efficiency in agricultural production is indicative of the efficiency level of farm households in their farming activities. farmers in developing countries do not make use of all the potential technological resources, thus making inefficient decisions in their agricultural activities. herein, technical efficiency in relation with the production of three types of rice crop (boro, aus and aman) w...

aminul islam1*, jatish chandrabiswas 1, a. j. m. sirajul karim2, mst. salmapervin3, and md. abu saleque4 1*-soil science division, bangladesh rice research institute, gazipur-1701, bangladesh 2-department of soil science, bangabandhu sheikh mujibur rahman agricultural university, salna, gazipur-1706, bangladesh 3-plant physiology division, bangladesh rice research institute, gazipur-1701, bangl...

Both Bangladesh and India over the last two decades have realised significant improvement in availability and accessibility of quality rice seeds, particularly high yielding varieties (HYVs). This translated into increased rice production in the two countries. While rice production in Bangladesh increased from about 18 million tonnes in 1990-91 to nearly 35 million tonnes in 2011-12; production...

Rice, being a major staple crop in South Asia carries its importance in ensuring food security of the region, including in India and Bangladesh. Both the countries have agriculture-based economies where more than 50 percent of the active working population is engaged in agricultural activities. As per UN data, agriculture contributed 17.1 and 18.3 percent, in 2011, in the gross domestic product...

To meet the growing food demand of Bangladesh requires efficiently use of inputs and effectively manage of production practices at the farm level. Thus, the present study aims to measure the technical efficiency and establish core factors affecting boro and aman rice production in Bangladesh. The study employed mainly farm level data collected from 80 farm households selected randomly in Dinajp...

Background and statement of the problem: 120 words Research methodology and data: 120 words Research findings: 120 words Policy implications 40 words. Rice is the most dominant field crop in Bangladesh covering 75% of the total cultivated area and consumes 80% of the total fertilizers alone. Nevertheless, the productivity of rice in Bangladesh remains one of the lowest in the world. Urea, the m...

This study computes the eco-efficiency of High Yielding Variety (HYV) rice production by including an on-farm environmental damage index (OFEDI) as an undesirable output using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and then identifies its determinants by applying an interval regression procedure on a sample of 317 farmers from north-western Bangladesh. Results reveal that the mean level of the OFEDI-a...

Crop-land suitability analysis is a prerequisite to achieve optimum utilization of the available land resources for sustainable agricultural production. One of the most important and urgent problems in Bangladesh is to improve agricultural land management and cropping patterns to increase the agricultural production with efficient use of land resources. In Bangladesh, agriculture is the mainsta...

Quality of rice seed is one of the most important determinants of yield. This in turn, directly impacts production and food security of a community, country and region. There are evidences to suggest that use of modern variety (MV) of rice seed can raise the produce by 15 percent to 20 percent. In South Asia, more particularly Bangladesh and India, given the status of rice as a staple food, foo...

For Bangladesh, the requirement for food is very high due to its huge population. To achieve self-sufficiency in food grain production, the HYV rice varieties are widely produced in Bangladesh, particularly in the dry season, and this requires a large volume of groundwater irrigation. Groundwater of many areas of our country is severely contaminated with arsenic. So, there is a possibility of a...