This paper examined the pattern of economic growth during 1991 to 2005 in order to assess the role of agriculture in promoting equitable growth in Bangladesh. In particular the paper examined the strength of the channel through which agricultural growth benefits the poor by increasing their...

This is a study of functioning of selected commodity markets in terms of price relationship to each other. Spatial price integration has been assessed for crops viz. Aman (HYV), Boro (HYV), wheat, mustard and lentil in selected districts firstly, by one to one correlation matrix and secondly by...

Arsenic contamination of groundwater is a case of mass poisoning in Bangladesh. In order to examine the nature and extent of the problem, household survey was conducted in both arsenic contaminated and non-contaminated areas. The selected arsenic `hot spots' were Faridpur and Lakshimpur while...

The main objectives of the study are to estimate the farm specific economic efficiency of wheat production and to identify and measure the impacts of different factors associated with economic efficiency of wheat farmers. The study employed farm level cross sectional data from three major wheat...

This paper examines the time series properties of the domestic agricultural terms of trade, the external net barter terms of trade and the ratio of the agricultural to the external terms of trade in Bangladesh with annual data for the period 1952-2005. The ADF and the KPSS tests results suggest...

The study was conducted to examine the income and price elasticities of demand for different types of rice in Bangladesh. Both time series and cross-section data were used to estimate a complete demand system equation. The equation was estimated in three stages to obtain income and price...

With the development of Shrimp industry, different catagories of stakeholders of coastal communitities are involved in production, procesing and marketing of shrimp. The present study made an attempt to determine the gender role and empowerment of stakehoders involved in shrimp industry....

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...

This paper investigates the existence of long run export demand function for Bangladesh's tea and tests for three conditions of small country assumption, namely, one to one relation between export price of tea and price substitute goods in the world market, infinitely own price elasticity of...

The objectives of the study were to estimate costs and margins, seasonal price variation and to test market integration of onion. Primary and secondary data were used for this study. The higher marketing cost was incurred by Beparis and the lowest by Aratdars. On the other hand, retailers earned...