Without the mechanization, using High Yielding Verities (HYV), and so-called ‘Green Revolution’ it would have never been possible to maintain the growth and development of the agricultural sector of this country. It is the key to maintaining the national food-population balance. ‘Green Revolution’ on crops diversity in Bangladesh needs in alignment with population growth, labor absorption, and land-use in agriculture, food security, nutrition, income distribution, rural poverty, and policy. The crops diversity in agriculture is…

In Bangladesh, most people working in agriculture are above 50 years of age. The new generation is not coming to the sector. In 2000, our farm labour was 80% of the population. This has now dropped to 40%. By 2030, it will drop to 27%. The garment sector, service industry and other business ventures and migration have resulted in this. Soil temperature has risen in the last 5-6 years due to climate change resulting in…

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) predicted that the population of Bangladesh would reach between 230-250 million in 2050. Presently, the country is adding 2 million people annually to the national population and for that, it is losing 1 percent of agricultural land every year. There are roughly 8.77 million hectares of cultivable land available, out of which, 88 percent is cultivated. So, there is a limited scope to expand the cultivated area. The Asian…