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Increasing productivity in agriculture [1]

THE main challenge facing the agriculture sector of Bangladesh today is higher productivity. The population is projected to nearly double at its present rate a few decades from now. Thus, food production must also double progressively in this period to keep on maintaining a balance between the food output and the greater demands for food by the burgeoning population in the backdrop of the global environment where food prices are climbing amid scarcity.

Publication Date: 
18/08/2008
New Nation (Bangladesh) [2]
Tags:
Agriculture [3], Food Prices [4], Irrigation [5], Bangladesh [6]
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