crops, forestry, fisheries and livestock) to the country’s GDP and employment was 32 percent and 64 percent respectively in (1995-96). Around 27 percent of the country’s exports in 1995-96 comprised of agricultural and agro-based commodities with primary products accounting for half of the sub-total. Growth rate of agriculture in (1996-97) was a phenomenal 6% which propelled the annual GDP growth rate to 5.7%, a record in the nineties (BBS, 2000). As about 80% of our population lives in the rural areas, relying mainly on agriculture for their survival.

Source of Information: International Journal of Social, Behavioral, Educational, Economic, Business and Industrial Engineering Vol:6, No:3, 2012

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Achievement/Findings:

From the study above mentioned, it is identified that there are lot of problems in agricultural environment in Bangladesh. In the meantime, the government has taken many steps such as up gradation of the agricultural policy and its related laws. It is a pleasure that the country has attained food sufficiency in the country. The study suggests that the country may consider some principles and actions taken by some developed countries such as Finland, USA, Belgium etc, for our country with agricultural modernizations. It may be concluded that the origin of agriculture is observed with the beginning of the major civilizations of the world. Agriculture also contributed at large to every economy of the world. At the same time, agriculture and the environment is entire related. But the present environment of agriculture is degraded due to over population, exploitations of natural resources, over-harvesting, noncompliance with the existing laws and policy etc. To cope with this situation, the world bodies, as well as Bangladesh, has taken many measures such as enactment of laws, code of conduct, policies, conferences etc. In this regard, around 20 agricultural laws with a few policies and plans is prevailing in the country and it may be termed as insignificant due to its inadequacy such as limited environmental penal provisions, colonial laws, etc. Some substantive and procedural laws such as code of criminal procedure, penal code, constitutional obligations etc. are also undertaken for the conservation and development of the agriculture environment in Bangladesh. But it regrets that the implementation of those laws and policies is not satisfactory and weak in enforcement due to lack of coordination, institutional weakness, and influences of local politics, grouping, etc.; are the routine work. But at present, the Government is implementing the agriculture extension policies framed in 1996 in the field. The officers of the field level such as Upazilla Officers, District Officers, and Deputy Directors are busy at the implementation of the agriculture extension policies in agriculture of Bangladesh. The Government should make necessary amendments for updating the existing agricultural laws and policies. In addition, the Government should make laws for removing institutional weaknesses such as lack of coordination, increasing manpower, facilities, modern equipment and training on ICT etc. for the sake of the proper implementation of those laws and policies in Bangladesh. The implementation and practices along with the findings of the agricultural research need to be done as soon as possible for the interest of our country.

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