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Changes in Rice Situation in Bangladesh at District Level from 2001 to 2003

Manotosh Howlader
PSO
Agricultural Statistics Division, BRRI, Gazipur

Md.Shahjahan Kabir
SSO
Agricultural Statistics Division, BRRI, Gazipur

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Rice was considered as the only source of cereal food and per capita per day cereal requirement was assumed to be 480 gm. Out of 64 new districts, 39 districts always showed surplus and 16 deficits in cereal food production during the year 2000-01 to 2002-03. Of the remaining 9 districts, Rajbari, Madaripur, Cox’s Bazar, Bagerhat and Sylhet moved from deficit in 2000-01 to food surplus districts in 2002-03. On the other hand 4 districts namely, Meherpur, Barisal, Jhalakathi and Pirojpur surplus in cereal food production in 2000-01 turned down to deficit districts in 2002-03.

Keywords: Rice, Census and Exponential growth rate

Location: all 64 districts of Bangladesh

Start Date: 01-07-2004

End Date: 30-06-2006

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Rice, Performance

Objectives:

To identify the change of rice situation in Bangladesh

Methodology:

Rice situation was worked out for the census year 2000-01 and the following two years 2001-02 and 2002-03 for all 64 districts of Bangladesh. Population for the census year 2000-01 was census population and those for 2001-02 and 2002-03 were estimated using the exponential growth rate (1.48%) achieved in 2000-01.

Source of Information: BRRI Annual Report 2005-06

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Funding Source:

1. Government

Budget: 100000

Total Budget (Tk.) : 100000

Achievement/Findings:

The results indicated that development of modern rice varieties and improved production technologies and their adoption by the farmers boosted rice production in almost all districts that helped most of the food deficit districts to become food surplus leading the country to food self sufficiency. There are still some food deficit districts specially, in Dhaka, Bandarban and Chittagong regions, which need special attention from research and development point of view for identifying the constraints and for designing appropriate policy options. Although Bangladesh attained self sufficiency in rice in the near past, 21 out of 64 districts still suffer from food deficiency in every year, which need special attention from research and development point of view for identifying the constraints and for designing appropriate policy options.

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