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Brief on Business in Bangladesh |
Bangladesh is an agricultural country. The
total cultivable area is around 23 million acres and there are a little more than 14.5
million cultivators. Major agricultural products are rice, jute, wheat, potato, pulses,
sugarcane, tobacco, tea etc.
The total production of Rice,
Wheat in 1995-96 was 17.68 and 1.36 million tones respectively, which is increasing in
1996-97 is
18.88 and 1.45 million respectively. In
fact, the country's cereal production has been increasing steadily for the last few years
despite recurring devastating floods due to the intensive and persistent efforts of the
Government for increasing food production with the ultimate objective of attaining food
autarky.
Bangladesh produces, on
average, over five million bales of jute monopolizing the finer varieties. The country is
the world's largest exporter of jute and jute goods. A sizeable quantity of it goes into
the export market.
The Government has given due
priority to the development of the agricultural sector. In the year 1996 the total
irrigated area to cultivated area is 48.31%. During the year 1995-96, the total number of
power pumps were 1674 (in thousand acres), which is increasing in 1996-97 is 1718 (in
thousand acres).
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