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Present Status, Growth Rate and Level of Instability of Major Pulse Crops in Bangladesh

M Mannaf
Lecturer
Department of Agricultural Economics and Policy, Sylhet Agricultural University

K Akhi
Lecturer
Department of Agricultural Economics and Policy, Sylhet Agricultural University.

S A Sarker
Former Student
Department of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University

K M Mehedi Adnan
Department of Agricultural Finance & Banking, Sylhet Agricultural University

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

In the study an attempt has been made to examine growth rate and sheds light on the present production, instability as well as constraints that hinders pulse cultivation in Bangladesh. The study was conducted through a review of secondary data and published research and analysis reports from 1971-72 to 2005-06. The area, production and productivity of lentil, grass pea and mung bean showed positive and significant growth. The growth in productivity of chickpea and black gram was found to be positive and significant, while area and production showed negative growth. The variability in area was observed to be high in lentil followed by chickpea, mung bean and grass pea and minimum in black gram. The study reveals that the black gram production was observed to be relatively stable followed by grass pea, lentil and mung bean. Production of chickpea showed highest instability. Similarly variability in productivity was found to be high in lentil followed by mung bean, grass pea and chickpea, while black gram showed lowest instability.

Keywords: Growth rate, Instability, Mung

Location: Sylhet

Start Date: 00-00-2012

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Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Adoption of technology

Objectives:

The present study is an attempt to identify the present status and future prospects of higher pulse production with an emphasis on its important place in the existing cropping systems, which will help in formulating immediate and long term plans of action for policy makers, researchers and extension workers to enhance pulse production. The specific objectives of the study are:

i. To know the present status of pulse production;

ii. To estimate the growth rate and level of instability in terms of area, production and yield and

iii. To identify the constraints in pulse production.

Methodology:

The study relies on secondary data compiled from various published sources. Time series data from 1971-72 to 2005-06 (35 years) was collected from the various issues of Statistical Yearbook of Bangladesh and Agricultural Census Survey. The analysis of growth and instability in major pulse crops area, production and productivity is done for four different periods, Period I (1971-72 to 1982-83), period II (1983-84 to 1994-95), period III (1995-96 to 2005-06) and overall period (1971-72 to 2005-06). The major reasons for dividing it into two periods is to bring out the trends in more recent period because day by day the agricultural technology is improving. The following analytical techniques were used in the study i) Compound growth rate ii) Instability index.

Source of Information: Bangladesh J. Agriculturist. 5(2): 71–78, 2012 ISSN 1812-4631

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Achievement/Findings:

In this study, the variability in area was observed to be high in lentil followed by chickpea, mung bean and grass pea and minimum in black gram. The black gram production was observed to be relatively stable followed by grass pea, lentil and mung bean. A positive growth rate in the area of all pulses' crops has been observed except chickpea and black gram. However, the growth rate is higher in mung bean and low in lentil. Variability in area and yield obtained are quite high in all pulses crops, which affects the volume of production. Low yield rate, susceptibility to climatic and soil factors, susceptibility to disease and pests, lack of price incentives, lack of credit, poor knowledge of nutritive value and limited industrial uses hinder the progress in pulse cultivation. However, an increase in cold storage, credit, processing and marketing facilities would stimulate industrial uses and consumption. Intervention from the government in product markets is also necessary to encourage production of pulse crops. Therefore, farmers of the country should be encouraged to produce more of these crops through area expansion and adoption of improved technologies in the process of production and consumption.

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