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ADOPTION AND PRODUCTIVITY IMPACT OF MODERN RICE VARIETIES IN BANGLADESH
Author(s) -
HOSSAIN Mahabub,
BOSE Manik L.,
MUSTAFI Bazlul A. A.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the developing economies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.305
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1746-1049
pISSN - 0012-1533
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-1049.2006.00011.x
Subject(s) - productivity , production (economics) , profitability index , arable land , agricultural economics , business , variety (cybernetics) , independence (probability theory) , population , green revolution , economics , agricultural science , agriculture , geography , economic growth , environmental science , mathematics , statistics , demography , archaeology , finance , sociology , macroeconomics
Technological progress has helped Bangladesh to achieve self‐sufficiency in rice production in 2001 from a heavy import‐dependence, despite doubling of population and a reduction in arable land since its independence in 1971. As the adoption of modern varieties (MV) of rice is reaching a plateau, particularly for the irrigated ecosystem, an important issue is whether the research system will be able to sustain the growth of production. The present paper addresses the following questions: (i) to what extent farmers have been replacing the old MV with the new MV, and (ii) what has been the impact of the variety replacement on productivity and profitability. How crucial is the continuous research and release of improved rice varieties toward improving farm production and income for farmers comes out as a clear message to policymakers from the current paper.