This study aims to investigate whether Bangladesh has a comparative advantage in producing rice the long run for Boro season. With that view, we estimated “Domestic Resource Cost (DRC)” as an indicator of using time series data. Data were obtained from food situation database, published by Food Planning and Monitoring Unit, Ministry Food, Peoples’ Republic Bangladesh. The analyses show modern p...

The main objective of this research article is to analyze the impact production some major crops, namely rice, jute, wheat, sugarcane, and potato on agriculture sector in Bangladesh. considered an important Bangladeshi economy, which supplies a significant proportion gross domestic product (GDP). Annual time-series data for period 1988–2017 used study. Several econometric techniques are employe...

The ‘big Boro rice harvest’ in 2021 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic has created new optimism for a resilient system Bangladesh. (dry season rice) appeared as strategic crop sustaining resilience national and food security with steady rise production trend. However, prospect of been challenged by myriad factors such changing climate, hydrological regimes, value-chain diversification. Any unexpected...

The lack of good seeds is one the significant obstacles to Grain Production. This study intends investigate circumstances surrounding availability quality for rice cultivation and establish policy strategies seed production at farmer level. focused on a grain crop, data were gathered using several survey questionnaires in-person interviews. acquired was reviewed write paper utilizing quantitati...

Rural road improvement that enhances access to input and output markets and agricultural extension services may aid agricultural technology adoption. There is a growing body of literature on the impact of rural roads on technology adoption. However, most studies have so far relied on cross-sectional surveys comparing households with and without road improvement, which have causal attribution pr...

A line × tester analysis was conducted in maize involving 12 lines and 3 testers for grain yield and its components to determine the heterosis as well as general combining ability (GCA) and specific combining ability (SCA) effects. Highly significant genotypic differences were observed indicated wide range of variability present among the genotypes. GCA and SCA variance for yield per plant numb...

the nigerian rice sector has made remarkable improvement in the last decade as production has increased significantly thereby reducing the gap between domestic supply and demand. in the last three decades, rice imports make up greater proportion of nigerian imports as rice forms a structural component of the nigerian diet. past government inconsistent policies were not successful in securing go...