As rising fertilizer prices translate into bleak implication for "apparent" incentives for rice production-an undoubtedly important segment of Bangladesh's rural economy-a research question assumes key importance. Of price and nonprice class of variables determining rice output, which is more...

Since the early 1970s, sustained government investment in irrigation facilities, rural infrastructure, agricultural research, and extension services has helped Bangladeshi farmers achieve dramatic increases in food production. Today Bangladesh is nearing self-sufficiency in rice, the major...

"Three factors, advent of new technology (HYV), development of infrastructure and market liberalization working in tandem have delivered favorable food security outcomes for Bangladesh. Bangladesh's food-policy has benefited from a liberalized trade regime and a consistent downsizing of the...