Changes in the crop sector of Bangladesh: a review of performance and implications for policies

Since the late 1960s, there has been an increase in the incidence of multiple cropping and a decline in net cultivated area, and changes in the cropping pattern and output mix. Output of foodgrains increased, primarily through a moderate increase in rice production and a phenomenal rise in wheat production. One of the important contributions of new technology is the increase in annual yield of crops even though seasonal or varietal yields have fallen. There have been important inter-regional disparities within this picture of overall crop growth.-from Author