Md. Abdul Quddus
Crop production growth in different agro-ecological zones of Bangladesh
Bangladesh Agricultural University
purpose study evaluate progress regional variations crop production bangladesh secondary data used collected years 198081 200203 statistical yearbooks bangladesh yearbook agricultural statistics population census different years study conducted period september 2006 february 2008 analysis done twelve mutually exclusive agroecological zones assigning various indicators crop sector development remarkable progress rural literacy rate ratio agricultural workers population number farmers cooperative societies per capita regional domestic agricultural products two decades observed different regions wide disparities level crop sector development observed across regions overall results reveal regions better positions respect socioeconomic progress land use pattern input use growth performance hyv rice foodgrains production developed regions old himalayan piedmont plain tista floodplain karatoya floodplain atrai basin brahmaputrajamuna floodplain middle meghna river floodplain basis land utilization pattern input use foodgrains production analysis regional disparities reveals sylhet basin surmakusiyara floodplain greater dhaka middle meghna river floodplain lower meghna river estuarine floodplain regions developed remarkably last twenty years keywords crop production development indicator growth performance regional variation doi 103329jbauv7i24746 j bangladesh agril univ 72 351360 2009