@article{Quddus:202974,
      recid = {202974},
      author = {Quddus, Md. Abdul},
      title = {DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS AND REGIONAL VARIATIONS IN BANGLADESH  AGRICULTURE},
      journal = {Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Economics},
      address = {2007-12-31},
      number = {454-2016-36421},
      series = {XXX},
      pages = {21},
      month = {Dec},
      year = {2007},
      abstract = {The purpose of this study is to evaluate the progress and  regional variations in agricultural development. The  secondary data were used and collected for the years  1980-81 to 2002-03 from the `Statistical Yearbooks of  Bangladesh', `Yearbook of Agricultural Statistics' and  census of different years. The study was conducted during  the period from September 2006 to February 2008.  Methodological framework of ranking, indexing, principal  component analysis and composite index of development were  formulated. An empirical analysis was done for twelve  mutually exclusive agro-ecological zones by assigning  various indicators of agricultural development. Level of  development of these zones was classified according to low,  medium and high developed regions using hierarchical  positions of the regions. The remarkable progress of rural  literacy rate, ratio of agricultural workers to population,  number of farmer's co-operative societies and per capita  regional domestic agricultural products in two decades was  observed in different regions. Wide disparities in the  level of agricultural development had been observed across  the regions. The hierarchical position of the regions  reveals that `Old Himalayan Piedmont Plain and Tista  Floodplain', 'Karatoya Floodplain and Atrai Basin',  'Brahmaputra- Jamuna Floodplain', `Middle Meghna River  Floodplain' and 'Chittaging Coastal Plain and St. Martin's  Coral Island' were the high developed regions in  Bangladesh. For minimizing disparities among the  agro-ecological zones and to promote balanced agricultural  development, the resources should be distributed on the  basis of equity. efficiency, productivity and  sustainability.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/202974},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.202974},
}