@article{Alam:276314,
      recid = {276314},
      author = {Alam, S. M. Zahangir and Rahman, M. M. and Rahman, M.  Saidur and Khanam, F.},
      title = {Socioeconomic impact of Jamuna bridge on farming community  in some selected areas of Sirajganj district of Bangladesh},
      journal = {Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University},
      address = {2003-12},
      number = {452-2018-3712},
      year = {2003},
      abstract = {The 'Jamuna Bridge' is a success in terms of  implementation of a dream. It portends an era of  socioeconomic transformation, linking the more marginalized  North with the rest portion of the country. It was opened  to traffic on 23 June 1998. The present study was mainly  designed to assess the socioeconomic imp-act of Jamuna  Bridge on farming community. The study was conducted in  three villages of Saidabad Union under* Sadar Upazila in  Sirajganj district of Bangladesh. Farm survey method was  followed in the study. Most of the members (58.61 per cent)  of the selected households were found in age group between  16.01 and 45 years. Average family size of the study area  was 5.93 and it was the highest in the case of small farms.  The area had a very impressive literacy profile; about 71  per cent of the family members were literate. Agriculture  was found to be the main occupation of the majority (79.50  per cent) of the people in the study area, followed by  business (6.32 per cent) and service (4.89 per cent).  Household income was remarkably changed after the  construction of Jamuna Bridge. It was found that the  highest increase in income accrued in the case of medium  farms. Although-income from both farm and off-farm sources  was found to have increased, the share of farm income to  the total income decreased by 2.20 per cent and share of  off-farm income increased by 6.28 per cent. Findings of the  Cobb-Douglas production function suggested that all the  selected variables, viz., farm size, family size, average  age of the members, average years of schooling, and income  from off-farm activities except proportion of female  members in the household had positive and significant  impact on household income of the selected farmers.  Construction of Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge has created  numerous employment opportunities, especially in the  off-farm sector and thus found to have contributed to  alleviate poverty in the Northern region of Bangladesh as  well as in the study area. Cropping patterns of the study  area has changed to a considerable extent due to  implementation of JMBP. It was observed that the farmers  preferred crops with lesser risk higher economic returns.  There was a notable positive change in vegetables  production in the study area. Finally, based on the  findings of the study, some policy recommendations such as  establishment of agroprocessing industries, partial  mechanization for farm operations, price stabilization for  agricultural product, provision of credit to the farmers  with soft conditions and providing self employment training  to the young people, etc., were made for the sound economic  development of the study area and the country.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/276314},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.276314},
}