Vegetable Market Integration in Bangladesh

Chowdhury Shameem Mahmoud, Ismail Hossain and Gerald Shively ()
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Chowdhury Shameem Mahmoud: Assistant Professor, Department of Ec onomics, North South University, Dhaka.
Ismail Hossain: Agricultural Economics Division, Bangladesh Ag ricultural Research In stitute, Savar, Dhaka

Bangladesh Development Studies, 2005, vol. 31, issue 3-4, 137-156

Abstract: Starting in the early 1990s the topic of crop diversification began to receive renewed attention from economists and policymakers in Bangladesh. Several reasons can be cited. First, with food gr ain production at or near self-sufficiency levels (GOB 2001), attention naturally began to shift away from a narrow focus on rice and wheat production. Second, confronted with a steady decline in real prices of food grains (Dorosh 2000), concerns regarding sustained income generation in Bangladesh’s agriculture sector began to surface, which also led to interest in non- grain crops as the latter tend to provide better opportunities for income generation than grains. For example, according to a study by Mahmud, Rahman and Zohir (1994), vegetables rank among the top high valued crops in Bangladesh. Third, vegetables are important from the perspective of the quality of food intake. Many nutritionists have emphasised the importance of micro-nutrients in human diets and vegetables are good source of essential micronutrients.

Keywords: Vegetable Market; Integration; Bangladesh (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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